Lucian vs Janna
How to Beat Janna as Lucian
based on 6,411 Lucian vs Janna matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lucian vs Janna Matchup Summary
Best Lucian vs Janna Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Janna as Lucian
Tips for Playing as Lucian against Janna
For optimal burst, try to combine Relentless Pursuit into Piercing Light.
Ardent Blaze actually explodes in a star pattern. Try to line it up so the spokes hit enemy champions.
Because of Lightslinger, Lucian benefits more from Attack Damage than he does from Attack Speed.
Once you have chosen an angle for The Culling, you cannot change it. Pick your moment well!
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.
Lucian vs Janna Counter Stats
How to Counter Janna with Lucian in LoL
The stats shown here clarify some influential Lucian against Janna counter statistics that can help you realize the differences between the pair. Lucian’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Janna’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Lucian may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Janna. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Lucian normally has a much larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. Typically, he takes more damage than Janna. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Lucian and Janna
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Who is Better, Lucian or Janna?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Lucian usually loses when facing off against Janna, with a 47.2% win rate. Therefore, Lucian makes a poor counter for Janna.
While Lucian does have a lower win rate compared to Janna, when on opposite teams, Lucian also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champ to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Lucian into Janna.
Moreover, Lucian also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Janna. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Lucian vs Janna matchups, Janna is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Lucian is a bad counter for Janna. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Lucian against Janna.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Lucian 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lucian often accumulates much more CS relative to Janna. Champs who on average don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Lucian versus Janna build include Bloodthirster, Rapid Firecannon, and Navori Quickblades. When Lucian included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better versus Janna than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Lucian boasted an average winrate of 47.2% when playing against Janna with this build.
To have the best probability of annihilating Janna as Lucian, Lucian players should use the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Lucian vs Janna counters, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.2% winrate overall.
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