Diana vs Xayah
How to Beat Xayah as Diana
based on 2,616 Diana vs Xayah matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Diana vs Xayah Matchup Summary
Best Diana vs Xayah Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xayah as Diana
Tips for Playing as Diana against Xayah
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 Xayah
Xayah's Bladecaller will only root targets hit by 3 or more returning Feathers.
Long fights in the same area with Xayah will allow her to drop a lot of Feathers. Try to stay on the move!
Make sure you are ready when you go for the kill. Untargetability from Featherstorm can quickly turn an ambush in Xayah's favor.
Diana vs Xayah Counter Stats
How to Counter Xayah with Diana in LoL
The stats shown here feature several strategic Diana vs. Xayah matchup statistics that can help us explain the differences between the two. Diana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Xayah’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Diana may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Xayah..
Diana typically has a similar longest killing spree as her enemy does. Commonly, she takes more damage than Xayah. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Diana and Xayah
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Who is Better, Diana or Xayah?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Diana usually wins when trying to fight Xayah, with a 51.3% win rate. As a result, Diana makes a good counter for Xayah.
While Diana does have a higher winrate than Xayah, when they face off with one another, Diana also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less difficult champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Diana into Xayah.
Moreover, Diana has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Xayah. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Diana vs Xayah matchups, Diana is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Diana is a decent counter for Xayah. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Diana against Xayah.
Other Champion Matchups Against Diana
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Diana to counter Xayah during both the lane 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 mind the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Diana typically picks up less CS compared to Xayah. Champs who on average don't get much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Diana versus Xayah build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Diana included at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better vs. Xayah than with many other common builds. In fact, Diana had an average win rate of 51.3% when playing against Xayah with this build.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing Xayah as Diana, you should use 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 we have analyed for Diana vs Xayah counters, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.3% win rate overall.
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