Skarner vs Diana
How to Beat Diana as Skarner
based on 481 Skarner vs Diana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Skarner vs Diana Matchup Summary
Best Skarner vs Diana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Diana as Skarner
Tips for Playing as Skarner against Diana
Impale is extremely powerful when you use it to position an enemy so your allies can attack them.
Basic attacks reduce the cooldown of Crystal Slash. Use them as often as possible for maximum damage.
Capturing Crystal Spires before attempting neutral objectives or team fights around them improves Skarner's performance in said fights dramatically.
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.
Skarner vs Diana Counter Stats
How to Counter Diana with Skarner in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore several important Skarner against Diana counter stats that may help us grasp the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Skarner’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Diana’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Skarner may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Diana..
Skarner normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he takes more damage than Diana. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Skarner and Diana
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Who is Better, Skarner or Diana?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Skarner usually loses when taking on Diana, with a 46.8% win rate. Thus, Skarner makes a bad counter for Diana.
While Skarner does have a lower winrate compared to Diana, when they face off with one another, Skarner also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champ to learn and master. You should be very concerned when picking Skarner into Diana.
Additionally, Skarner also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Diana. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Skarner vs Diana matchups, Diana is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Skarner is a terribly counter for Diana. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Skarner against Diana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Skarner to counter Diana during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Skarner on average racks up less CS as Diana. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Skarner versus Diana build consist of Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Skarner included at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better vs Diana than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Skarner boasted an average winrate of 46.8% when playing against Diana with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of defeating Diana as Skarner, Skarner players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Skarner vs Diana counters, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 46.8% winrate overall.
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