Viktor vs Diana
How to Beat Diana as Viktor
based on 2,223 Viktor vs Diana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Viktor vs Diana Matchup Summary
Best Viktor vs Diana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Diana as Viktor
Tips for Playing as Viktor against Diana
Make sure you choose the right augment at the right time.
Death Ray is a powerful poke and a strong area of denial tool. Use it in combination with Gravity Field to control your enemy's position.
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.
Viktor vs Diana Counter Stats
How to Counter Diana with Viktor in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature several important Viktor against Diana matchup stats that may help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Viktor’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Diana’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Viktor may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Diana..
Viktor normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Diana. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Viktor and Diana
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Who is Better, Viktor or Diana?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Viktor usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Diana, with a 49.3% win rate. As a result, Viktor makes an ok counter for Diana.
While Viktor does have a lower win rate compared to Diana, when on opposite teams, Viktor also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Viktor into Dianaas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Viktor has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Diana. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Viktor vs Diana matchups, Diana is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Viktor is a somewhat poor counter to Diana. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Viktor against Diana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Viktor in order to counter Diana during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Viktor on average accumulates more CS compared to Diana. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Viktor versus Diana build consist of Void Staff, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Viktor used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better countering Diana than with most other common builds. In fact, Viktor had an average win rate of 49.3% when countering Diana with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Diana as Viktor, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Viktor vs Diana counters, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.3% win rate overall.
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