Diana vs Xin Zhao
How to Beat Xin Zhao as Diana
based on 5,344 Diana vs Xin Zhao matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Diana vs Xin Zhao Matchup Summary
Best Diana vs Xin Zhao Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xin Zhao as Diana
Tips for Playing as Diana against Xin Zhao
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 Xin Zhao
Xin Zhao relies heavily on his Three Talon Strikes for damage and cooldown resets, so preventing him from finishing his combo will have a dramatic effect.
Xin Zhao is a powerful initiator with both his charge and ultimate dealing damage to all units around him. Try having your team stay spread out until he's used his ultimate.
Diana vs Xin Zhao Counter Stats
How to Counter Xin Zhao with Diana in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several significant Diana against Xin Zhao counter statistics that may help us appreciate the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. Diana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Xin Zhao’s ratio of NaN, showing that Diana may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Xin Zhao..
Diana usually has a similar longest killing spree as her foe does. On average, she takes less damage than Xin Zhao. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Diana and Xin Zhao
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Who is Better, Diana or Xin Zhao?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Diana usually loses when facing off against Xin Zhao, with a 48.9% win rate. Therefore, Diana makes a poor counter to Xin Zhao.
While Diana does have a lower win rate compared to Xin Zhao, when on opposite teams, Diana also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Diana into Xin Zhao.
Furthermore, Diana has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Xin Zhao. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, 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 Xin Zhao matchups, Xin Zhao is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Diana is a somewhat poor counter to Xin Zhao. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Diana against Xin Zhao.
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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 Xin Zhao during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Diana usually accumulates more CS as Xin Zhao. Champs who on average don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well 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 case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Diana versus Xin Zhao build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Diana incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better versus Xin Zhao than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Diana boasted an average winrate of 48.9% when countering Xin Zhao with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Xin Zhao as Diana, Diana players should equip 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 picked for Diana vs Xin Zhao counters, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.9% win rate overall.
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