Yasuo vs Diana
How to Beat Diana as Yasuo
based on 10,332 Yasuo vs Diana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yasuo vs Diana Matchup Summary
Best Yasuo vs Diana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Diana as Yasuo
Tips for Playing as Yasuo against Diana
Last Breath can be cast on any target that is knocked Airborne, even by one of your allies.
Dash through a minion to have Sweeping Blade available to chase your opponent should they flee; Dash directly to your opponent to preserve a minion as your escape route.
At level 18, Yasuo's Steel Tempest reaches its Attack Speed cap with 55% Attack Speed from items.
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.
Yasuo vs Diana Counter Stats
How to Counter Diana with Yasuo in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some strategic Yasuo versus Diana counter stats that may help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. Yasuo’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Diana’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Yasuo may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Diana..
Yasuo usually has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Diana. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Yasuo or Diana?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Yasuo usually wins when playing against Diana, with a 52.5% win rate. Thus, Yasuo makes a good counter for Diana.
While Yasuo does have a higher win rate than Diana, when on opposite teams, Yasuo also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult character to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Yasuo into Dianaas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Yasuo has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Diana. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Yasuo vs Diana matchups, Yasuo is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Yasuo is a good counter to Diana. Focus your gameplay on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Yasuo against Diana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Yasuo 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yasuo typically picks up more CS as Diana. Champions who on average don't take much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Yasuo versus Diana build include Iceborn Gauntlet, Kraken Slayer, and Immortal Shieldbow. When Yasuo combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better countering Diana than with most other typical builds. In fact, Yasuo had an average winrate of 52.5% when playing against Diana with this counter build.
To have the best probability of defeating Diana as Yasuo, Yasuo players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Yasuo vs Diana counterpicks, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.5% win rate overall.
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