Janna vs Aatrox
How to Beat Aatrox as Janna
based on 5,502 Janna vs Aatrox matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Janna vs Aatrox Matchup Summary
Best Janna vs Aatrox Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Aatrox as Janna
Tips for Playing as Janna against Aatrox
Timing Janna's ultimate can push enemies away from a wounded ally or even separate enemies.
Eye of the Storm can be used on allied turrets.
Quickly firing a Howling Gale without the charge up can be used to heavily disable the other team.
Advice to Win Against Aatrox
Aatrox's Infernal Chains are easier to exit when running towards the sides or at Aatrox.
Aatrox's attacks are very telegraphed, so use the time to dodge the hit zones.
Keep your distance when Aatrox uses his Ultimate to prevent him from reviving.
Janna vs Aatrox Counter Stats
How to Counter Aatrox with Janna in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some influential Janna versus Aatrox matchup stats that may help us figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. Janna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Aatrox’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Janna may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Aatrox. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Janna usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. Typically, she receives less damage than Aatrox. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Janna and Aatrox
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Who is Better, Janna or Aatrox?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Janna usually fairs equally well when playing against Aatrox, with a 50.5% win rate. Thus, Janna makes an ok counter for Aatrox.
While Janna does have a higher winrate than Aatrox, when on opposite teams, Janna also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Janna into Aatroxas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Janna has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Aatrox. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Janna vs Aatrox matchups, Janna is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Janna is a decent counter for Aatrox. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Janna against Aatrox.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Janna in order to counter Aatrox during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Janna often gets a lot less CS as Aatrox. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Janna versus Aatrox build include Dream Maker, Moonstone Renewer, and Dawncore. When Janna included at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better versus Aatrox than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Janna had an average winrate of 50.5% when playing against Aatrox with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating Aatrox as Janna, Janna players should use the Hail of Blades, Cheap Shot, Zombie Ward, Relentless Hunter, Celerity, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Janna vs Aatrox clashes, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.5% winrate overall.
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