Diana vs Nami
How to Beat Nami as Diana
based on 4,515 Diana vs Nami matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Diana vs Nami Matchup Summary
Best Diana vs Nami Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nami as Diana
Tips for Playing as Diana against Nami
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 Nami
Aqua Prison is a very powerful ability with a long cooldown, take advantage of the situation if Nami misses this ability.
Tidal Wave has a very long range but travels slowly, be aware of when it is coming your way as you can move out of its path.
Try to avoid fighting an opponent affected by Tidecaller's Blessing, it lasts a short duration so waiting it out can help you greatly.
Diana vs Nami Counter Stats
How to Counter Nami with Diana in LoL
The stats shown here underscore several valuable Diana versus Nami matchup stats that may help you interpret the distinctions between the two. Diana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nami’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Diana may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Nami. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Diana often has a much larger longest killing spree than her enemy does. On average, she receives more damage than Nami. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Diana and Nami
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Who is Better, Diana or Nami?
Both League 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 Nami, with a 50.6% win rate. As a result, Diana makes an ok counter for Nami.
While Diana does have a higher winrate than Nami, when facing one another, Diana also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less complex champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Diana into Nami.
Furthermore, Diana has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nami. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Diana vs Nami matchups, Diana is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Diana is a decent counter for Nami. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Diana against Nami.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Diana to counter Nami during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Diana on average accumulates much more CS compared to Nami. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Diana versus Nami build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Shadowflame. When Diana used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better vs. Nami than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Diana had an average winrate of 50.6% battling Nami with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Nami as Diana, Diana players should take 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 that we analyzed for Diana vs Nami battles, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.6% winrate overall.
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