Janna vs Yasuo
How to Beat Yasuo as Janna
based on 6,098 Janna vs Yasuo matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Janna vs Yasuo Matchup Summary
Best Janna vs Yasuo Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yasuo as Janna
Tips for Playing as Janna against Yasuo
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 Yasuo
Yasuo's shield from Resolve lasts only 2 seconds. Dealing damage to him will trigger it. Wait it out, then engage.
Steel Tempest is very narrow. Dodge laterally if possible.
Yasuo is at his weakest just after he has launched a whirlwind. Engage at that point.
When Yasuo lands two Steel Tempests in a row, his next will fire a tornado. Watch and listen for the associated sound to prepare to dodge.
Janna vs Yasuo Counter Stats
How to Counter Yasuo with Janna in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight several significant Janna versus Yasuo matchup stats that can help us grasp the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Janna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Yasuo’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Janna may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Yasuo. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Janna usually has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her counter does. Typically, she receives less damage than Yasuo. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Janna and Yasuo
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Who is Better, Janna or Yasuo?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Janna usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Yasuo, with a 50.9% win rate. Therefore, Janna makes an ok counter for Yasuo.
While Janna does have a higher winrate compared to Yasuo, when facing one another, Janna also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less time consuming champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Janna into Yasuoas her relative depth means 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 Yasuo. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Janna vs Yasuo matchups, Janna is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Janna is a decent counter to Yasuo. Focus your strategy on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Janna against Yasuo.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Janna in order to counter Yasuo during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Janna on average gets a lot less CS relative to Yasuo. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Janna versus Yasuo build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Ardent Censer, and Staff of Flowing Water. When Janna bought at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better against Yasuo than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Janna boasted an average win rate of 50.9% when countering Yasuo with this build.
To have the highest probability of beating Yasuo as Janna, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Celerity, Scorch, Eyeball Collection, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Janna vs Yasuo matchups, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.9% winrate overall.
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