Diana vs Heimerdinger
How to Beat Heimerdinger as Diana
based on 2,385 Diana vs Heimerdinger matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Diana vs Heimerdinger Matchup Summary
Best Diana vs Heimerdinger Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Heimerdinger as Diana
Tips for Playing as Diana against Heimerdinger
Use Moonfall and Lunar Rush to stay on targets and activate Moonsilver Blade for extra damage.
Consider when to cast Lunar Rush without Moonlight and when to wait for another Crescent Strike.
Landing Crescent Strike is critically important, but don't be afraid to miss. The cooldown is short and the mana cost is low.
Advice to Win Against Heimerdinger
Be wary of Heimerdinger's Upgrade!!!, as he can use it to find an answer to most trouble he gets into. Once his ultimate is down, go in for the kill!
It's better to destroy all of Heimerdinger's turrets at once with the help of creeps than to fight them one at a time.
Diana vs Heimerdinger Counter Stats
How to Counter Heimerdinger with Diana in LoL
The stats shown here feature several significant Diana vs. Heimerdinger counter stats that can help us grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. Diana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Heimerdinger’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Diana may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Heimerdinger. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Diana often has a much larger longest killing spree than her enemy does. Typically, she receives more damage than Heimerdinger. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Diana and Heimerdinger
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Who is Better, Diana or Heimerdinger?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Diana usually fairs equally well when taking on Heimerdinger, with a 50.9% win rate. Thus, Diana makes an ok counter to Heimerdinger.
While Diana does have a higher winrate than Heimerdinger, when facing one another, Diana also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less difficult champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Diana into Heimerdinger.
Furthermore, Diana has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Heimerdinger. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Diana vs Heimerdinger matchups, Diana is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Diana is a decent counter for Heimerdinger. Focus your play on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Diana against Heimerdinger.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Diana in order to counter Heimerdinger during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Diana usually picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Heimerdinger. Champions who typically don't get much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Diana versus Heimerdinger build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Diana combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better versus Heimerdinger than with many other common item sets. In fact, Diana boasted an average win rate of 50.9% when countering Heimerdinger with these items in her kit.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Heimerdinger as Diana, Diana players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Diana vs Heimerdinger matchups, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.9% win rate overall.
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