Dianavs Akali
Diana vs Akali is a decisive matchup in LoL patch 26.14. Akali wins with a 52.9% win rate (+5.7%) over Diana based on 70 games. Diana wins the early laning phase while Akali scales better into the late game. Below you'll find the best Diana build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Diana vs Akali matchup.
Diana Matchup Breakdown
Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Diana performs against them. You'll get head-to-head win rates, laning stats, the best build and runes for the matchup, and early vs late game analysis — all based on real ranked data.
Who Wins the Diana vs Akali Matchup?
Diana vs Akali Matchup Summary
The Diana vs Akali matchup is a moderate matchup in League of Legends ranked play. Based on 70 recent matches analyzed, Akali wins with a 52.9% win rate compared to Diana's 47.1%, giving Akali a 5.7 percentage point advantage. Game phase dynamics play a critical role here: Diana controls the early laning stage, but Akali outscales as the game goes longer. The matchup shifts dramatically depending on game length — Diana needs to press advantages before Akali reaches their power spikes, while Akali should focus on safe farming and hitting key item breakpoints. The most significant statistical gap is in crowd control, where Diana leads by 0.2s CC/min — a difference that heavily influences the outcome of trades and skirmishes. While Akali is slightly favored, Diana can absolutely win this lane through smart trading patterns and wave management. Focus on playing around your cooldowns, conceding CS only when necessary, and capitalizing on Akali's mistakes. Understanding these matchup dynamics is essential for champion select decisions and in-game strategy when facing this lane opponent.
Diana vs Akali Laning Phase Breakdown
Diana is favored during the laning phase against Akali, winning 5 out of 5 key stat categories. Diana holds advantages in farming, damage, gold income, crowd control and sustain, making them the stronger laner in this matchup.
Best Diana Build Against Akali
Spellslinger's Shoes is the optimal boots choice against Akali, providing the mobility and stats Diana needs most in this matchup. The top-performing core items for Diana against Akali are Stormsurge, Shadowflame and Zhonya's Hourglass. This combination gives Diana an effective balance of damage, survivability, and utility for the matchup. This build achieves a solid 50.0% win rate across 14 games, proving it to be a reliable item path when facing Akali. Adjustments may be needed based on team compositions and game state, but this build provides the strongest foundation for the Diana vs Akali matchup.
Early Game vs Late Game
Diana53.3%
Akali46.7%Diana42.5%Akali57.5%Diana dominates the early game (first 15 minutes) with a commanding 53.3% win rate — a 6.7 percentage point lead over Akali. This lopsided early game means Diana can dictate the pace of the lane from level 1, controlling trades, wave state, and river priority.
Akali is far superior in the late game (25+ minutes), boasting a 57.5% win rate — 15.0 points above Diana. Extended games heavily favor Akali, whose kit and scaling make them a dominant force in team fights and objective control.
This matchup features a dramatic power shift: Diana must aggressively press their early advantage and close out the game before Akali reaches their scaling breakpoints. If Akali survives the laning phase without falling too far behind, the matchup flips in their favor. Dragon and Rift Herald control are pivotal — the team that secures early objectives can snowball or buy time to scale.
Best Diana Runes Against Akali
Domination
Resolve
The Domination and Resolve rune setup gives Diana the best tools to compete against Akali in this difficult matchup, compensating for the statistical disadvantages with optimal rune synergies.
Diana matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.14. The table below shows Diana's win rate, gold difference, and performance stats against every champion in the current meta. Click any champion name to see a detailed head-to-head breakdown including the best Diana build, runes, laning stats, and early vs late game analysis for that specific matchup.
Opponent | Win Rate | Matches | CS/min | DMG/min | Gold/game | Early WR | Late WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55.17% | 174 | 4.7 | 940 | 12,218 | 47.2% | 60.8% | |
| 47.92% | 144 | 4.3 | 943 | 12,464 | 50.9% | 46.1% | |
| 47.97% | 123 | 1.3 | 746 | 12,776 | 54.0% | 43.8% | |
| 47.27% | 110 | 5.6 | 882 | 11,886 | 60.0% | 40.0% | |
| 43.12% | 109 | 5.9 | 831 | 11,227 | 44.4% | 42.2% | |
| 55.34% | 103 | 6.0 | 816 | 11,452 | 55.3% | 55.4% | |
| 42.42% | 99 | 5.7 | 994 | 12,324 | 40.0% | 44.4% | |
| 42.42% | 99 | 5.5 | 942 | 13,199 | 56.7% | 36.2% | |
| 59.38% | 96 | 5.2 | 876 | 12,195 | 69.4% | 53.3% | |
| 37.89% | 95 | 1.4 | 709 | 12,215 | 35.6% | 40.0% | |
| 45.05% | 91 | 1.4 | 763 | 12,716 | 46.1% | 44.2% | |
| 38.89% | 90 | 1.4 | 702 | 13,063 | 41.2% | 37.5% | |
| 53.41% | 88 | 3.0 | 845 | 11,618 | 51.3% | 55.1% | |
| 55.26% | 76 | 1.4 | 690 | 12,267 | 52.9% | 57.1% | |
| 62.67% | 75 | 1.2 | 795 | 13,245 | 60.0% | 64.4% | |
| 35.14% | 74 | 1.4 | 679 | 11,882 | 26.5% | 42.5% | |
| 52.11% | 71 | 3.4 | 835 | 12,248 | 50.0% | 54.5% | |
| 52.86% | 70 | 5.5 | 846 | 12,285 | 47.6% | 55.1% | |
| 47.14% | 70 | 5.8 | 927 | 11,832 | 53.3% | 42.5% | |
| 59.42% | 69 | 6.3 | 953 | 12,093 | 61.3% | 57.9% | |
| 53.13% | 64 | 1.6 | 688 | 12,028 | 51.5% | 54.8% | |
| 49.21% | 63 | 5.5 | 1,013 | 11,921 | 50.0% | 48.8% | |
| 49.15% | 59 | 1.6 | 650 | 12,458 | 47.6% | 50.0% | |
| 42.11% | 57 | 6.0 | 901 | 11,313 | 46.4% | 37.9% | |
| 51.79% | 56 | 1.2 | 749 | 11,918 | 46.7% | 57.7% | |
| 37.74% | 53 | 1.5 | 722 | 11,988 | 42.9% | 34.4% | |
| 41.51% | 53 | 1.3 | 699 | 13,368 | 45.0% | 39.4% | |
| 49.02% | 51 | 6.1 | 828 | 11,756 | 52.2% | 46.4% | |
| 61.22% | 49 | 1.6 | 780 | 12,896 | 56.3% | 63.6% | |
| 66.67% | 48 | 6.2 | 930 | 12,761 | 72.2% | 63.3% | |
| 52.08% | 48 | 1.7 | 781 | 12,774 | 54.5% | 50.0% | |
| 46.81% | 47 | 5.8 | 874 | 11,299 | 45.8% | 47.8% | |
| 40.91% | 44 | 1.2 | 682 | 12,072 | 42.1% | 40.0% | |
| 51.16% | 43 | 5.8 | 854 | 10,287 | 41.7% | 63.2% | |
| 60.47% | 43 | 5.8 | 730 | 10,285 | 63.6% | 57.1% | |
| 64.29% | 42 | 3.2 | 820 | 11,917 | 71.4% | 57.1% | |
| 60.98% | 41 | 5.7 | 934 | 12,174 | 47.4% | 72.7% | |
| 34.21% | 38 | 6.2 | 824 | 10,082 | 43.5% | 20.0% | |
| 50.00% | 38 | 6.4 | 972 | 12,577 | 57.1% | 45.8% | |
| 56.76% | 37 | 5.7 | 1,106 | 13,076 | 60.0% | 55.6% | |
| 54.05% | 37 | 1.2 | 672 | 11,111 | 52.4% | 56.3% | |
| 61.11% | 36 | 1.2 | 760 | 12,232 | 52.6% | 70.6% | |
| 52.78% | 36 | 1.3 | 788 | 11,677 | 55.6% | 50.0% | |
| 60.00% | 35 | 3.3 | 962 | 12,393 | 50.0% | 66.7% | |
| 60.00% | 35 | 1.8 | 730 | 11,394 | 68.8% | 52.6% | |
| 57.14% | 35 | 1.6 | 780 | 12,323 | 61.1% | 52.9% | |
| 42.86% | 35 | 1.1 | 793 | 12,015 | 37.5% | 47.4% | |
| 45.45% | 33 | 1.1 | 741 | 12,032 | 61.5% | 35.0% | |
| 62.50% | 32 | 5.9 | 876 | 11,607 | 53.3% | 70.6% | |
| 48.39% | 31 | 3.1 | 875 | 12,551 | 63.6% | 40.0% | |
| 60.00% | 30 | 1.3 | 739 | 11,916 | 66.7% | 50.0% | |
| 53.33% | 30 | 1.3 | 689 | 12,245 | 40.0% | 66.7% | |
| 43.33% | 30 | 1.4 | 790 | 14,592 | 62.5% | 36.4% | |
| 51.72% | 29 | 6.2 | 797 | 11,164 | 57.1% | 46.7% | |
| 62.07% | 29 | 5.9 | 920 | 11,224 | 61.5% | 62.5% | |
| 34.62% | 26 | 3.9 | 827 | 10,389 | 31.3% | 40.0% | |
| 61.54% | 26 | 1.2 | 802 | 12,992 | 75.0% | 55.6% | |
| 52.00% | 25 | 6.1 | 1,008 | 12,435 | 41.7% | 61.5% | |
| 60.00% | 25 | 1.4 | 760 | 12,241 | 64.3% | 54.5% | |
| 48.00% | 25 | 1.7 | 728 | 12,645 | 55.6% | 43.8% | |
| 56.00% | 25 | 5.6 | 724 | 11,275 | 50.0% | 60.0% | |
| 62.50% | 24 | 1.6 | 685 | 12,265 | 71.4% | 58.8% | |
| 41.67% | 24 | 5.9 | 917 | 12,049 | 50.0% | 37.5% | |
| 52.17% | 23 | 3.3 | 836 | 12,254 | 44.4% | 57.1% | |
| 47.83% | 23 | 2.3 | 796 | 13,714 | 40.0% | 50.0% | |
| 52.17% | 23 | 5.7 | 974 | 12,162 | 50.0% | 53.3% | |
| 47.83% | 23 | 6.2 | 947 | 12,826 | 83.3% | 35.3% | |
| 40.00% | 20 | 2.9 | 800 | 14,619 | 0.0% | 50.0% | |
| 42.11% | 19 | 1.1 | 734 | 12,701 | 28.6% | 50.0% | |
| 42.11% | 19 | 5.7 | 774 | 8,572 | 38.5% | 50.0% | |
| 68.42% | 19 | 6.3 | 953 | 12,352 | 100.0% | 50.0% | |
| 63.16% | 19 | 3.9 | 951 | 11,377 | 55.6% | 70.0% | |
| 57.89% | 19 | 6.0 | 1,008 | 14,126 | 80.0% | 50.0% | |
| 44.44% | 18 | 3.4 | 705 | 10,722 | 70.0% | 12.5% | |
| 66.67% | 18 | 6.3 | 1,041 | 13,610 | 77.8% | 55.6% | |
| 56.25% | 16 | 1.4 | 719 | 13,963 | 80.0% | 45.5% | |
| 46.67% | 15 | 5.9 | 869 | 12,046 | 60.0% | 40.0% | |
| 33.33% | 15 | 2.0 | 780 | 11,788 | 28.6% | 37.5% | |
| 66.67% | 15 | 3.2 | 826 | 12,204 | 60.0% | 80.0% | |
| 35.71% | 14 | 6.1 | 839 | 12,304 | 40.0% | 33.3% | |
| 50.00% | 14 | 2.8 | 804 | 11,895 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |
| 61.54% | 13 | 1.8 | 750 | 13,415 | 60.0% | 62.5% | |
| 30.77% | 13 | 1.4 | 608 | 10,819 | 14.3% | 50.0% | |
| 46.15% | 13 | 3.7 | 832 | 12,381 | 40.0% | 50.0% | |
| 58.33% | 12 | 1.0 | 671 | 12,896 | 66.7% | 55.6% | |
| 36.36% | 11 | 5.7 | 918 | 13,747 | 25.0% | 42.9% | |
| 18.18% | 11 | 5.4 | 999 | 10,174 | 0.0% | 40.0% | |
| 36.36% | 11 | 4.7 | 886 | 12,060 | 0.0% | 50.0% | |
| 54.55% | 11 | 1.4 | 751 | 14,579 | 50.0% | 55.6% | |
| 54.55% | 11 | 3.6 | 728 | 9,752 | 25.0% | 71.4% | |
| 60.00% | 10 | 4.3 | 673 | 10,154 | 62.5% | 50.0% | |
| 50.00% | 10 | 1.3 | 631 | 11,376 | 60.0% | 40.0% | |
| 60.00% | 10 | 6.3 | 1,067 | 11,834 | 60.0% | 60.0% | |
| 80.00% | 10 | 5.9 | 1,010 | 11,738 | 80.0% | 80.0% | |
| 33.33% | 9 | 5.3 | 782 | 12,181 | 0.0% | 42.9% | |
| 44.44% | 9 | 2.1 | 1,032 | 14,709 | 50.0% | 42.9% | |
| 44.44% | 9 | 4.7 | 929 | 15,459 | 100.0% | 37.5% | |
| 55.56% | 9 | 3.1 | 818 | 13,640 | 66.7% | 50.0% | |
| 25.00% | 8 | 4.2 | 933 | 9,616 | 25.0% | 25.0% | |
| 50.00% | 8 | 5.3 | 936 | 12,071 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |
| 62.50% | 8 | 5.8 | 932 | 12,464 | 50.0% | 66.7% | |
| 50.00% | 8 | 4.3 | 804 | 11,048 | 25.0% | 75.0% | |
| 62.50% | 8 | 2.2 | 703 | 10,694 | 50.0% | 75.0% | |
| 50.00% | 8 | 1.5 | 850 | 14,942 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |
| 57.14% | 7 | 5.9 | 963 | 13,777 | 66.7% | 50.0% | |
| 42.86% | 7 | 5.9 | 893 | 11,442 | 33.3% | 50.0% | |
| 28.57% | 7 | 3.7 | 713 | 10,883 | 66.7% | 0.0% | |
| 42.86% | 7 | 6.1 | 1,144 | 12,733 | 33.3% | 50.0% | |
| 28.57% | 7 | 2.5 | 817 | 10,698 | 25.0% | 33.3% | |
| 42.86% | 7 | 5.0 | 795 | 9,264 | 50.0% | 33.3% | |
| 66.67% | 6 | 5.3 | 1,088 | 14,727 | 100.0% | 60.0% | |
| 66.67% | 6 | 4.8 | 1,178 | 17,079 | 0.0% | 80.0% | |
| 33.33% | 6 | 2.6 | 883 | 14,730 | 33.3% | 33.3% | |
| 66.67% | 6 | 1.6 | 875 | 11,319 | 50.0% | 75.0% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 4.5 | 844 | 13,227 | 0.0% | 40.0% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 4.3 | 728 | 8,258 | 100.0% | 33.3% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 1.9 | 532 | 10,547 | 50.0% | 100.0% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 5.8 | 916 | 15,718 | 0.0% | 60.0% | |
| 20.00% | 5 | 7.2 | 924 | 12,926 | 0.0% | 50.0% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 5.5 | 885 | 11,987 | 33.3% | 50.0% | |
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Diana vs Akali - Frequently Asked Questions
How does Diana do against Akali in League of Legends?
Akali wins the Diana vs Akali matchup with a 52.9% win rate compared to Diana's 47.1%, a 5.7 percentage point difference. This data is based on 70 recent ranked games in patch 26.14.
How does Diana do against Akali in the early game?
In the early game, Diana has the advantage against Akali with a 53.3% win rate versus 46.7%. Diana players should look to press their lane advantage through aggressive trades and wave control during the first 15 minutes.
How does Diana do against Akali in the late game?
In the late game, Akali takes over the Diana vs Akali matchup with a 57.5% win rate compared to 42.5%. Akali scales better into team fights and objective contests after 25 minutes.
Who wins the Diana vs Akali matchup?
Akali wins the matchup against Diana with a 52.9% win rate in League of Legends patch 26.14. The 5.7 percentage point advantage means Akali is significantly favored in this lane matchup based on 70 games analyzed.
What is the best Diana build against Akali?
The best Diana build against Akali includes Stormsurge, Shadowflame, Zhonya's Hourglass with Spellslinger's Shoes. This build achieves a 50.0% win rate in the matchup. Check the matchup breakdown above for the full item path and build order.
What are the best Diana runes against Akali?
The best Diana runes against Akali use the Domination primary tree with Resolve secondary. This rune setup achieves a 63.6% win rate in the Diana vs Akali matchup. See the full rune breakdown in the matchup comparison above.
Does Diana counter Akali?
No, Diana struggles against Akali with only a 47.1% win rate. Akali has the advantage in this matchup. Diana players should focus on safe farming and avoiding extended trades to minimize Akali's lead.
How do I play Diana against Akali?
When playing Diana against Akali, play cautiously and avoid Akali's power spikes. Look for jungle assistance and team-dependent plays since Akali has the statistical advantage at most stages. Use the matchup-specific build and runes above to optimize your chances.