Kayn vs Diana
How to Beat Diana as Kayn
based on 7,751 Kayn vs Diana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayn vs Diana Matchup Summary
Best Kayn vs Diana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Diana as Kayn
Tips for Playing as Kayn against Diana
Remember that nearby enemies can see which wall you're in.
Look at the line-up of both your team and the enemy's team when picking your form.
Advice to Win Against Diana
Pale Cascade orbs only last a few seconds. Avoid Diana and engage her after the shield dissipates.
Diana can play very aggressively if she uses Lunar Rush without Moonlight, but you can punish her by slowing or stunning her when she has no way to get back into position.
Dodge Crescent Strike, or move to safety if you are affected by Moonlight.
Kayn vs Diana Counter Stats
How to Counter Diana with Kayn in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore some important Kayn against Diana counter statistics that may help us interpret the differences and similarities between the two. Kayn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Diana’s ratio of NaN, showing that Kayn may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Diana..
Kayn often has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. On average, he takes more damage than Diana. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kayn and Diana
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Who is Better, Kayn or Diana?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kayn usually fairs equally well when playing against Diana, with a 49.2% win rate. Thus, Kayn makes an ok counter for Diana.
While Kayn does have a lower winrate than Diana, when they face off with one another, Kayn also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kayn into Dianaas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Kayn has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Diana. 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 Kayn vs Diana matchups, Diana is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Kayn is a somewhat poor counter to Diana. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Kayn against Diana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kayn in order to counter Diana during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayn often picks up less CS compared to Diana. Champions who typically don't take much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Kayn versus Diana build include Black Cleaver, Maw of Malmortius, and Death's Dance. When Kayn incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did much better countering Diana than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Kayn had an average win rate of 49.2% when playing against Diana with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Diana as Kayn, Kayn players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Kayn vs Diana LoL games, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.2% winrate overall.
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