Diana vs Kayn
How to Beat Kayn as Diana
based on 7,751 Diana vs Kayn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Diana vs Kayn Matchup Summary
Best Diana vs Kayn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayn as Diana
Tips for Playing as Diana against Kayn
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 Kayn
When Kayn is in terrain near you, you will get a visual warning on the edge of the terrain he's in.
Umbral Trespass requires Kayn to damage a target first. Try to dodge Blade's Reach to deny him a long range cast of Umbral Trespass.
Damage Kayn while he's in Shadow Step to shorten its duration, or apply hard crowd control (stun, charm, knockup, etc) to end Shadow Step immediately.
Diana vs Kayn Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayn with Diana in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several critical Diana versus Kayn matchup stats that may help us realize the differences between the two. As an example, Diana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kayn’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Diana may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Kayn..
Diana typically has a similar longest killing spree as her enemy does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Kayn. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Diana and Kayn
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Who is Better, Diana or Kayn?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Diana usually fairs equally well when facing off against Kayn, with a 50.8% win rate. Therefore, Diana makes an ok counter to Kayn.
While Diana does have a higher winrate than Kayn, when facing one another, Diana also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less challenging character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Diana into Kayn.
Furthermore, Diana also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kayn. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Diana vs Kayn matchups, Diana is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Diana is a decent counter for Kayn. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Diana against Kayn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Diana in order to counter Kayn during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Diana typically accumulates more CS compared to Kayn. Champions who on average don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Diana versus Kayn build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Diana used at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better against Kayn than with most other common builds. In fact, Diana had an average win rate of 50.8% battling Kayn with this counter build.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Kayn 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. Out of all the rune sets players used for Diana vs Kayn matchups, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.8% win rate overall.
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