Diana vs Illaoi
How to Beat Illaoi as Diana
based on 2,916 Diana vs Illaoi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Diana vs Illaoi Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Illaoi as Diana
Tips for Playing as Diana against Illaoi
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 Illaoi
Killing Tentacles whenever possible will make it much easier to win a fight against Illaoi.
When your spirit gets pulled out, fight back if you can. Dealing damage to Illaoi reduces the spirit's duration.
Avoid grouping up for Leap of Faith to reduce the number of Tentacles available to Illaoi.
Diana vs Illaoi Counter Stats
How to Counter Illaoi with Diana in LoL
The stats shown here show several significant Diana against Illaoi counter stats that may help you explain the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Diana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Illaoi’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Diana may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Illaoi..
Diana normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Illaoi. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Diana and Illaoi
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Who is Better, Diana or Illaoi?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Diana usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Illaoi, with a 50.0% win rate. Thus, Diana makes an ok counter to Illaoi.
While Diana does have a higher winrate than Illaoi, when facing one another, Diana also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Diana into Illaoi.
Furthermore, Diana has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Illaoi. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Diana vs Illaoi matchups, Illaoi is the better champion 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 to Illaoi. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Diana against Illaoi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Diana in order to counter Illaoi during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Diana usually picks up less CS compared to Illaoi. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Diana versus Illaoi build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Diana included at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better versus Illaoi than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Diana had an average win rate of 50.0% battling Illaoi with this build.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing Illaoi as Diana, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Diana vs Illaoi counterpicks, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.0% winrate overall.
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