Diana vs Skarner
How to Beat Skarner as Diana
based on 481 Diana vs Skarner matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Diana vs Skarner Matchup Summary
Best Diana vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Diana
Tips for Playing as Diana against Skarner
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 Skarner
Skarner can't harm you very much outside of short range, so stay away from him!
Skarner is especially dangerous when inside Crystal Spire zones his team controls. Try to capture them ahead of time if a fight may break out around them.
Skarner's Move Speed is increased as long as his shield, Crystalline Exoskeleton, persists. Attack him to lower his speed.
Diana vs Skarner Counter Stats
How to Counter Skarner with Diana in LoL
The stats provided here underscore several critical Diana versus Skarner matchup stats that may help us realize the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. Diana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Skarner’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Diana may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Skarner. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Diana usually has a much larger longest kill spree than her opponent does. Typically, she takes less damage than Skarner. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Diana and Skarner
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Who is Better, Diana or Skarner?
Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Diana usually wins when playing against Skarner, with a 53.2% win rate. Therefore, Diana makes a great counter to Skarner.
While Diana does have a higher winrate than Skarner, when on opposite teams, Diana also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less challenging character to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Diana into Skarner.
Furthermore, Diana has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Skarner. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Diana vs Skarner 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 allies during teamfights.
Diana is a great counter for Skarner. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Diana against Skarner.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Diana to counter Skarner during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Diana typically racks up more CS as Skarner. Champions who on average don't get much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to use in your Diana versus Skarner build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Diana combined at least these three items in her build, she performed much better countering Skarner than with many other common builds. In fact, Diana boasted an average win rate of 53.2% battling Skarner with this build.
To have the highest chance of defeating Skarner as Diana, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Diana vs Skarner counters, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 53.2% win rate overall.
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