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Akali vs Diana

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How to Beat Diana as Akali

based on 9,809 Akali vs Diana matchups
Win Rate
49.1 %
K/D/A
2.34
Pick Rate
4.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of ranked League of Legends matches each and every week. In our dataset, Akali battled Diana 9809 times. Having so many matchups for Akali versus Diana provides us a lot of confidence in our ability to prepare informative data and a pro build to suppress your opponent. This particular counter pairing is fairly uncommon. Akali has to counter Diana in only 4.3% of her games.

Akali vs Diana Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Akali does a poor job of countering Diana. Typically, she wins a acceptable 49.1% of games the champions oppose each other in. In Akali vs Diana games, Akali’s team is 0.0% more probable to earn first blood. This indicates that she probably will get first blood against Diana.

Best Akali vs Diana Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Dark SealHextech Alternator

Core Akali Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapLich BaneStormsurge

Optional Items

Banshee's VeilCryptbloomZhonya's HourglassShadowflame

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Akali to level upq
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Second ability for Akali to level upe
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Last skill for Akali to max outw

Runes

DominationElectrocuteSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionUltimate Hunter
ResolveSecond WindOvergrowth
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Akali's passive ability p
Akali's q ability q
Akali's w ability w
Akali's e ability e
Akali's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Diana as Akali

Tips for Playing as Akali against Diana

Akali excels at killing fragile champions. Let your team initiate and then strike at the people in the back.

Twilight Shroud offers safety in even the most dangerous situations. Use that time to save up energy for a quick strike later.

Advice to Win Against Diana

Pale Cascade orbs only last a few seconds. Avoid Diana and engage her after the shield dissipates.

Diana can play very aggressively if she uses Lunar Rush without Moonlight, but you can punish her by slowing or stunning her when she has no way to get back into position.

Dodge Crescent Strike, or move to safety if you are affected by Moonlight.

Akali vs Diana Counter Stats

Akali Image
Win Rate
49.1 %
VS
Win Rate
50.9 %
Diana Image
9
< Kills >
7.6
6.1
< Deaths >
7
5.3
< Assists >
6.7
2.01
< Killing Sprees >
1.76
154
< Minions Killed >
96
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.8
0.37
< Inhibitors >
0.45
1,333
< Physical Damage >
2,100
20,888
< Magic Damage >
19,143
718
< True Damage >
1,025
22,940
< Damage Dealt >
22,269
26,466
< Damage Taken >
24,898
11,700
< Gold Earned >
12,270
1.46
< Towers >
1.7
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.2
3,221
< Total Healing >
5,862
14,390
< Experience >
14,224
17
< Vision Score >
20
8
< Wards Placed >
7
71
< Time Dealing CC >
128

How to Counter Diana with Akali in LoL

The stats shown here underscore some valuable Akali against Diana matchup statistics that can help you appreciate the distinctions between the two. Akali’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Diana’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Akali may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Diana..

Akali usually has a similar longest killing spree as her matchup does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Diana. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Akali and Diana

Damage Types Compared

Akali
Diana
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Akali
Diana

Who is Better, Akali or Diana?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Akali usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Diana, with a 49.1% win rate. Therefore, Akali makes an ok counter for Diana.

While Akali does have a lower win rate than Diana, when facing one another, Akali also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Akali into Dianaas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Akali also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Diana. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Akali vs Diana matchups, Diana is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Akali is a somewhat poor counter for Diana. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Akali against Diana.

Other Champion Matchups Against Akali

Akali Loses Against

LilliaLillia45.1% winrateMiss FortuneMiss Fortune45.2% winrateTaricTaric45.7% winrateMaokaiMaokai45.8% winrate

Akali Wins Against

YuumiYuumi54.5% winrateHweiHwei53.7% winrateOriannaOrianna53.2% winrateLeBlancLeBlanc52.9% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

TaricTaric+ 52.5% 2290 GamesLilliaLillia+ 53.1% 10960 GamesTrundleTrundle+ 53.2% 13190 GamesMiss FortuneMiss Fortune+ 53.3% 30791 Games

Additional Information for Akali Players

How We Calculated Our Akali vs Diana Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Diana as Akali, we analyzed 9,809 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Diana as Akali comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Akali Build Diana Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Akali to counter Diana 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 suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Akali usually accumulates more CS relative to Diana. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.

The most important items to prioritize in your Akali versus Diana build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Akali combined at least these three items in her build, she performed much better countering Diana than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Akali boasted an average winrate of 49.1% battling Diana with these items in her kit.

To have the best probability of annihilating Diana as Akali, you should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Akali vs Diana fights, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.1% winrate overall.

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