Diana vs Nidalee
How to Beat Nidalee as Diana
based on 1,051 Diana vs Nidalee matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Diana vs Nidalee Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Nidalee as Diana
Tips for Playing as Diana against Nidalee
Use Moonfall and Lunar Rush to stay on targets and activate Moonsilver Blade for extra damage.
Consider when to cast Lunar Rush without Moonlight and when to wait for another Crescent Strike.
Landing Crescent Strike is critically important, but don't be afraid to miss. The cooldown is short and the mana cost is low.
Advice to Win Against Nidalee
Nidalee's Javelin Toss deals more damage the farther she is. If she is far away, it's imperative to dodge it.
Nidalee's Takedown deals extreme damage to Hunted targets, but she has to get close to use it. Save your crowd control or defensive abilities for when she goes in for the kill.
Nidalee's Hunt debuff is only applied with Javelin Toss and Bushwhack. Avoiding being hit by these abilities will impair her ability to deal follow-up damage.
Diana vs Nidalee Counter Stats
How to Counter Nidalee with Diana in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some critical Diana against Nidalee matchup stats that can help us figure out the distinctions between this pair of champions. For instance, Diana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nidalee’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Diana may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Nidalee..
Diana typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her enemy does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Nidalee. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Diana and Nidalee
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Who is Better, Diana or Nidalee?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Diana usually wins when taking on Nidalee, with a 58.6% win rate. Therefore, Diana makes a fantastic counter to Nidalee.
While Diana does have a much higher win rate than Nidalee, when facing one another, Diana also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Diana into Nidalee.
Moreover, Diana also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nidalee. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Diana vs Nidalee matchups, Diana is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Diana is a great counter for Nidalee. Focus your tactics on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Diana against Nidalee.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Diana to counter Nidalee during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Diana most often accumulates more CS as Nidalee. Champs who on average don't get much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. 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, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Diana versus Nidalee build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Diana incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better when fighting Nidalee than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Diana had an average win rate of 58.6% battling Nidalee with this counter build.
To have the best chance of crushing Nidalee as Diana, Diana players should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Diana vs Nidalee counterpicks, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 58.6% winrate overall.
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