Janna vs Akali
How to Beat Akali as Janna
based on 5,676 Janna vs Akali matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Janna vs Akali Matchup Summary
Best Janna vs Akali Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akali as Janna
Tips for Playing as Janna against Akali
Timing Janna's ultimate can push enemies away from a wounded ally or even separate enemies.
Eye of the Storm can be used on allied turrets.
Quickly firing a Howling Gale without the charge up can be used to heavily disable the other team.
Advice to Win Against Akali
Akali's Five Point Strike is powerful when used at maximum range and energy. Engage on her when she has low energy to maximize your chance of winning trades.
Return to base if your Health is low and Akali has her ultimate available.
Akali can still be hit by area effect spells while obscured inside Twilight Shroud. Doing so will briefly reveal her position.
Janna vs Akali Counter Stats
How to Counter Akali with Janna in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize some valuable Janna against Akali counter stats that can help you distinguish the differences between the two. For instance, Janna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Akali’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Janna may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Akali. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Janna usually has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her opponent does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Akali. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Janna and Akali
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Who is Better, Janna or Akali?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Janna usually wins when playing against Akali, with a 52.8% win rate. As a result, Janna makes a good counter to Akali.
While Janna does have a higher win rate compared to Akali, when they face off with one another, Janna also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more challenging character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Janna into Akalias her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Janna also has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Akali. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Janna vs Akali matchups, Janna is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Janna is a good counter for Akali. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Janna against Akali.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Janna to counter Akali during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Janna most often racks up a lot less CS compared to Akali. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Janna versus Akali build include Redemption, Dream Maker, and Imperial Mandate. When Janna incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better vs. Akali than with most other common builds. In fact, Janna boasted an average winrate of 52.8% battling Akali with this counter build.
To have the best chance of annihilating Akali as Janna, Janna players should take the Hail of Blades, Cheap Shot, Zombie Ward, Relentless Hunter, Celerity, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Janna vs Akali matchups, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.8% winrate overall.
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