Diana vs Tristana
How to Beat Tristana as Diana
based on 5,201 Diana vs Tristana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Diana vs Tristana Matchup Summary
Best Diana vs Tristana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Tristana as Diana
Tips for Playing as Diana against Tristana
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 Tristana
Stand away from your creeps in a lane to take less collateral damage from Explosive Charge.
If you see Tristana activate Rapid Fire in a fight, stun her and try to back off until the spell dissipates.
Diana vs Tristana Counter Stats
How to Counter Tristana with Diana in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore some critical Diana versus Tristana counter stats that may help us figure out the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Diana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Tristana’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Diana may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Tristana..
Diana typically has a similar longest kill spree as her counter does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Tristana. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Diana and Tristana
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Who is Better, Diana or Tristana?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Diana usually wins when trying to fight Tristana, with a 52.3% win rate. Therefore, Diana makes a good counter to Tristana.
While Diana does have a higher win rate compared to Tristana, when facing one another, Diana also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult champ to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Diana into Tristana.
Additionally, Diana also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Tristana. 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 one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Diana vs Tristana matchups, Diana is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Diana is an above average counter for Tristana. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Diana against Tristana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Diana in order to counter Tristana during both the laning 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 pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Diana most often picks up less CS compared to Tristana. Champions who on average don't take much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Diana versus Tristana build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Stormsurge. When Diana included at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better versus Tristana than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Diana boasted an average win rate of 52.3% battling Tristana with this counter build.
To have the best chance of crushing Tristana as Diana, Diana players should use 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 builds players chose for Diana vs Tristana counters, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.3% win rate overall.
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