Bard vs Diana
How to Beat Diana as Bard
based on 4,291 Bard vs Diana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Bard vs Diana Matchup Summary
Best Bard vs Diana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Diana as Bard
Tips for Playing as Bard against Diana
Don't forget that enemies can also use your Magical Journey doorways, and that your ultimate can also hit your allies!
Let your Caretaker's Shrines charge up - they heal for a lot more when at full power.
It's important to collect chimes to improve your meep's attacks, but don't neglect your lane partner! Try to make a big entrance by bringing an ally into the lane with you with Magical Journey.
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.
Bard vs Diana Counter Stats
How to Counter Diana with Bard in LoL
The stats shown here underscore some significant Bard vs. Diana counter stats that may help us interpret the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Bard’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Diana’s ratio of NaN, showing that Bard may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Diana. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Bard usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives less damage than Diana. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Bard and Diana
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Who is Better, Bard or Diana?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Bard usually wins when playing against Diana, with a 51.7% win rate. Therefore, Bard makes a good counter to Diana.
While Bard does have a higher win rate than Diana, when on opposite teams, Bard also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Bard into Dianaas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Bard also has a good 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 is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Bard vs Diana matchups, Bard is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Bard is a decent counter for Diana. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Bard against Diana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Bard to counter Diana during both the early game 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 mind the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Bard on average racks up a lot less CS compared to Diana. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They 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, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Bard versus Diana build consist of Trailblazer, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Bard used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better countering Diana than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Bard had an average win rate of 51.7% when countering Diana with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of beating Diana as Bard, Bard players should use the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Bard vs Diana matchups, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.7% win rate overall.
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