Diana vs Yasuo

SnugglePuggle94·Apr 30, 2015·1 votes·12,173 views

I main Diana mid, and always have a hard time against Yasuo. I remember one time I was playing top with Shyvana and I had a Diana player going mid against Yasuo, she got first blood and multiple kills on him after. Whenever I go against him, it's hard to pop his shield to be able to get any type of damage in, and once I do, my spells are on CD, and once they are off, he's healed back up already. Furthermore, he crits like crazy and does shit tons of damage. How do Diana's go against him and be able to win lane, get first blood, and kills?

13 Comments

Only Play DariusApr 30, 20151 votes

Don't overestimate him. Lately Diana mid has been discovered to be a solid counter to glass assassins ( Katarina is my main assassin yet Diana completely destroys me early game every time) and Yasuo is actually at his weakest early game. Make engagements happen once his shield is down, you will win all 1v1 trades before he builds crit.

FancyKiwiApr 30, 20151 votes

It's a rather even skill match up and whoever gets the lead first is normally going to hold it and snowball against the other. Diana is in the drivers seat by a little at first but if Yasuo kills her first the lane is pretty much over.

Thatguy1451Apr 30, 20151 votes

Pre 6 no point in fighting him will win through auto attacks. After 6 you blow him up. Coming from experience , if you hit the Q really you should go in with the ult since it is a full reset. Sure he has wind wall but your Q is much lower cooldown. He just blows up even with the passive shield. Really I think you are over thinking it. All you need to do is hit the Q and in you go with the classic combo.

SnugglePuggle94May 7, 20151 votes

I've done that. Somehow he still gets me, I think its because of how he dashes all around it messes up my spells so where I don't know where he's ending up and my spells miss, and before I know it he's downed half my health. I still try to go bursty fighter against him and go full combo, and he still wins. Even though I'm his counter, I do bad against him unless I go tanky Diana.

Very Hard EngageApr 30, 20151 votes

level 6 powerspike with a sheen can get the job done. aside from that you're gunna need ganks to get kills, or unless "mechanics" happens.

ajwfMay 1, 20151 votes

One of the lesser used builds Diana has is bulky skirmisher. It's a Nashor's Tooth RandOmen/FrozenHeart build that starts Cloth +5. It is REALLY good vs Yasuo especially if you go W first. The issue, of course, is you don't have that assassinate potential. However, you DON'T fall off on skirmish Diana, unlike assassin Diana. Most of your damage comes from your AA procs from your passive, though since you pick up Abysal and can always grab Zhonyas, it doesn't lack AP.

SnugglePuggle94May 1, 20151 votes

Let's say I start that way, how should I play early game? I think one of my weaknesses is I try to poke to much and run out of mana. With Yasuo I never know how I safe I should play, if I should focus on farming pre 6 and wait to do a combo until I get my ult, or poke some and try to win some trades.

ajwfMay 1, 20151 votes

Generally, I just sit in the minion wave like I just want to farm. If Yasuo comes to me, I back farther into my minion wave (since he's going to cut in with his QE combo) and activate W. The individual orb damage should chunk out his shield within the first two, meaning the third is a free hit and a refreshed shield. Auto-attack until he leaves and if he stays for three auto's, he's chunked and loses the trade for sure. Back off farther if he gets his knock up. I generally sit 9/21/0 for reference, so I don't have that power that a lot of people like, but it is really counter-assassin diana.

The idea with Diana early is just to make trading with her such a nuisance that she doesn't seem to be bothered. Cloth five to his Doran's means you out sustain him in one or two trades. If you force him to be the aggressor even though he prefers to be in your minion wave, he's going to stop because early game minion damage is actually really high.

Generally on one of my first backs, I go boots+dagger or boots+warden's mail if I have enough. Because it is a relatively escapeless lane for both if the minion wave is shoved, I'll buy the yellow trinket's vision upgrade as opposed to the stealth totem. That way, I can help my jungler get into lane and let Yasuo shove up a bit too far. Usually if you get a kill onto Yasuo, he's irrelevant for the remainder of the game to you because you'll be nearing your armor item before he gets shiv or IE.

To conserve mana for my shield, I generally don't poke Q much, even though I generally go 2/2/1 for QWE before lvl 6 (After, I max Q as normal). Instead of clearing waves like that, I just use the passive procs. If you get zoned out, I highly suggest immediately backing and forcing your jungler over. Yasuo has an amazing ability to dive turrets and Diana has so little ability to maneuver against the straight line AOE knock up of Yasuo's Q. Better to back for HP then die under turret and hand off the lead. Poking with Q for farm is such a bad position that it signals immediate intervention needed.

Once you hit your ult and get the primary upgrade to Nashor's tooth or whatever big damage item you go, going QWRER is not a bad trade. Just make sure you do so when his knock up is down, using the boots to help dodge. Technically at 6 if you're even before, its your win if you dodge the knock up. You gain so much range at 6 that Yasuo TECHNICALLY has, but shouldn't be able to use if you have boots and some dancing moves.

SnugglePuggle94May 1, 20151 votes

Okay, thank you. If I know I can get my mid and the other team picks Yasuo before I can pick, I will be able to go against him and try out your tips. I really appreciate it.

SnugglePuggle94May 7, 20151 votes

I was finally able to try that out after doing team builder with Diana and ending up going against a Yasuo, which I did awful against. So next game I went draft pick, saw I was going against Yasuo and switched to the masteries you referenced, and started with cloth and 5 pots. Before I knew it, I was 6-1, while he was 3-2 and I was out trading him. I finished the game 13-2 and he finished 10-7, basically by getting fed off my team mates. I like that tanky Diana style, but I so wish I could do well against him as a bursty assassin/fighter. Just somehow against him I don't do well. I do well against Zed and others but he just messes me up.

LongHair FoxMay 1, 20151 votes

While decently cheesy I found that picking exhaust is very good. I typically farm up until lvl 6 using my shield whenever he tries to trade with me. At level 6 he typically wants to all in at which point I try to bait him to use his ult a bit away from my minions. While his ult does some burst damage it can largely be negated by exhaust which is applied very easily during his long ult cast time. Exhaust and your e then slows enough so you can almost burst before he gets to dash to minions at which point your ult can finish him off.

After that you just snowball.

JRdalmosMay 3, 20151 votes

First, it's nearly impossible to lose against Yasuo with Diana, you both depend on landing your q and in my expirience his q is very dodgable while Diana's q goes trough units in a curved form making it more difficult to completly dodge, just move side to sie when u see it building up (his q), land ur q, go all in and gj for you, advice for spell; use exausht on diana, almost every single time, it has too much benefits, for build against Yasuo, ofc u first take dorans, follow with boots of speed and armor cloth, all it takes is cca 620 gold, u have good start easily. I main Diana mid and top lane and i beat Yasuo 9 out of 10 times, remember to spam Diana's w every time he dashes trough minions in your vicinity, as for boots i asume u go with sorcerer's shoes, build the red enchantment (forgot it's name) it gives you 12% movent speed atfer u land q or w or r on a minion, that little extra makes all the difference against Yasuo. Good items in this matchup are: Zhonya's hourglass, Nashor's tooth, Frozen heart and Banshe's veil (u can use it to bait his q and neglect damage of it).And know this; most noob players in the universe of LoL main Katarina, Yasuo and Teemo, most likely in that order, wel my humble opinion at least. Good luck to all Diana players.