Lux vs Janna
How to Beat Janna as Lux
based on 8,390 Lux vs Janna matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lux vs Janna Matchup Summary
Best Lux vs Janna Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Janna as Lux
Tips for Playing as Lux against Janna
If you have trouble landing Prismatic Barrier, remember that it returns to you after it reaches max range. Try positioning yourself to hit your allies with its return trip.
Lux has great zone control abilities. Try to set up Lucent Singularity to prevent an enemy's advance or escape.
Lucent Singularity is a great scouting tool. Try throwing it into brush before walking into it to check for ambushes.
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.
Lux vs Janna Counter Stats
How to Counter Janna with Lux in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature some valuable Lux against Janna counter stats that can help you explain the differences between the two. For instance, Lux’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Janna’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Lux may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Janna. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Lux typically has a much larger longest killing spree than her opponent does. Commonly, she takes a similar amount of damage to Janna. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lux and Janna
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Who is Better, Lux or Janna?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Lux usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Janna, with a 49.5% win rate. Thus, Lux makes an ok counter to Janna.
While Lux does have a lower win rate compared to Janna, when on opposite teams, Lux also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Lux into Janna.
Furthermore, Lux has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Janna. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Lux vs Janna matchups, Janna is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Lux is a somewhat poor counter for Janna. Focus your tactics on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Lux against Janna.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Lux in order to counter Janna during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lux typically picks up much more CS relative to Janna. Champs who on average don't take much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to have in your Lux versus Janna build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Stormsurge. When Lux combined at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better when facing Janna than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Lux had an average winrate of 49.5% battling Janna with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Janna as Lux, you should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Lux vs Janna LoL games, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.5% win rate overall.
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