Diana vs Lucian
How to Beat Lucian as Diana
based on 9,552 Diana vs Lucian matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Diana vs Lucian Matchup Summary
Best Diana vs Lucian Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lucian as Diana
Tips for Playing as Diana against Lucian
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 Lucian
Lucian cannot change the aim of The Culling. Take advantage of this by avoiding the angle of the bullets.
Lucian has strong burst, but little sustained damage.
Piercing Light does not give Lucian extra Attack Range. He still needs to find a target in range to line up his shot. Avoid Piercing Light by anticipating the angle Lucian will choose.
Diana vs Lucian Counter Stats
How to Counter Lucian with Diana in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify some strategic Diana versus Lucian matchup statistics that may help you explain the differences between this set of champions. As an example, Diana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Lucian’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Diana may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Lucian..
Diana often has a similar longest kill spree as her opponent does. On average, she receives more damage than Lucian. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Diana and Lucian
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Who is Better, Diana or Lucian?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Diana usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Lucian, with a 50.5% win rate. As a result, Diana makes an ok counter to Lucian.
While Diana does have a higher win rate than Lucian, when they face off with one another, Diana also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less complex champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Diana into Lucian.
Additionally, Diana also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Lucian. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Diana vs Lucian matchups, Diana is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Diana is a decent counter for Lucian. Focus your play on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Diana against Lucian.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Diana in order to counter Lucian during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Diana on average gets less CS relative to Lucian. Champs who on average don't get much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, 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, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Diana versus Lucian build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Shadowflame. When Diana bought at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better versus Lucian than with many other typical builds. In fact, Diana had an average winrate of 50.5% when playing against Lucian with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Lucian 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 runes players chose for Diana vs Lucian counter picks, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.5% winrate overall.
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