Diana vs Kalista
How to Beat Kalista as Diana
based on 1,387 Diana vs Kalista matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Diana vs Kalista Matchup Summary
Best Diana vs Kalista Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kalista as Diana
Tips for Playing as Diana against Kalista
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 Kalista
Kalista's mobility is dependent upon attacking. This means it is low when she is outside of her attack range and that Attack Speed slows reduce the amount of distance she can cover in an engagement.
If you can break line of sight from Kalista, including through brush, her basic attacks will miss you, falling harmlessly to the ground.
Kalista cannot cancel her basic attack wind up. While she is very mobile, this offers a window to land spells on her if you anticipate when she will begin attacking.
Diana vs Kalista Counter Stats
How to Counter Kalista with Diana in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore several vital Diana against Kalista matchup 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 more than Kalista’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Diana may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Kalista..
Diana often has a similar longest killing spree as her opponent does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to Kalista. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Diana and Kalista
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Who is Better, Diana or Kalista?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Diana usually wins when playing against Kalista, with a 53.1% win rate. Therefore, Diana makes a great counter for Kalista.
While Diana does have a higher win rate than Kalista, when on opposite teams, Diana also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less complex champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Diana into Kalista.
Furthermore, Diana has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kalista. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Diana vs Kalista matchups, Diana is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Diana is a great counter to Kalista. Focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Diana against Kalista.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Diana in order to counter Kalista during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Diana usually accumulates less CS compared to Kalista. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Diana versus Kalista build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Diana incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better vs. Kalista than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Diana boasted an average win rate of 53.1% when countering Kalista with this build.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Kalista as Diana, Diana players should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Diana vs Kalista clashes, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 53.1% winrate overall.
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