Janna vs Nasus
How to Beat Nasus as Janna
based on 2,585 Janna vs Nasus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Janna vs Nasus Matchup Summary
Best Janna vs Nasus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nasus as Janna
Tips for Playing as Janna against Nasus
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 Nasus
Nasus is prone to being kited. Try not to engage him at full Health.
Max rank Wither is a very effective counter to Attack Damage characters, so try to avoid getting caught alone by it.
While transformed by his ultimate, Nasus is stronger than most champions in the League. Engage him only if you have a clear advantage.
Janna vs Nasus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nasus with Janna in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature several influential Janna vs. Nasus counter statistics that can help you explain the differences between the pair. As an example, Janna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nasus’s ratio of NaN, showing that Janna may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Nasus. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Janna typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her opponent does. Typically, she takes less damage than Nasus. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Janna and Nasus
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Who is Better, Janna or Nasus?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Janna usually wins when taking on Nasus, with a 52.3% win rate. As a result, Janna makes a good counter to Nasus.
While Janna does have a higher winrate compared to Nasus, when facing one another, Janna also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Janna into Nasusas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Janna also has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nasus. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Janna vs Nasus matchups, Janna is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Janna is a good counter for Nasus. Focus your strategy on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Janna against Nasus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Janna to counter Nasus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Janna on average accumulates a lot less CS relative to Nasus. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Janna versus Nasus build consist of Redemption, Ardent Censer, and Moonstone Renewer. When Janna bought at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better against Nasus than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Janna boasted an average winrate of 52.3% battling Nasus with this counter build.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Nasus as Janna, you should take the Glacial Augment, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Font of Life, and Revitalize runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Janna vs Nasus counter picks, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.3% winrate overall.
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