Nasus vs Janna
How to Beat Janna as Nasus
based on 2,585 Nasus vs Janna matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nasus vs Janna Matchup Summary
Best Nasus vs Janna Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Janna as Nasus
Tips for Playing as Nasus against Janna
Paying attention to last hitting with Siphoning Strike will have a large impact at the end of a game.
If you're solo, Spirit Fire is a great way to farm a lane. It can be bad if you're in a lane with 2 and you push too far. Find the right balance between Siphoning Strike last hits and AoE farming.
If you have low defenses, people will focus you down even during your ultimate. Try buying some survivability items even in your DPS builds.
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.
Nasus vs Janna Counter Stats
How to Counter Janna with Nasus in LoL
The stats provided here show several important Nasus against Janna matchup stats that can help us distinguish the distinctions between the two. As an example, Nasus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Janna’s ratio of NaN, showing that Nasus may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Janna. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Nasus often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Janna. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nasus and Janna
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Who is Better, Nasus or Janna?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nasus usually loses when taking on Janna, with a 47.7% win rate. Therefore, Nasus makes a poor counter for Janna.
While Nasus does have a lower win rate than Janna, when they face off with one another, Nasus also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champion to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Nasus into Janna.
Additionally, Nasus has almost no 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 is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nasus vs Janna matchups, Janna is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Nasus is a trash counter to Janna. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Nasus against Janna.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Nasus in order 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 tips shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nasus on average picks up much more CS compared to Janna. Champions who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to use in your Nasus versus Janna build include Trinity Force, Frozen Heart, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Nasus incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better against Janna than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Nasus boasted an average winrate of 47.7% when countering Janna with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Janna as Nasus, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Nasus vs Janna battles, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.7% win rate overall.
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