Diana vs Rakan
How to Beat Rakan as Diana
based on 4,498 Diana vs Rakan matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Diana vs Rakan Matchup Summary
Best Diana vs Rakan Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Rakan as Diana
Tips for Playing as Diana against Rakan
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 Rakan
Champions with crowd control that can be applied quickly excel against Rakan.
Catching Rakan with no allies around severely inhibits his mobility. Try to find him alone.
Rakan's movement abilities forecast their destination. Try to use this to your advantage.
Diana vs Rakan Counter Stats
How to Counter Rakan with Diana in LoL
The stats shown here highlight some influential Diana vs. Rakan matchup statistics that may help us grasp the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Diana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Rakan’s ratio of NaN, showing that Diana may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Rakan. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Diana usually has a much larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. Typically, she receives more damage than Rakan. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Diana and Rakan
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Who is Better, Diana or Rakan?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Diana usually loses when facing off against Rakan, with a 48.6% win rate. Therefore, Diana makes a bad counter to Rakan.
While Diana does have a lower winrate compared to Rakan, when they face off with one another, Diana also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less challenging champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Diana into Rakan.
Furthermore, Diana has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Rakan. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Diana vs Rakan matchups, Rakan is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Diana is a somewhat poor counter for Rakan. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Diana against Rakan.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Diana to counter Rakan during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Diana typically picks up much more CS as Rakan. Champs who typically don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Diana versus Rakan build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Diana included at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better versus Rakan than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Diana had an average winrate of 48.6% battling Rakan with this build.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Rakan as Diana, Diana players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Diana vs Rakan battles, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.6% win rate overall.
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