Warwick vs Janna
How to Beat Janna as Warwick
based on 3,464 Warwick vs Janna matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Warwick vs Janna Matchup Summary
Best Warwick vs Janna Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Janna as Warwick
Tips for Playing as Warwick against Janna
Infinite Duress (R)'s distance scales with any Move Speed you gain, even from ally buffs and summoner spells.
Follow your Blood Hunt trails to low health enemy champions.
Jaws of the Beast (Q) will follow enemies who run, dash or teleport if you keep the button held down.
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.
Warwick vs Janna Counter Stats
How to Counter Janna with Warwick in LoL
The stats provided here show several critical Warwick versus Janna matchup statistics that can help you explain the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Warwick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Janna’s ratio of NaN, showing that Warwick may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Janna. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Warwick often has a much larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Janna. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Warwick and Janna
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Who is Better, Warwick or Janna?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Warwick usually loses when playing against Janna, with a 48.7% win rate. As a result, Warwick makes a bad counter to Janna.
While Warwick does have a lower winrate compared to Janna, when on opposite teams, Warwick also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less complex character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Warwick into Janna.
Furthermore, Warwick has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Janna. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Warwick vs Janna matchups, Janna is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Warwick is a somewhat poor counter for Janna. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Warwick against Janna.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Warwick to counter Janna during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Warwick most often racks up more CS relative to Janna. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Warwick versus Janna build include Sterak's Gage, Blade of The Ruined King, and Titanic Hydra. When Warwick incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better vs Janna than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Warwick boasted an average win rate of 48.7% battling Janna with this build.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Janna as Warwick, Warwick players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Warwick vs Janna battles, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.7% win rate overall.
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