Nasus vs Diana
How to Beat Diana as Nasus
based on 4,659 Nasus vs Diana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nasus vs Diana Matchup Summary
Best Nasus vs Diana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Diana as Nasus
Tips for Playing as Nasus against Diana
Paying attention to last hitting with Siphoning Strike will have a large impact at the end of a game.
If you're solo, Spirit Fire is a great way to farm a lane. It can be bad if you're in a lane with 2 and you push too far. Find the right balance between Siphoning Strike last hits and AoE farming.
If you have low defenses, people will focus you down even during your ultimate. Try buying some survivability items even in your DPS builds.
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.
Nasus vs Diana Counter Stats
How to Counter Diana with Nasus in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore several vital Nasus against Diana counter statistics that may help us explain the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Nasus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Diana’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nasus may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Diana..
Nasus usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes more damage than Diana. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nasus and Diana
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Who is Better, Nasus or Diana?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nasus usually fairs equally well when playing against Diana, with a 50.7% win rate. As a result, Nasus makes an ok counter to Diana.
While Nasus does have a higher winrate than Diana, when facing one another, Nasus also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Nasus into Diana.
Additionally, Nasus 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 trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nasus vs Diana matchups, Nasus 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 late stage team fights.
Nasus is a decent counter for Diana. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Nasus against Diana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Nasus to counter Diana during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nasus often gets more CS as Diana. Champs who typically don't get much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Nasus versus Diana build consist of Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Sundered Sky. When Nasus incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when facing Diana than with most other common builds. In fact, Nasus boasted an average win rate of 50.7% when countering Diana with this build.
To have the best chance of annihilating Diana as Nasus, Nasus players should use the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Nasus vs Diana matchups, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.7% win rate overall.
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