Syndra vs Diana
How to Beat Diana as Syndra
based on 3,717 Syndra vs Diana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Syndra vs Diana Matchup Summary
Best Syndra vs Diana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Diana as Syndra
Tips for Playing as Syndra against Diana
To maximize your ultimate's damage use it when there are many spheres on the battlefield.
After you hit an enemy champion with Force of Will follow up with Dark Sphere, they'll be slowed and have a hard time avoiding it.
Get one of your spells to rank 5 as quickly as possible, they gain powerful bonus effects at max rank.
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.
Syndra vs Diana Counter Stats
How to Counter Diana with Syndra in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify some strategic Syndra against Diana matchup statistics that may help us understand the distinctions between this set of champions. Syndra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Diana’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Syndra may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Diana..
Syndra often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her matchup does. Typically, she takes less damage than Diana. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Syndra and Diana
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Who is Better, Syndra or Diana?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Syndra usually loses when trying to fight Diana, with a 47.9% win rate. As a result, Syndra makes a bad counter for Diana.
While Syndra does have a lower win rate than Diana, when on opposite teams, Syndra also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult character to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Syndra into Dianaas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Syndra has a good amount of CC and other utility, 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 overall in League of Legends, in Syndra vs Diana matchups, Diana is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Syndra is a terribly counter for Diana. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Syndra against Diana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Syndra to counter Diana during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Syndra on average accumulates more CS as Diana. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Syndra versus Diana build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Void Staff, and Luden's Companion. When Syndra used at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better vs Diana than with many other common builds. In fact, Syndra boasted an average win rate of 47.9% when countering Diana with these items in her kit.
To have the highest probability of beating Diana as Syndra, Syndra players should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Syndra vs Diana LoL games, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.9% winrate overall.
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