Wukong vs Janna
How to Beat Janna as Wukong
based on 1,004 Wukong vs Janna matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Wukong vs Janna Matchup Summary
Best Wukong vs Janna Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Janna as Wukong
Tips for Playing as Wukong against Janna
Decoy and Nimbus Strike work well together to quickly strike your enemy and get out before they can retaliate.
Try using Decoy near brush to make an enemy overreact to your movement.
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.
Wukong vs Janna Counter Stats
How to Counter Janna with Wukong in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show some significant Wukong versus Janna matchup stats that may help you appreciate the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Wukong’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Janna’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Wukong may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Janna. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Wukong normally has a much larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives more damage than Janna. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, 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 Wukong and Janna
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Who is Better, Wukong or Janna?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Wukong usually loses when playing against Janna, with a 47.8% win rate. Thus, Wukong makes a bad counter to Janna.
While Wukong does have a lower winrate compared to Janna, when on opposite teams, Wukong also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champion to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Wukong into Janna.
Moreover, Wukong 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 lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Wukong vs Janna matchups, Janna is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Wukong is a terribly counter for Janna. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Wukong against Janna.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Wukong in order to counter Janna during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Wukong on average picks up much more CS relative to Janna. Champs who typically don't earn much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Wukong versus Janna build consist of Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Sundered Sky. When Wukong used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better vs Janna than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Wukong had an average win rate of 47.8% when countering Janna with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating Janna as Wukong, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Wukong vs Janna counter picks, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.8% winrate overall.
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