Varus vs Janna
How to Beat Janna as Varus
based on 4,021 Varus vs Janna matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Varus vs Janna Matchup Summary
Best Varus vs Janna Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Janna as Varus
Tips for Playing as Varus against Janna
Try to take advantage of Piercing Arrow's very long range to snipe at enemy champions before a fight or as they're trying to flee.
An early point in Blighted Quiver helps harass enemy champions and get killing blows on minions.
During short range fights it's sometimes best to fire Piercing Arrow quickly, rather than charging it to full power.
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.
Varus vs Janna Counter Stats
How to Counter Janna with Varus in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize several valuable Varus against Janna matchup stats that can help you appreciate the differences between the two. Varus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Janna’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Varus may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Janna. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Varus typically has a much larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Janna. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Varus and Janna
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Who is Better, Varus or Janna?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Varus usually loses when facing off against Janna, with a 48.5% win rate. As a result, Varus makes a bad counter for Janna.
While Varus does have a lower winrate than Janna, when facing one another, Varus also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Varus into Janna.
Furthermore, Varus also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Janna. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Varus 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 allied champions during team fights.
Varus is a somewhat poor counter for Janna. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Varus against Janna.
Other Champion Matchups Against Varus
Additional Information for Varus Players
How We Calculated Our Varus vs Janna Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Varus in order 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 listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Varus typically picks up much more CS compared to Janna. Champions who on average don't get much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Varus versus Janna build include Muramana, Edge of Night, and Serylda's Grudge. When Varus combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Janna than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Varus had an average winrate of 48.5% battling Janna with this build.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Janna as Varus, Varus players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Varus vs Janna counterpicks, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.5% win rate overall.
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