Yorick vs Janna
How to Beat Janna as Yorick
based on 1,880 Yorick vs Janna matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yorick vs Janna Matchup Summary
Best Yorick vs Janna Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Janna as Yorick
Tips for Playing as Yorick against Janna
You do not need to cast Awakening to regain the ability to cast Last Rites.
You can send the Maiden down a lane alone, be careful though, as she represents a large portion of your combat power.
The Maiden will attempt to assist you in a fight, so choose your targets well.
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.
Yorick vs Janna Counter Stats
How to Counter Janna with Yorick in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight several important Yorick versus Janna matchup stats that can help you explain the differences and similarities between the two. Yorick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Janna’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Yorick may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Janna..
Yorick typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his foe does. On average, he receives more damage than Janna. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Yorick and Janna
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Who is Better, Yorick or Janna?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Yorick usually fairs equally well when taking on Janna, with a 49.9% win rate. Therefore, Yorick makes an ok counter to Janna.
While Yorick does have a lower winrate than Janna, when facing one another, Yorick also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Yorick into Janna.
Furthermore, Yorick also has almost no 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 ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Yorick vs Janna matchups, Janna is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Yorick is a somewhat poor counter for Janna. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Yorick against Janna.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Yorick in order to counter Janna during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yorick often picks up much more CS as Janna. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Yorick versus Janna build include Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Hullbreaker. When Yorick bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better against Janna than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Yorick had an average win rate of 49.9% battling Janna with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing Janna as Yorick, Yorick players should take the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Legend: Bloodline, and Presence of Mind runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Yorick vs Janna face-offs, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.9% win rate overall.
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