Vladimir vs Janna
How to Beat Janna as Vladimir
based on 3,148 Vladimir vs Janna matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vladimir vs Janna Matchup Summary
Best Vladimir vs Janna Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Janna as Vladimir
Tips for Playing as Vladimir against Janna
Transfusion instantly deals damage to the enemy before healing Vladimir, making it one of the best last hitting tools in the game.
Cast Hemoplague where it will afflict the most units.
Sanguine Pool pops incoming missiles, so it can be used to dodge disables.
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.
Vladimir vs Janna Counter Stats
How to Counter Janna with Vladimir in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight several strategic Vladimir versus Janna matchup statistics that may help us understand the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Vladimir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Janna’s ratio of NaN, showing that Vladimir may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Janna. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Vladimir normally has a much larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Janna. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Vladimir and Janna
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Who is Better, Vladimir or Janna?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Vladimir usually loses when trying to fight Janna, with a 48.8% win rate. Thus, Vladimir makes a bad counter to Janna.
While Vladimir does have a lower win rate compared to Janna, when they face off with one another, Vladimir also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Vladimir into Jannaas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Vladimir has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Janna. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Vladimir vs Janna matchups, Janna is the better champion with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Vladimir is a somewhat poor counter for Janna. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Vladimir against Janna.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Vladimir to counter Janna during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vladimir typically picks up much more CS relative to Janna. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Vladimir versus Janna build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Cosmic Drive, and Stormsurge. When Vladimir incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when facing Janna than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Vladimir boasted an average winrate of 48.8% when countering Janna with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Janna as Vladimir, Vladimir players should take the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Vladimir vs Janna counterpicks, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.8% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Janna as Vladimir are displayed for all skill levels combined. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to a specific player tier, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.