Lissandra vs Diana
How to Beat Diana as Lissandra
based on 1,848 Lissandra vs Diana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lissandra vs Diana Matchup Summary
Best Lissandra vs Diana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Diana as Lissandra
Tips for Playing as Lissandra against Diana
Lissandra's abilities are shorter range than those of many mages. As a result, buying items that offer both ability power and defense, like Zhonya's Hourglass and Banshee's Veil, can be a great choice to help her both survive and deal damage.
Casting Glacial Path and then running in the opposite direction will leave your enemies uncertain which way you will actually go.
You can instantly use your ultimate on yourself by pressing the self cast key and the ultimate key at once (alt+R by default).
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.
Lissandra vs Diana Counter Stats
How to Counter Diana with Lissandra in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several significant Lissandra vs. Diana matchup statistics that can help you grasp the differences between the pair. As an example, Lissandra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Diana’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Lissandra may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Diana..
Lissandra typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her matchup does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Diana. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Lissandra and Diana
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Who is Better, Lissandra or Diana?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Lissandra usually wins when taking on Diana, with a 51.0% win rate. As a result, Lissandra makes a good counter to Diana.
While Lissandra does have a higher winrate than Diana, when facing one another, Lissandra also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Lissandra into Diana.
Moreover, Lissandra also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Diana. This 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 overall in League of Legends, in Lissandra vs Diana matchups, Lissandra is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Lissandra is a decent counter for Diana. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Lissandra against Diana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Lissandra to counter Diana during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lissandra most often accumulates more CS relative to Diana. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Lissandra versus Diana build include Malignance, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Lissandra included at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better against Diana than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Lissandra boasted an average winrate of 51.0% battling Diana with this counter build.
To have the best chance of beating Diana as Lissandra, you should take the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Lissandra vs Diana battles, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.0% winrate overall.
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