Xayah vs Diana
How to Beat Diana as Xayah
based on 2,616 Xayah vs Diana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xayah vs Diana Matchup Summary
Best Xayah vs Diana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Diana as Xayah
Tips for Playing as Xayah against Diana
Xayah's attacks and abilities leave Feathers on the ground that she can later recall for massive area damage and control.
Xayah can use Featherstorm to dodge almost any ability while also creating a ton of Feathers. Try to utilize the offensive and defensive aspects of this ability.
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.
Xayah vs Diana Counter Stats
How to Counter Diana with Xayah in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight some influential Xayah versus Diana counter stats that can help us realize the differences between these two champs. For instance, Xayah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Diana’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Xayah may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Diana..
Xayah typically has a similar longest killing spree as her opponent does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Diana. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Xayah and Diana
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Who is Better, Xayah or Diana?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Xayah usually loses when trying to fight Diana, with a 48.7% win rate. Therefore, Xayah makes a poor counter for Diana.
While Xayah does have a lower win rate than Diana, when on opposite teams, Xayah also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more time consuming champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Xayah into Diana.
Furthermore, Xayah has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Diana. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Xayah 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 allies during teamfights.
Xayah is a somewhat poor counter to Diana. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Xayah against Diana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Xayah in order to counter Diana during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xayah usually gets more CS relative to Diana. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't need 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 a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Xayah versus Diana build consist of Lord Dominik's Regards, Bloodthirster, and Kraken Slayer. When Xayah incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better vs Diana than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Xayah boasted an average winrate of 48.7% when countering Diana with this build.
To have the highest chance of crushing Diana as Xayah, Xayah players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Xayah vs Diana fights, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.7% winrate overall.
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