Diana vs Irelia
How to Beat Irelia as Diana
based on 4,208 Diana vs Irelia matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Diana vs Irelia Matchup Summary
Best Diana vs Irelia Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Irelia as Diana
Tips for Playing as Diana against Irelia
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 Irelia
Pay attention to Ionian Fervor stacks and try to engage Irelia when it is down.
Minion waves greatly enhance Irelia's mobility, beware fighting her inside one.
Beware of wasting your high impact spells on Defiant Dance.
Diana vs Irelia Counter Stats
How to Counter Irelia with Diana in LoL
The stats shown here show several vital Diana against Irelia counter stats that can help you realize the differences and similarities between the two. Diana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Irelia’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Diana may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Irelia..
Diana normally has a similar longest killing spree as her matchup does. Typically, she takes less damage than Irelia. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Diana and Irelia
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Who is Better, Diana or Irelia?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Diana usually loses when facing off against Irelia, with a 48.5% win rate. Therefore, Diana makes a bad counter to Irelia.
While Diana does have a lower winrate than Irelia, when facing one another, Diana also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Diana into Irelia.
Furthermore, Diana has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Irelia. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Diana vs Irelia matchups, Irelia is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Diana is a somewhat poor counter for Irelia. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Diana against Irelia.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Diana to counter Irelia during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Diana typically racks up less CS relative to Irelia. Champs who typically don't get much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Diana versus Irelia build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Diana incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better vs Irelia than with most other common builds. In fact, Diana boasted an average win rate of 48.5% when countering Irelia with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating Irelia as Diana, Diana players should equip 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 players chose for Diana vs Irelia fights, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.5% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Irelia as Diana are presented for all skill levels combined. If you would like to filter the stats and builds to a distinct skill level, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.