Volibear vs Janna
How to Beat Janna as Volibear
based on 1,763 Volibear vs Janna matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Volibear vs Janna Matchup Summary
Best Volibear vs Janna Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Janna as Volibear
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.
Volibear vs Janna Counter Stats
How to Counter Janna with Volibear in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize some strategic Volibear vs. Janna matchup stats that can help you realize the differences and similarities between this set of champions. Volibear’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Janna’s ratio of NaN, showing that Volibear may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Janna. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Volibear normally has a much larger longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives more damage than Janna. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Volibear and Janna
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Who is Better, Volibear or Janna?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Volibear usually loses when taking on Janna, with a 45.9% win rate. Therefore, Volibear makes a bad counter to Janna.
While Volibear does have a much lower winrate than Janna, when they face off with one another, Volibear also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champ to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Volibear into Janna.
Furthermore, Volibear has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Janna. This often 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Volibear vs Janna matchups, Janna is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Volibear is a bad counter to Janna. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Volibear against Janna.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Volibear to counter Janna during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Volibear usually gets much more CS compared to Janna. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Volibear versus Janna build consist of Spirit Visage, Nashor's Tooth, and Riftmaker. When Volibear bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better against Janna than with most other common builds. In fact, Volibear boasted an average win rate of 45.9% battling Janna with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Janna as Volibear, Volibear players should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Demolish, and Revitalize runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Volibear vs Janna fights, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 45.9% win rate overall.
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