Xerath vs Diana
How to Beat Diana as Xerath
based on 6,248 Xerath vs Diana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Diana Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs Diana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Diana as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Diana
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
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.
Xerath vs Diana Counter Stats
How to Counter Diana with Xerath in LoL
The stats shown here feature several critical Xerath against Diana counter stats that may help us explain the differences between this pair of champs. As an example, Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Diana’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Diana..
Xerath normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Diana. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Xerath and Diana
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Who is Better, Xerath or Diana?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Xerath usually fairs equally well when facing off against Diana, with a 50.6% win rate. As a result, Xerath makes an ok counter to Diana.
While Xerath does have a higher winrate than Diana, when facing one another, Xerath also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Xerath into Dianaas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Xerath 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 lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Xerath vs Diana matchups, Xerath is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Xerath is a decent counter for Diana. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Xerath against Diana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Xerath 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 mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath most often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Diana. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. 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, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Xerath versus Diana build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Shadowflame. When Xerath used at least these three items in his build, he performed much better versus Diana than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Xerath boasted an average winrate of 50.6% battling Diana with this build.
To have the best probability of defeating Diana as Xerath, Xerath players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Gathering Storm runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Xerath vs Diana matchups, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.6% winrate overall.
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