Diana vs Yasuo
How to Beat Yasuo as Diana
based on 10,332 Diana vs Yasuo matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Diana vs Yasuo Matchup Summary
Best Diana vs Yasuo Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yasuo as Diana
Tips for Playing as Diana against Yasuo
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 Yasuo
Yasuo's shield from Resolve lasts only 2 seconds. Dealing damage to him will trigger it. Wait it out, then engage.
Steel Tempest is very narrow. Dodge laterally if possible.
Yasuo is at his weakest just after he has launched a whirlwind. Engage at that point.
When Yasuo lands two Steel Tempests in a row, his next will fire a tornado. Watch and listen for the associated sound to prepare to dodge.
Diana vs Yasuo Counter Stats
How to Counter Yasuo with Diana in LoL
The stats shown here underscore several vital Diana vs. Yasuo matchup stats that may help you understand the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. As an example, Diana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Yasuo’s ratio of NaN, showing that Diana may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Yasuo..
Diana normally has a similar longest kill spree as her foe does. Commonly, she takes a similar amount of damage to Yasuo. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Diana and Yasuo
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Who is Better, Diana or Yasuo?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Diana usually loses when playing against Yasuo, with a 47.5% win rate. Thus, Diana makes a bad counter to Yasuo.
While Diana does have a lower winrate than Yasuo, when on opposite teams, Diana also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Diana into Yasuo.
Additionally, Diana has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Yasuo. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Diana vs Yasuo matchups, Yasuo is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Diana is a bad counter for Yasuo. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Diana against Yasuo.
Other Champion Matchups Against Diana
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Diana to counter Yasuo 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 pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Diana on average accumulates less CS compared to Yasuo. Champs who on average don't get much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Diana versus Yasuo build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Diana incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better against Yasuo than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Diana had an average win rate of 47.5% when playing against Yasuo with this build.
To have the highest chance of defeating Yasuo as Diana, you should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Shield Bash, and Bone Plating runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Diana vs Yasuo face-offs, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.5% win rate overall.
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