Diana vs Maokai
How to Beat Maokai as Diana
based on 6,269 Diana vs Maokai matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Diana vs Maokai Matchup Summary
Best Diana vs Maokai Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Maokai as Diana
Tips for Playing as Diana against Maokai
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 Maokai
The cooldown on Maokai's self healing is heavily gated on how many time you hit him with spells. Careful about wasting abilities on him.
Maokai will avoid taking damage while he's using Twisted Advance, so don't waste your spells.
Saplings will chase the first enemy that gets too close, but detonate after a few seconds or if they collide with other enemies. Be especially careful around brush sapling, as they are much more dangerous.
Diana vs Maokai Counter Stats
How to Counter Maokai with Diana in LoL
The stats shown here underscore several valuable Diana vs. Maokai counter statistics that can help you grasp the distinctions between these two champions. Diana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Maokai’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Diana may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Maokai. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Diana often has a much larger longest killing spree than her opponent does. Typically, she receives less damage than Maokai. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Diana and Maokai
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Who is Better, Diana or Maokai?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Diana usually loses when taking on Maokai, with a 46.5% win rate. Therefore, Diana makes a bad counter to Maokai.
While Diana does have a lower winrate than Maokai, when they face off with one another, Diana also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult character to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Diana into Maokai.
Moreover, Diana also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Maokai. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Diana vs Maokai matchups, Maokai is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Diana is a terribly counter for Maokai. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Diana against Maokai.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Diana in order to counter Maokai during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Diana on average picks up more CS as Maokai. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Diana versus Maokai build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Diana bought at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better vs. Maokai than with most other common item sets. In fact, Diana boasted an average winrate of 46.5% when countering Maokai with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Maokai as Diana, Diana players should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Bone Plating, and Shield Bash runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Diana vs Maokai counter picks, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 46.5% win rate overall.
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