Diana vs Leona
How to Beat Leona as Diana
based on 4,305 Diana vs Leona matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Diana vs Leona Matchup Summary
Best Diana vs Leona Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Leona as Diana
Tips for Playing as Diana against Leona
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.
Use Moonfall and Lunar Rush to stay on targets and activate Moonsilver Blade for extra damage.
Advice to Win Against Leona
When Leona activates Eclipse, you have three seconds to get away from her before she deals damage.
Only foes in the center of Solar Flare get stunned, so you can often avoid this if you're quick.
Diana vs Leona Counter Stats
How to Counter Leona with Diana in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify several vital Diana against Leona counter statistics that can help you interpret the distinctions between this set of champions. As an example, Diana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Leona’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Diana may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Leona. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Diana typically has a much larger longest kill spree than her foe does. Commonly, she receives more damage than Leona. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Diana and Leona
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Who is Better, Diana or Leona?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Diana usually wins when taking on Leona, with a 52.6% win rate. As a result, Diana makes a good counter for Leona.
While Diana does have a higher winrate than Leona, when facing one another, Diana also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming character to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Diana into Leona.
Additionally, Diana has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Leona. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Diana vs Leona matchups, Diana is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Diana is an above average counter for Leona. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Diana against Leona.
Other Champion Matchups Against Diana
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How We Calculated Our Diana vs Leona Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Diana to counter Leona during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Diana typically picks up more CS relative to Leona. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Diana versus Leona build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Nashor's Tooth. When Diana bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better versus Leona than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Diana had an average winrate of 52.6% when countering Leona with these items in her kit.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Leona as Diana, Diana players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Diana vs Leona matchups, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.6% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Leona as Diana are given for every ranked division. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to an individual rank, you can use the selection menu located earlier on the page.