Diana vs Xerath
How to Beat Xerath as Diana
based on 6,248 Diana vs Xerath matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Diana vs Xerath Matchup Summary
Best Diana vs Xerath Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xerath as Diana
Tips for Playing as Diana against Xerath
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 Xerath
Xerath's range can be intimidating, but most champions who close distance with him can trade favorably.
Banshee's Veil will make it much harder for Xerath to land Shocking Orb on you.
Xerath takes a long time to engage Rite of the Arcane. Watch for his spellcast animation and start dodging.
Diana vs Xerath Counter Stats
How to Counter Xerath with Diana in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several strategic Diana vs. Xerath matchup stats that can help you understand the differences between this pair of champs. For instance, Diana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Xerath’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Diana may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Xerath..
Diana usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she receives more damage than Xerath. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Diana and Xerath
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Who is Better, Diana or Xerath?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Diana usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Xerath, with a 49.4% win rate. As a result, Diana makes an ok counter to Xerath.
While Diana does have a lower winrate compared to Xerath, when they face off with one another, Diana also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Diana into Xerath.
Furthermore, Diana also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xerath. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter 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 Xerath matchups, Xerath is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Diana is a somewhat poor counter for Xerath. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Diana against Xerath.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Diana in order to counter Xerath during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Diana on average picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Xerath. Champs who on average don't take much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Diana versus Xerath build consist of Lich Bane, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Diana included at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better vs. Xerath than with many other common item sets. In fact, Diana boasted an average win rate of 49.4% when countering Xerath with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Xerath as Diana, you 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 rune builds players chose for Diana vs Xerath face-offs, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.4% win rate overall.
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