Diana vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Diana
based on 6,203 Diana vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Diana vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Diana vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as Diana
Tips for Playing as Diana against Varus
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 Varus
When he gets a kill or assist, Varus temporarily gains Attack Speed and is much more dangerous.
You'll get bound in place if a tendril from Varus' ultimate, Chain of Corruption, reaches you. You can cause the tendril to die however by running far enough away from it.
If you are affected by Blight, Varus' abilities will deal extra damage to you.
Diana vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Diana in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify some valuable Diana vs. Varus counter statistics that can help you distinguish the differences between the pair. As an example, Diana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Varus’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Diana may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Varus..
Diana typically has a similar longest kill spree as her counter does. Commonly, she receives more damage than Varus. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Diana and Varus
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Who is Better, Diana or Varus?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Diana usually wins when facing off against Varus, with a 51.7% win rate. As a result, Diana makes a good counter for Varus.
While Diana does have a higher win rate compared to Varus, when facing one another, Diana also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Diana into Varus.
Furthermore, Diana has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Varus. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Diana vs Varus matchups, Diana is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Diana is a decent counter to Varus. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Diana against Varus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Diana in order to counter Varus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Diana often racks up less CS as Varus. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Diana versus Varus build include Cryptbloom, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Diana incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better when facing Varus than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Diana boasted an average winrate of 51.7% when playing against Varus with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Varus as Diana, you 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 combinations players used for Diana vs Varus battles, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.7% winrate overall.
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