Diana vs Brand
How to Beat Brand as Diana
based on 9,718 Diana vs Brand matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Diana vs Brand Matchup Summary
Best Diana vs Brand Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Brand as Diana
Tips for Playing as Diana against Brand
Use Moonfall and Lunar Rush to stay on targets and activate Moonsilver Blade for extra damage.
Consider when to cast Lunar Rush without Moonlight and when to wait for another Crescent Strike.
Landing Crescent Strike is critically important, but don't be afraid to miss. The cooldown is short and the mana cost is low.
Advice to Win Against Brand
Brand's passive allows him to excel against teams that cluster together. Be sure to split up against him.
Brand must land an ability before his combo is able to get started. Dodging his Sear or Pillar of Flame will disrupt his rhythm.
Try to move away from allies when you see Pyroclasm being cast. The initial missile speed is slow, which should give your team time to react.
Diana vs Brand Counter Stats
How to Counter Brand with Diana in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several vital Diana versus Brand counter stats that may help us explain the differences between the two. As an example, Diana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Brand’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Diana may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Brand..
Diana normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her matchup does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Brand. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Diana and Brand
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Who is Better, Diana or Brand?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Diana usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Brand, with a 50.1% win rate. Thus, Diana makes an ok counter for Brand.
While Diana does have a higher winrate than Brand, when facing one another, Diana also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more time consuming champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Diana into Brand.
Furthermore, Diana has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Brand. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Diana vs Brand matchups, Diana is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Diana is a decent counter for Brand. Focus your strategy on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Diana against Brand.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Diana to counter Brand during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Diana usually racks up more CS compared to Brand. Champs who on average don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Diana versus Brand build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Shadowflame. When Diana used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better countering Brand than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Diana boasted an average winrate of 50.1% battling Brand with this build.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Brand as Diana, Diana players should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Diana vs Brand face-offs, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.1% win rate overall.
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