Viktor vs Janna
How to Beat Janna as Viktor
based on 1,549 Viktor vs Janna matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Viktor vs Janna Matchup Summary
Best Viktor vs Janna Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Janna as Viktor
Tips for Playing as Viktor against Janna
Make sure you choose the right augment at the right time.
Death Ray is a powerful poke and a strong area of denial tool. Use it in combination with Gravity Field to control your enemy's position.
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.
Viktor vs Janna Counter Stats
How to Counter Janna with Viktor in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several valuable Viktor vs. Janna counter statistics that may help us figure out the differences between the two. Viktor’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Janna’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Viktor may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Janna. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Viktor often has a much larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Janna. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Viktor and Janna
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Who is Better, Viktor or Janna?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Viktor usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Janna, with a 49.6% win rate. As a result, Viktor makes an ok counter to Janna.
While Viktor does have a lower win rate than Janna, when on opposite teams, Viktor also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Viktor into Jannaas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Viktor has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Janna. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Viktor vs Janna matchups, Janna is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Viktor is a somewhat poor counter for Janna. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Viktor against Janna.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Viktor 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 listen to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Viktor on average picks up much more CS relative to Janna. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They 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 need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Viktor versus Janna build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Viktor bought at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs Janna than with most other common builds. In fact, Viktor boasted an average winrate of 49.6% when playing against Janna with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Janna as Viktor, Viktor players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Viktor vs Janna fights, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.6% win rate overall.
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