Pyke vs Diana
How to Beat Diana as Pyke
based on 5,368 Pyke vs Diana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pyke vs Diana Matchup Summary
Best Pyke vs Diana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Diana as Pyke
Tips for Playing as Pyke against Diana
The Tap version of Bone Skewer is much faster and deals additional damage.
A lot of your agressive spells are also your escapes. Make sure you always have a plan to get out of the fight.
Hitting an enemy with the Hold version of Bone Skewer will always pull them the same distance. Use it in melee range to throw targets behind you.
Pyke is very fragile so don't be afraid to temporarily run from a fight. You can regenerate a significant amount of health from Gift of the Drowned Ones when enemies can't see you.
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.
Pyke vs Diana Counter Stats
How to Counter Diana with Pyke in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize some influential Pyke against Diana matchup stats that can help you interpret the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Pyke’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Diana’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Pyke may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Diana..
Pyke often has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Diana. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Pyke and Diana
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Who is Better, Pyke or Diana?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Pyke usually loses when taking on Diana, with a 47.9% win rate. Therefore, Pyke makes a bad counter for Diana.
While Pyke does have a lower win rate compared to Diana, when facing one another, Pyke also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Pyke into Dianaas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Pyke also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Diana. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Pyke vs Diana matchups, Diana is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Pyke is a terribly counter to Diana. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Pyke against Diana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Pyke 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 lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pyke often gets less CS as Diana. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Pyke versus Diana build include Umbral Glaive, Solstice Sleigh, and Opportunity. When Pyke used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better against Diana than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Pyke boasted an average win rate of 47.9% battling Diana with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Diana as Pyke, you should take the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Zombie Ward, Ingenious Hunter, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Pyke vs Diana battles, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.9% win rate overall.
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