Diana vs Graves
How to Beat Graves as Diana
based on 7,091 Diana vs Graves matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Diana vs Graves Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Graves as Diana
Tips for Playing as Diana against Graves
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 Graves
Leaving the Smoke Screen's area of effect removes the harmful effect immediately.
Graves deals mostly physical damage so Armor is an effective counter.
Diana vs Graves Counter Stats
How to Counter Graves with Diana in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several significant Diana versus Graves counter stats that can help us understand the differences and similarities between these two champions. As an example, Diana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Graves’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Diana may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Graves..
Diana usually has a similar longest killing spree as her counter does. On average, she takes less damage than Graves. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Diana or Graves?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Diana usually fairs equally well when taking on Graves, with a 50.5% win rate. Thus, Diana makes an ok counter to Graves.
While Diana does have a higher winrate compared to Graves, when on opposite teams, Diana also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Diana into Graves.
Additionally, Diana also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Graves. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Diana vs Graves matchups, Diana is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Diana is a decent counter for Graves. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Diana against Graves.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Diana to counter Graves during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Diana on average gets more CS as Graves. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills often 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 skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Diana versus Graves build consist of Banshee's Veil, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Diana bought at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better versus Graves than with most other common item sets. In fact, Diana boasted an average win rate of 50.5% when playing against Graves with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Graves as Diana, you should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Bone Plating, and Shield Bash runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Diana vs Graves face-offs, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.5% win rate overall.
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