Naafiri vs Diana
How to Beat Diana as Naafiri
based on 2,095 Naafiri vs Diana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Naafiri vs Diana Matchup Summary
Best Naafiri vs Diana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Diana as Naafiri
Tips for Playing as Naafiri against Diana
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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.
Naafiri vs Diana Counter Stats
How to Counter Diana with Naafiri in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify some strategic Naafiri vs. Diana matchup statistics that can help you realize the differences between the two. As an example, Naafiri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Diana’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Naafiri may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Diana..
Naafiri often has a similar longest kill spree as their matchup does. On average, they takes a similar amount of damage to Diana. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Naafiri or Diana?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Naafiri usually loses when playing against Diana, with a 48.6% win rate. Thus, Naafiri makes a poor counter to Diana.
While Naafiri does have a lower win rate compared to Diana, when on opposite teams, Naafiri also has a lower difficulty level that makes them a less time consuming champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Naafiri into Diana.
Additionally, Naafiri also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Diana. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Naafiri vs Diana matchups, Diana is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Naafiri is a somewhat poor counter for Diana. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Naafiri against Diana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Naafiri to counter Diana during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Naafiri typically accumulates more CS compared to Diana. Champions who typically don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Naafiri versus Diana build include Serylda's Grudge, Axiom Arc, and Profane Hydra. When Naafiri combined at least these three items in their build, they did much better against Diana than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Naafiri boasted an average win rate of 48.6% when countering Diana with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of beating Diana as Naafiri, Naafiri players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Naafiri vs Diana battles, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.6% win rate overall.
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