Akali vs Janna
How to Beat Janna as Akali
based on 5,676 Akali vs Janna matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akali vs Janna Matchup Summary
Best Akali vs Janna Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Janna as Akali
Tips for Playing as Akali against Janna
Akali excels at killing fragile champions. Let your team initiate and then strike at the people in the back.
Twilight Shroud offers safety in even the most dangerous situations. Use that time to save up energy for a quick strike later.
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.
Akali vs Janna Counter Stats
How to Counter Janna with Akali in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several significant Akali against Janna counter statistics that can help you understand the differences between the pair. For instance, Akali’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Janna’s ratio of NaN, showing that Akali may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Janna. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Akali typically has a much larger longest kill spree than her opponent does. On average, she receives more damage than Janna. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Akali and Janna
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Who is Better, Akali or Janna?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Akali usually loses when playing against Janna, with a 47.2% win rate. Thus, Akali makes a bad counter to Janna.
While Akali does have a lower win rate than Janna, when they face off with one another, Akali also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more complex champ to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Akali into Jannaas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Akali has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Janna. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Akali vs Janna matchups, Janna is the better champion with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Akali is a trash counter to Janna. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Akali against Janna.
Other Champion Matchups Against Akali
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How We Calculated Our Akali vs Janna Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Akali 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akali most often accumulates much more CS compared to Janna. Champions who typically don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Akali versus Janna build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Akali used at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better vs. Janna than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Akali boasted an average winrate of 47.2% when playing against Janna with these items in her kit.
To have the best chance of defeating Janna as Akali, Akali players should equip the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Coup de Grace, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Akali vs Janna counterpicks, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 47.2% winrate overall.
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