Kalista vs Diana
How to Beat Diana as Kalista
based on 1,387 Kalista vs Diana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kalista vs Diana Matchup Summary
Best Kalista vs Diana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Diana as Kalista
Tips for Playing as Kalista against Diana
Rend is a valuable last hitting aid, since its cooldown resets if it kills a target.
Entering a move order once to trigger Martial Poise will not clear Kalista's basic attack target.
Due to her passive, Kalista's Move Speed is effectively increased by Attack Speed.
Advice to Win Against Diana
Pale Cascade orbs only last a few seconds. Avoid Diana and engage her after the shield dissipates.
Diana can play very aggressively if she uses Lunar Rush without Moonlight, but you can punish her by slowing or stunning her when she has no way to get back into position.
Dodge Crescent Strike, or move to safety if you are affected by Moonlight.
Kalista vs Diana Counter Stats
How to Counter Diana with Kalista in LoL
The stats provided here show several valuable Kalista against Diana matchup statistics that can help us figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Diana’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Diana..
Kalista often has a similar longest kill spree as her counter does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to Diana. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kalista and Diana
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Who is Better, Kalista or Diana?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kalista usually loses when playing against Diana, with a 46.9% win rate. As a result, Kalista makes a bad counter to Diana.
While Kalista does have a lower win rate than Diana, when facing one another, Kalista also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult character to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Kalista into Dianaas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Kalista also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Diana. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Kalista vs Diana matchups, Diana is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Kalista is a garbage counter to Diana. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Kalista against Diana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kalista in order to counter Diana during both the early game 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 mind the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kalista on average racks up more CS as Diana. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The top items to use in your Kalista versus Diana build include Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kalista included at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better versus Diana than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Kalista had an average win rate of 46.9% when countering Diana with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Diana as Kalista, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Kalista vs Diana LoL games, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 46.9% winrate overall.
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