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.
Jayce is strong in the early game. If he gains the advantage, play defensively.
Jayce can attack in melee or at range. Pay attention to his stance and weapon color to know how he is going to attack.
If you see Jayce drop his Acceleration Gate, be careful, he is probably about to cast Shock Blast.
The stats shown on this page feature several strategic Diana vs. Jayce counter stats that can help you interpret the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Diana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Jayce’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Diana may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Jayce..
Diana usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. Typically, she receives more damage than Jayce. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Diana usually wins when trying to fight Jayce, with a 51.7% win rate. Thus, Diana makes a good counter to Jayce.
While Diana does have a higher winrate compared to Jayce, when they face off with one another, Diana also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less difficult champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Diana into Jayce.
Additionally, Diana also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jayce. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Diana vs Jayce matchups, Diana is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Diana is a decent counter to Jayce. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Diana against Jayce.
If you would like to truly master Diana to counter Jayce during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Diana most often picks up less CS as Jayce. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Diana versus Jayce build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Diana combined at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better against Jayce than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Diana boasted an average winrate of 51.7% battling Jayce with this build.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Jayce as Diana, Diana players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Diana vs Jayce counters, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.7% win rate overall.
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