Diana vs Pyke
How to Beat Pyke as Diana
based on 5,368 Diana vs Pyke matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Diana vs Pyke Matchup Summary
Best Diana vs Pyke Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Pyke as Diana
Tips for Playing as Diana against Pyke
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 Pyke
Pyke regenerates a significant amount of damage he has taken from enemy champions, but only when you can't see him!
When Pyke is hidden nearby in his Ghostwater Dive, sharks will circle underneath your feet.
Try not to stand near low health allies. If Pyke executes them using Death From Below, you might be next on the list.
Diana vs Pyke Counter Stats
How to Counter Pyke with Diana in LoL
The stats shown here highlight some critical Diana versus Pyke counter statistics that can help you realize the differences between these two champions. For instance, Diana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Pyke’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Diana may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Pyke..
Diana usually has a similar longest kill spree as her counter does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Pyke. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Diana and Pyke
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Who is Better, Diana or Pyke?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Diana usually wins when trying to fight Pyke, with a 52.1% win rate. Thus, Diana makes a good counter to Pyke.
While Diana does have a higher win rate than Pyke, when on opposite teams, Diana also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less difficult champ to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Diana into Pyke.
Moreover, Diana has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Pyke. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Diana vs Pyke matchups, Diana is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Diana is an above average counter for Pyke. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Diana against Pyke.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Diana to counter Pyke 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 pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Diana on average picks up more CS relative to Pyke. Champs who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions 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 have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Diana versus Pyke build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Stormsurge. When Diana incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did much better versus Pyke than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Diana had an average winrate of 52.1% when playing against Pyke with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Pyke as Diana, you should use 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 combinations players used for Diana vs Pyke counterpicks, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.1% winrate overall.
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