Naafiri vs Janna
How to Beat Janna as Naafiri
based on 1,281 Naafiri vs Janna matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Naafiri vs Janna Matchup Summary
Best Naafiri vs Janna Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Janna as Naafiri
Tips for Playing as Naafiri against Janna
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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.
Naafiri vs Janna Counter Stats
How to Counter Janna with Naafiri in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify some significant Naafiri vs. Janna matchup stats that may help us interpret the differences between the two. For instance, Naafiri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Janna’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Naafiri may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Janna. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Naafiri often has a much larger longest kill spree than their matchup does. Commonly, they takes more damage than Janna. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Naafiri and Janna
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Who is Better, Naafiri or Janna?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Naafiri usually fairs equally well when playing against Janna, with a 49.0% win rate. As a result, Naafiri makes an ok counter for Janna.
While Naafiri does have a lower win rate than Janna, when facing one another, Naafiri also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes them a less time consuming character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Naafiri into Janna.
Additionally, Naafiri also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Janna. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Naafiri vs Janna matchups, Janna is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Naafiri is a somewhat poor counter for Janna. Focus your strategy on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Naafiri against Janna.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Naafiri to counter Janna during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Naafiri on average picks up much more CS relative to Janna. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Naafiri versus Janna build include Edge of Night, Serylda's Grudge, and Opportunity. When Naafiri bought at least these three pieces in their build, they did significantly better against Janna than with most other common builds. In fact, Naafiri boasted an average win rate of 49.0% battling Janna with these items in their kit.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Janna as Naafiri, Naafiri players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Naafiri vs Janna clashes, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.0% winrate overall.
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