Diana vs Janna
How to Beat Janna as Diana
based on 3,950 Diana vs Janna matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Diana vs Janna Matchup Summary
Best Diana vs Janna Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Janna as Diana
Tips for Playing as Diana against Janna
Use Moonfall and Lunar Rush to stay on targets and activate Moonsilver Blade for extra damage.
Consider when to cast Lunar Rush without Moonlight and when to wait for another Crescent Strike.
Landing Crescent Strike is critically important, but don't be afraid to miss. The cooldown is short and the mana cost is low.
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.
Diana vs Janna Counter Stats
How to Counter Janna with Diana in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize some vital Diana against Janna matchup stats that can help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. Diana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Janna’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Diana may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Janna. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Diana normally has a much larger longest kill spree than her enemy does. On average, she takes more damage than Janna. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Diana and Janna
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Who is Better, Diana or Janna?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Diana usually loses when trying to fight Janna, with a 48.3% win rate. As a result, Diana makes a bad counter for Janna.
While Diana does have a lower win rate than Janna, when facing one another, Diana also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less challenging champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Diana into Janna.
Additionally, Diana has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Janna. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Diana 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 allies during teamfights.
Diana is a somewhat poor counter for Janna. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Diana against Janna.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Diana 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 listen to the build and stats presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Diana typically accumulates much more CS relative to Janna. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Diana versus Janna build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Diana incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better countering Janna than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Diana had an average win rate of 48.3% when countering Janna with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Janna as Diana, Diana players should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Diana vs Janna face-offs, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.3% win rate overall.
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