Janna vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Janna
based on 4,021 Janna vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Janna vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Janna vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as Janna
Tips for Playing as Janna against Varus
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 Varus
When he gets a kill or assist, Varus temporarily gains Attack Speed and is much more dangerous.
You'll get bound in place if a tendril from Varus' ultimate, Chain of Corruption, reaches you. You can cause the tendril to die however by running far enough away from it.
If you are affected by Blight, Varus' abilities will deal extra damage to you.
Janna vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Janna in LoL
The stats shown here clarify some critical Janna versus Varus matchup stats that may help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Janna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Varus’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Janna may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Varus. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Janna normally has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her enemy does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Varus. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Janna and Varus
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Who is Better, Janna or Varus?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Janna usually wins when trying to fight Varus, with a 51.5% win rate. As a result, Janna makes a good counter for Varus.
While Janna does have a higher win rate than Varus, when they face off with one another, Janna also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more complex champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Janna into Varusas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Janna has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Varus. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Janna vs Varus matchups, Janna is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Janna is a decent counter for Varus. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Janna against Varus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Janna in order to counter Varus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Janna typically racks up a lot less CS relative to Varus. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Janna versus Varus build include Redemption, Ardent Censer, and Moonstone Renewer. When Janna bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better when fighting Varus than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Janna boasted an average winrate of 51.5% when countering Varus with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Varus as Janna, Janna players should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Celerity, Scorch, Eyeball Collection, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Janna vs Varus clashes, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.5% win rate overall.
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