Varus vs Diana
How to Beat Diana as Varus
based on 6,203 Varus vs Diana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Varus vs Diana Matchup Summary
Best Varus vs Diana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Diana as Varus
Tips for Playing as Varus against Diana
Try to take advantage of Piercing Arrow's very long range to snipe at enemy champions before a fight or as they're trying to flee.
An early point in Blighted Quiver helps harass enemy champions and get killing blows on minions.
During short range fights it's sometimes best to fire Piercing Arrow quickly, rather than charging it to full power.
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.
Varus vs Diana Counter Stats
How to Counter Diana with Varus in LoL
The stats shown here underscore some significant Varus against Diana counter stats that may help us figure out the differences between this pair of champions. As an example, Varus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Diana’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Varus may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Diana..
Varus normally has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Typically, he receives less damage than Diana. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Varus and Diana
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Who is Better, Varus or Diana?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Varus usually loses when taking on Diana, with a 48.3% win rate. Therefore, Varus makes a bad counter to Diana.
While Varus does have a lower winrate than Diana, when they face off with one another, Varus also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Varus into Diana.
Moreover, Varus also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Diana. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Varus 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.
Varus is a somewhat poor counter for Diana. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Varus against Diana.
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How We Calculated Our Varus vs Diana Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Varus to counter Diana during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Varus usually racks up more CS relative to Diana. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Varus versus Diana build include Wit's End, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Kraken Slayer. When Varus bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when facing Diana than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Varus had an average winrate of 48.3% when countering Diana with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Diana as Varus, you should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Varus vs Diana LoL games, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.3% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Diana as Varus are displayed for all skill levels, merged. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a particular rank, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.