Nunu & Willump vs Diana
How to Beat Diana as Nunu & Willump
based on 3,722 Nunu & Willump vs Diana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nunu & Willump vs Diana Matchup Summary
Best Nunu & Willump vs Diana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Diana as Nunu & Willump
Tips for Playing as Nunu & Willump against Diana
Consume allows Nunu to stay in a lane against ranged opponents.
You can choose to interrupt Absolute Zero early for partial damage if an opponent is about to run out of range.
It's often beneficial to delay the casting of Absolute Zero until the initial round of disables are used. Try to hang back before rushing into a team fight.
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.
Nunu & Willump vs Diana Counter Stats
How to Counter Diana with Nunu & Willump in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore several valuable Nunu & Willump against Diana counter stats that may help you appreciate the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. For instance, Nunu & Willump’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Diana’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nunu & Willump may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Diana. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Nunu & Willump typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he takes more damage than Diana. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Nunu & Willump or Diana?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nunu & Willump usually loses when playing against Diana, with a 47.9% win rate. Thus, Nunu & Willump makes a poor counter to Diana.
While Nunu & Willump does have a lower win rate compared to Diana, when facing one another, Nunu & Willump also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Nunu & Willump into Diana.
Additionally, Nunu & Willump also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Diana. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Nunu & Willump vs Diana matchups, Diana is the better champion with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Nunu & Willump is a terribly counter for Diana. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Nunu & Willump against Diana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Nunu & Willump in order to counter Diana during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nunu & Willump often gets a lot less CS compared to Diana. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Nunu & Willump versus Diana build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Shadowflame. When Nunu & Willump bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better versus Diana than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Nunu & Willump boasted an average win rate of 47.9% when countering Diana with this build.
To have the highest chance of defeating Diana as Nunu & Willump, you should equip the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Nunu & Willump vs Diana counters, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.9% win rate overall.
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