Lux vs Diana
How to Beat Diana as Lux
based on 16,211 Lux vs Diana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lux vs Diana Matchup Summary
Best Lux vs Diana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Diana as Lux
Tips for Playing as Lux against Diana
If you have trouble landing Prismatic Barrier, remember that it returns to you after it reaches max range. Try positioning yourself to hit your allies with its return trip.
Lux has great zone control abilities. Try to set up Lucent Singularity to prevent an enemy's advance or escape.
Lucent Singularity is a great scouting tool. Try throwing it into brush before walking into it to check for ambushes.
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.
Lux vs Diana Counter Stats
How to Counter Diana with Lux in LoL
The stats shown here highlight some important Lux vs. Diana counter statistics that can help you appreciate the differences between the pair. Lux’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Diana’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Lux may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Diana. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Lux typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her foe does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Diana. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Lux or Diana?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Lux usually fairs equally well when facing off against Diana, with a 49.8% win rate. Thus, Lux makes an ok counter for Diana.
While Lux does have a lower winrate compared to Diana, when facing one another, Lux also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Lux into Diana.
Furthermore, Lux also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Diana. 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 Lux 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 allied champions during teamfights.
Lux is a somewhat poor counter for Diana. Focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Lux against Diana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Lux to counter Diana during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lux usually accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Diana. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Lux versus Diana build include Cryptbloom, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Stormsurge. When Lux included at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better countering Diana than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Lux boasted an average winrate of 49.8% battling Diana with these items in her kit.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Diana as Lux, Lux players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Lux vs Diana counters, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.8% winrate overall.
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