Xerath vs Janna
How to Beat Janna as Xerath
based on 3,682 Xerath vs Janna matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Janna Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs Janna Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Janna as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Janna
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
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.
Xerath vs Janna Counter Stats
How to Counter Janna with Xerath in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize several strategic Xerath versus Janna matchup statistics that may help us explain the differences and similarities between this set of champs. For instance, Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Janna’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Janna. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Xerath typically has a much larger longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Janna. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Xerath and Janna
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Who is Better, Xerath or Janna?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Xerath usually loses when taking on Janna, with a 48.5% win rate. Therefore, Xerath makes a poor counter for Janna.
While Xerath does have a lower win rate compared to Janna, when on opposite teams, Xerath also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Xerath into Jannaas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Xerath also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Janna. This 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 overall in League of Legends, in Xerath vs Janna matchups, Janna is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Xerath is a somewhat poor counter to Janna. Focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Xerath against Janna.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Xerath in order to counter Janna during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath usually accumulates much more CS relative to Janna. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Xerath versus Janna build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when facing Janna than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Xerath had an average winrate of 48.5% when countering Janna with this counter build.
To have the best probability of beating Janna as Xerath, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Xerath vs Janna battles, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.5% win rate overall.
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