Diana vs Lulu
How to Beat Lulu as Diana
based on 2,324 Diana vs Lulu matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Diana vs Lulu Matchup Summary
Best Diana vs Lulu Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lulu as Diana
Tips for Playing as Diana against Lulu
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 Lulu
Lulu excels when opponents heavily commit. Don't give her this chance! Use heavy harass tactics instead to force Lulu and her partner out of lane.
The shots from Lulu's faerie can be intercepted - hide behind your minions to avoid the additional Faerie attacks.
Diana vs Lulu Counter Stats
How to Counter Lulu with Diana in LoL
The stats shown here clarify some significant Diana vs. Lulu counter stats that may help you understand the differences between the pair. For instance, Diana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Lulu’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Diana may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Lulu. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Diana often has a much larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. Typically, she receives more damage than Lulu. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Diana and Lulu
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Who is Better, Diana or Lulu?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Diana usually wins when taking on Lulu, with a 52.8% win rate. Therefore, Diana makes a good counter for Lulu.
While Diana does have a higher winrate compared to Lulu, when on opposite teams, Diana also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less difficult character to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Diana into Lulu.
Moreover, Diana has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lulu. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Diana vs Lulu matchups, Diana is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Diana is an above average counter to Lulu. Focus your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Diana against Lulu.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Diana in order to counter Lulu during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Diana most often accumulates much more CS as Lulu. Champions who on average don't earn much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Diana versus Lulu build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Diana used at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better countering Lulu than with many other typical builds. In fact, Diana had an average win rate of 52.8% when playing against Lulu with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Lulu as Diana, Diana players should equip 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 sets players used for Diana vs Lulu counter picks, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 52.8% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Lulu as Diana are shown for all skill levels, merged. If you want to scope the stats and builds to a specific player tier, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.