Diana vs Nunu & Willump
How to Beat Nunu & Willump as Diana
based on 3,722 Diana vs Nunu & Willump matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Diana vs Nunu & Willump Matchup Summary
Best Diana vs Nunu & Willump Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nunu & Willump as Diana
Tips for Playing as Diana against Nunu & Willump
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 Nunu & Willump
Interrupting the charge up on Absolute Zero will lower the amount of damage your team takes.
Using Summoner Flash is a surefire way to escape Absolute Zero.
Biggest Snowball Ever moves very fast but cannot turn as quickly, so don't try to escape it by running away in a straight line. Instead, make sudden, sharp turns.
Diana vs Nunu & Willump Counter Stats
How to Counter Nunu & Willump with Diana in LoL
The stats provided here highlight some influential Diana versus Nunu & Willump matchup statistics that can help us interpret the differences between this set of champs. For instance, Diana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nunu & Willump’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Diana may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Nunu & Willump..
Diana usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her foe does. On average, she receives less damage than Nunu & Willump. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Diana or Nunu & Willump?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Diana usually wins when facing off against Nunu & Willump, with a 52.1% win rate. Thus, Diana makes a good counter to Nunu & Willump.
While Diana does have a higher win rate compared to Nunu & Willump, when facing one another, Diana also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Diana into Nunu & Willump.
Moreover, Diana has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nunu & Willump. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Diana vs Nunu & Willump matchups, Diana is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Diana is an above average counter for Nunu & Willump. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Diana against Nunu & Willump.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Diana to counter Nunu & Willump during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Diana most often accumulates much more CS relative to Nunu & Willump. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Diana versus Nunu & Willump build consist of Banshee's Veil, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Diana incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better vs. Nunu & Willump than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Diana had an average win rate of 52.1% battling Nunu & Willump with this counter build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Nunu & Willump 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 builds players picked for Diana vs Nunu & Willump face-offs, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 52.1% win rate overall.
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