Akshan vs Janna
How to Beat Janna as Akshan
based on 1,731 Akshan vs Janna matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akshan vs Janna Matchup Summary
Best Akshan vs Janna Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Janna as Akshan
Tips for Playing as Akshan against Janna
Raising an eyebrow in the face of danger, Akshan fights evil with dashing charisma, righteous vengeance, and a conspicuous lack of shirts. He is highly skilled in the art of stealth combat, able to evade the eyes of his enemies and reappear when they least expect him. With a keen sense of justice and a legendary death-reversing weapon, he rights the wrongs of Runeterra's many scoundrels while living by his own moral code: “Don't be an ass.”
Advice to Win Against Janna
Janna's at her strongest when buffing another ally. If you can harass her ally, it will weaken her ability to fight you.
Save an interrupt ability for when Janna uses her ultimate.
Listen for the charge up sound on Howling Gale in case Janna is trying to hit you with it from off screen or from brush.
Akshan vs Janna Counter Stats
How to Counter Janna with Akshan in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature some important Akshan against Janna matchup stats that may help you explain the differences between the pair. For instance, Akshan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Janna’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Akshan may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Janna. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Akshan usually has a much larger longest kill spree than their matchup does. Typically, they receives more damage than Janna. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Akshan and Janna
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Who is Better, Akshan or Janna?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Akshan usually fairs equally well when taking on Janna, with a 49.9% win rate. As a result, Akshan makes an ok counter to Janna.
While Akshan does have a lower win rate than Janna, when they face off with one another, Akshan also has a much lower difficulty level that makes them a less time consuming champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Akshan into Janna.
Moreover, Akshan also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Janna. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Akshan vs Janna matchups, Janna is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Akshan is a somewhat poor counter to Janna. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Akshan against Janna.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Akshan to counter Janna during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akshan typically racks up much more CS relative to Janna. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to use in your Akshan versus Janna build include Kraken Slayer, The Collector, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Akshan bought at least these three pieces in their build, they did a lot better against Janna than with most other typical builds. In fact, Akshan had an average win rate of 49.9% when playing against Janna with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Janna as Akshan, Akshan players should use the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Bone Plating, and Shield Bash runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Akshan vs Janna battles, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.9% winrate overall.
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