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.
Warwick's attacks heal him at low health. Save your disables to finish him off.
Warwick's ultimate cast range scales with his Move Speed.
Warwick is empowered versus low health enemies. Manage your health to keep him at bay.
The stat comparisons shown on this page show some critical Diana against Warwick counter stats that may help you figure out the differences between the pair. As an example, Diana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Warwick’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Diana may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Warwick..
Diana typically has a similar longest kill spree as her matchup does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Warwick. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Diana usually fairs equally well when taking on Warwick, with a 49.9% win rate. As a result, Diana makes an ok counter for Warwick.
While Diana does have a lower win rate compared to Warwick, when on opposite teams, Diana also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more complex champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Diana into Warwick.
Moreover, Diana also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Warwick. 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 one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Diana vs Warwick matchups, Warwick is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Diana is a somewhat poor counter for Warwick. Focus your tactics on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Diana against Warwick.
If you would like to truly master Diana to counter Warwick during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Diana often racks up more CS relative to Warwick. Champions who typically don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Diana versus Warwick build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Diana bought at least these three items in her build, she did much better vs. Warwick than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Diana had an average winrate of 49.9% battling Warwick with this build.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Warwick as Diana, Diana players should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Bone Plating, and Shield Bash runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Diana vs Warwick face-offs, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.9% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Warwick as Diana are shown for all ranked divisions. If you would like to filter the stats and builds to a distinct rank, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.