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.
If Shaco uses Deceive to enter a fight he won't be able to quickly use it again to get away. Work with your team to quickly focus him down.
If Shaco is doing well early-game, it is worth the investment to place Stealth Wards near his Jungle camps.
The stat comparisons provided here show several important Diana vs. Shaco matchup stats that can help you understand the differences between this pair of champs. Diana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Shaco’s ratio of NaN, showing that Diana may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Shaco..
Diana normally has a similar longest killing spree as her foe does. Typically, she takes more damage than Shaco. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Diana usually wins when playing against Shaco, with a 51.5% win rate. Thus, Diana makes a good counter to Shaco.
While Diana does have a higher winrate compared to Shaco, when they face off with one another, Diana also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less complex character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Diana into Shaco.
Moreover, Diana also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Shaco. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Diana vs Shaco matchups, Diana is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Diana is a decent counter for Shaco. Focus your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Diana against Shaco.
To truly master Diana to counter Shaco during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Diana often accumulates more CS compared to Shaco. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Diana versus Shaco build include Sunfire Aegis, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Nashor's Tooth. When Diana incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better against Shaco than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Diana boasted an average winrate of 51.5% battling Shaco with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Shaco as Diana, Diana players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Diana vs Shaco matchups, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.5% win rate overall.
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