Rek'Sai vs Janna
How to Beat Janna as Rek'Sai
based on 585 Rek'Sai vs Janna matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Rek'Sai vs Janna Matchup Summary
Best Rek'Sai vs Janna Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Janna as Rek'Sai
Tips for Playing as Rek'Sai against Janna
Keeping tunnels spread out across the map will ensure you have choices when you want to cast Void Rush.
Cast Burrow before travelling around the map to take advantage of the increased Move Speed and the safety provided by Tremor Sense.
Tremor Sense can warn you of enemies closing in, and is particularly useful when entering enemy territory.
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.
Rek'Sai vs Janna Counter Stats
How to Counter Janna with Rek'Sai in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore several significant Rek'Sai against Janna counter statistics that can help you figure out the differences and similarities between these two champions. For instance, Rek'Sai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Janna’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Rek'Sai may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Janna. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Rek'Sai normally has a much larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives more damage than Janna. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Rek'Sai and Janna
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Who is Better, Rek'Sai or Janna?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Rek'Sai usually loses when playing against Janna, with a 46.5% win rate. Thus, Rek'Sai makes a poor counter to Janna.
While Rek'Sai does have a lower winrate than Janna, when facing one another, Rek'Sai also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Rek'Sai into Janna.
Moreover, Rek'Sai also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Janna. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Rek'Sai vs Janna matchups, Janna is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Rek'Sai is a trash counter for Janna. Focus your play on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Rek'Sai against Janna.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Rek'Sai to counter Janna during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rek'Sai usually racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Janna. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The best items to use in your Rek'Sai versus Janna build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Titanic Hydra. When Rek'Sai incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs. Janna than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Rek'Sai boasted an average winrate of 46.5% when playing against Janna with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of defeating Janna as Rek'Sai, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Rek'Sai vs Janna LoL games, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 46.5% win rate overall.
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