Darius vs Janna
How to Beat Janna as Darius
based on 3,243 Darius vs Janna matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Darius vs Janna Matchup Summary
Best Darius vs Janna Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Janna as Darius
Tips for Playing as Darius against Janna
Noxian Guillotine does more damage the more attacks you can land prior to it. Use Noxian Might to deal maximum damage.
Darius benefits greatly from enhanced survivability. The longer you can prolong a fight, the more powerful he becomes.
Decimate is a powerful harassment ability. Strike an enemy from maximum range for the greatest effect.
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.
Darius vs Janna Counter Stats
How to Counter Janna with Darius in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize several important Darius against Janna matchup stats that may help you realize the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Darius’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Janna’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Darius may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Janna. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Darius often has a much larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes more damage than Janna. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Darius and Janna
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Who is Better, Darius or Janna?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Darius usually fairs equally well when facing off against Janna, with a 49.3% win rate. Therefore, Darius makes an ok counter to Janna.
While Darius does have a lower winrate than Janna, when facing one another, Darius also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Darius into Janna.
Furthermore, Darius also has only a small 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 one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Darius 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 allied champions during late stage team fights.
Darius is a somewhat poor counter for Janna. Focus your actions on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Darius against Janna.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Darius in order to counter Janna during both the lane 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 tips presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Darius on average picks up much more CS compared to Janna. Champs who on average don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Darius versus Janna build include Sterak's Gage, Dead Man's Plate, and Sundered Sky. When Darius used at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better against Janna than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Darius had an average winrate of 49.3% when countering Janna with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Janna as Darius, Darius players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Darius vs Janna clashes, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.3% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Janna as Darius are given for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a specific division, you should use the selection menu located earlier on the page.