Yasuo vs Janna
How to Beat Janna as Yasuo
based on 6,098 Yasuo vs Janna matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yasuo vs Janna Matchup Summary
Best Yasuo vs Janna Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Janna as Yasuo
Tips for Playing as Yasuo against Janna
Last Breath can be cast on any target that is knocked Airborne, even by one of your allies.
Dash through a minion to have Sweeping Blade available to chase your opponent should they flee; Dash directly to your opponent to preserve a minion as your escape route.
At level 18, Yasuo's Steel Tempest reaches its Attack Speed cap with 55% Attack Speed from items.
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.
Yasuo vs Janna Counter Stats
How to Counter Janna with Yasuo in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify several influential Yasuo versus Janna counter statistics that can help us explain the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Yasuo’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Janna’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Yasuo may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Janna. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in killsdeaths.
Yasuo often has a much larger longest killing spree than his foe does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Janna. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Yasuo and Janna
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Who is Better, Yasuo or Janna?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Yasuo usually fairs equally well when taking on Janna, with a 49.1% win rate. Thus, Yasuo makes an ok counter to Janna.
While Yasuo does have a lower winrate than Janna, when facing one another, Yasuo also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Yasuo into Jannaas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Yasuo also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Janna. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Yasuo vs Janna matchups, Janna is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Yasuo is a somewhat poor counter for Janna. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Yasuo against Janna.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Yasuo to counter Janna during both the lane 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 suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yasuo often gets much more CS compared to Janna. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Yasuo versus Janna build include Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster, and Kraken Slayer. When Yasuo bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better countering Janna than with most other typical builds. In fact, Yasuo had an average win rate of 49.1% battling Janna with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of crushing Janna as Yasuo, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Yasuo vs Janna face-offs, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.1% win rate overall.
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