Diana - League of Legends Champion
Win Rate
49.7%
Pick Rate
4.3%

Dianavs Syndra

CFighterAssassin
Patch26.4
Matches1,089,240
LaneAll Lanes
TierAll Tiers
Last UpdatedMar 2, 2026
MethodologyData Methodology

Diana vs Syndra is a moderate matchup in LoL patch 26.4. Syndra wins with a 51.6% win rate (+3.1%) over Diana based on 65 games. Diana wins the early laning phase while Syndra scales better into the late game. Below you'll find the best Diana build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Diana vs Syndra 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.

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Syndra - 48.4% win rateSyndra(48.4%)
Diana - 48.4% win rate in this matchup
Diana
48.4% WR
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Syndra vs Diana matchup - 51.6% win rate
Syndra
51.6% WR

Who Wins the Diana vs Syndra Matchup?

Syndra wins the Diana vs Syndra matchup
Winner
Syndra
Matches: 65
48.4%
Win Rate
51.6%
6.1
CS / min
7.0
828
DMG / min
863
12,198
Gold / game
12,679
95
Heal / min
75
915
DMG Mitigated / min
296
0.2
CC / min
1.4
51.5%
Early Game WR
48.5%
45.2%
Late Game WR
54.8%

Diana vs Syndra Matchup Summary

The Diana vs Syndra matchup is a moderate matchup in League of Legends ranked play. Based on 65 recent matches analyzed, Syndra wins with a 51.6% win rate compared to Diana's 48.4%, giving Syndra a 3.1 percentage point advantage. Game phase dynamics play a critical role here: Diana controls the early laning stage, but Syndra outscales as the game goes longer. The matchup shifts dramatically depending on game length — Diana needs to press advantages before Syndra reaches their power spikes, while Syndra should focus on safe farming and hitting key item breakpoints. The most significant statistical gap is in crowd control, where Syndra leads by 1.2s CC/min — a difference that heavily influences the outcome of trades and skirmishes. While Syndra 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 Syndra's mistakes. Understanding these matchup dynamics is essential for champion select decisions and in-game strategy when facing this lane opponent.

Diana vs Syndra Laning Phase Breakdown

Syndra wins the laning phase against Diana in League of Legends

Syndra is favored during the laning phase against Diana, winning 4 out of 5 key stat categories. Syndra holds advantages in farming, damage, gold income and crowd control, making them the stronger laner in this matchup.

Farming
6.1Diana
7.0Syndra
Syndra significantly out-farms Diana by 0.9 CS per minute, accumulating an estimated 13 CS lead by mid game. This substantial farming gap gives Syndra a major gold advantage and earlier item completions. Diana players should prioritize wave management techniques like freezing near tower and using abilities efficiently to minimize the deficit.
Damage
828Diana
863Syndra
Syndra deals 35 more champion damage per minute than Diana. While noticeable in extended trades, this gap can be offset by Diana choosing favorable fight windows, such as engaging when Syndra's key abilities are on cooldown or trading immediately after dodging a skillshot.
Economy
12,198Diana
12,679Syndra
Syndra earns 481 more gold per game than Diana, equivalent to roughly one additional component item. This economic edge comes from a combination of better farming, kill participation, and objective control, giving Syndra slightly faster item completions.
Utility
0.2Diana
1.4Syndra
Syndra brings significantly more crowd control than Diana, with 1.2 more seconds of CC per minute. This large utility gap makes Syndra far more valuable in setting up jungle ganks, controlling objectives, and locking down targets in team fights. Diana should invest in tenacity and position carefully to avoid being chain-CC'd.
Sustain
1,010Diana
371Syndra
Diana vastly out-sustains Syndra, healing and mitigating 639 more damage per minute. This massive durability gap means Diana can absorb significant punishment and remain in lane while Syndra is forced to recall. Building grievous wounds early is essential for Syndra, and focusing on burst trade patterns rather than sustained fights is critical.

Best Diana Build Against Syndra

Spellslinger's Shoes is the optimal boots choice against Syndra, providing the mobility and stats Diana needs most in this matchup. The top-performing core items for Diana against Syndra are Stormsurge, Shadowflame and Zhonya's Hourglass. This combination gives Diana an effective balance of damage, survivability, and utility for the matchup. This build performs exceptionally well, achieving a 60.0% win rate across 15 games — well above average and making it the top item path against Syndra. Adjustments may be needed based on team compositions and game state, but this build provides the strongest foundation for the Diana vs Syndra matchup.

Early Game vs Late Game

Early Game
Diana
51.5%
+3.0% advantage
Diana early game win rateDiana51.5%
Syndra early game win rateSyndra48.5%
Late Game
Syndra
54.8%
+9.7% advantage
Diana late game win rateDiana45.2%
Syndra late game win rateSyndra54.8%

During the early laning phase (first 15 minutes), Diana has a meaningful 51.5% win rate, outperforming Syndra by 3.0 percentage points. Diana players should look to press this advantage through aggressive trades, wave priority, and early jungle coordination.

Syndra is far superior in the late game (25+ minutes), boasting a 54.8% win rate — 9.7 points above Diana. Extended games heavily favor Syndra, 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 Syndra reaches their scaling breakpoints. If Syndra 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 Syndra

Domination rune tree - Diana primary runes vs SyndraDomination
Electrocute - best Diana rune vs SyndraSudden Impact - best Diana rune vs SyndraGrisly Mementos - best Diana rune vs SyndraTreasure Hunter - best Diana rune vs Syndra
Sorcery rune tree - Diana secondary runes vs SyndraSorcery
Manaflow Band - best Diana rune vs SyndraScorch - best Diana rune vs Syndra
47.1% WR

The Domination and Sorcery rune setup gives Diana the best tools to compete against Syndra in this difficult matchup, compensating for the statistical disadvantages with optimal rune synergies.


Diana matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.4. 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.

Diana matchup win rates and stats in League of Legends patch 26.4
Opponent
Win Rate
Matches
CS/min
DMG/min
Gold/game
Early WR
Late WR
50.16%3121.270512,55554.8%44.8%
47.06%3086.185412,08951.4%43.3%
46.23%2146.088112,10244.1%48.2%
51.66%2111.474513,47757.6%46.4%
49.28%2071.573313,13650.0%48.7%
48.04%2051.368112,51751.0%45.3%
54.50%1891.472113,43555.6%53.5%
45.25%1811.375913,01543.9%46.4%
51.72%1773.489012,85749.5%54.2%
47.65%1714.787912,48754.5%41.9%
46.75%1575.485812,56748.6%45.2%
48.08%1576.386012,66048.6%47.6%
46.79%1565.989812,51454.7%41.3%
49.67%1541.374712,69550.0%49.3%
49.35%1541.587313,00648.0%50.6%
46.98%1501.573613,38851.7%43.8%
44.59%1501.371512,57539.7%49.3%
53.10%1471.473913,16657.8%49.4%
49.66%1471.377613,45448.4%50.6%
48.25%1443.388512,74341.3%53.8%
55.88%1374.082712,71252.2%59.4%
58.21%1356.293612,91455.2%61.2%
44.70%1325.691311,62244.1%45.3%
48.85%1311.669213,07337.7%58.6%
40.63%1311.575913,57937.8%42.2%
42.62%1221.582813,19852.0%36.1%
47.41%1165.898012,97047.8%47.1%
48.67%1146.080412,03451.1%47.0%
50.44%1131.469513,06451.7%49.1%
55.36%1131.372813,26855.6%55.2%
54.95%1111.472612,99253.5%56.6%
50.47%1075.981112,15262.5%43.3%
58.25%1056.082612,37359.2%57.4%
48.51%1012.982013,57042.1%52.4%
48.45%981.580613,32957.1%41.8%
61.46%966.181912,11956.3%66.7%
42.70%911.172011,68850.9%30.6%
45.05%911.576713,29260.0%33.3%
42.05%891.875212,85146.8%36.6%
52.81%895.997512,39661.5%40.5%
50.57%871.376513,01343.5%58.5%
51.19%842.274413,69565.2%45.9%
55.42%841.469312,79451.3%59.1%
49.37%795.983011,84738.2%57.8%
57.89%771.477513,86848.6%66.7%
55.84%772.576911,53653.7%58.3%
59.46%755.781511,67663.2%55.6%
48.65%756.490013,17355.9%42.5%
52.70%746.093013,01052.8%52.6%
49.30%724.192812,89743.8%53.9%
42.03%691.376613,00052.5%27.6%
48.53%691.577013,89846.1%50.0%
45.45%666.086612,45250.0%42.9%
53.03%661.674613,47267.7%40.0%
48.44%656.182812,19851.5%45.2%
42.19%641.780213,64546.4%38.9%
45.00%601.686912,77641.9%48.3%
64.41%594.395214,39781.0%55.3%
48.28%581.775813,10559.3%38.7%
56.14%571.479813,49979.2%39.4%
50.91%573.477612,50853.3%48.0%
57.14%561.378013,39470.8%46.9%
49.06%535.787812,35545.5%51.6%
41.51%532.982212,09540.6%42.9%
42.31%536.197912,04744.4%40.0%
45.28%536.188712,79140.9%48.4%
35.29%511.668811,95623.3%52.4%
53.06%495.987912,54347.4%56.7%
45.83%481.581713,06141.7%50.0%
54.35%484.681413,09461.9%48.0%
56.25%485.987913,18560.0%54.5%
51.06%471.173411,62253.9%47.6%
45.65%466.31,01111,82945.5%45.8%
45.65%465.989511,73748.0%42.9%
41.30%461.368712,03638.5%45.0%
45.65%462.566011,88156.5%34.8%
56.52%466.293812,33850.0%63.6%
40.91%445.886611,32145.8%35.0%
42.86%424.395012,48952.9%36.0%
42.50%415.990711,92631.6%52.4%
42.50%402.488713,91650.0%37.5%
47.50%404.785212,50756.3%41.7%
50.00%401.573213,59552.6%47.6%
54.05%371.580613,44256.3%52.4%
69.44%376.589712,44179.0%58.8%
63.89%363.177512,58858.8%68.4%
48.57%355.887413,02468.8%31.6%
40.63%325.490011,06835.3%46.7%
51.61%311.784714,50855.6%50.0%
46.15%286.187113,27336.4%53.3%
51.85%274.385211,04469.2%35.7%
69.23%265.792112,69963.6%73.3%
72.00%251.981414,86677.8%68.8%
54.17%241.676113,18545.5%61.5%
38.10%216.01,00213,32644.4%33.3%
65.00%211.081414,050100.0%41.7%
66.67%212.885313,84555.6%75.0%
55.00%214.886512,04957.1%53.9%
57.89%191.881712,88255.6%60.0%
62.50%161.476112,63271.4%55.6%
62.50%165.586411,18055.6%71.4%
26.67%152.276812,40214.3%37.5%
64.29%144.991213,07140.0%77.8%
57.14%146.190711,87040.0%66.7%
57.14%142.285015,01225.0%70.0%
71.43%146.61,18713,06650.0%87.5%
41.67%135.592612,40325.0%50.0%
69.23%133.582812,70566.7%71.4%
46.15%133.480811,45137.5%60.0%
75.00%125.289510,44377.8%66.7%
66.67%126.01,01712,32350.0%100.0%
58.33%124.397412,59875.0%25.0%
50.00%125.589312,79925.0%62.5%
58.33%125.897414,20450.0%62.5%
66.67%121.675214,89166.7%66.7%
54.55%113.171310,99771.4%25.0%
36.36%112.670711,55050.0%20.0%
72.73%115.292414,93675.0%71.4%
60.00%107.11,12115,52466.7%57.1%
40.00%106.386312,99940.0%40.0%
55.56%94.989812,56660.0%50.0%
55.56%93.982213,40350.0%60.0%
62.50%83.382112,81333.3%80.0%
50.00%84.075712,21850.0%50.0%
50.00%76.291013,16433.3%66.7%
71.43%75.398114,398100.0%50.0%
42.86%75.677213,225100.0%20.0%
42.86%73.080411,13150.0%33.3%
71.43%74.590111,43875.0%66.7%
66.67%65.281413,633100.0%60.0%
50.00%63.09189,14850.0%50.0%
33.33%62.789311,30233.3%33.3%
66.67%66.31,07213,53566.7%66.7%
60.00%55.283214,0670.0%75.0%
60.00%51.356112,40333.3%100.0%
40.00%55.61,04113,4570.0%50.0%
40.00%56.48069,95266.7%0.0%
80.00%57.11,10513,973100.0%50.0%
40.00%54.51,28315,0650.0%50.0%
100.00%55.294413,846100.0%100.0%
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Diana vs Syndra - Frequently Asked Questions

How does Diana do against Syndra in League of Legends?

Syndra wins the Diana vs Syndra matchup with a 51.6% win rate compared to Diana's 48.4%, a 3.1 percentage point difference. This data is based on 65 recent ranked games in patch 26.4.

How does Diana do against Syndra in the early game?

In the early game, Diana has the advantage against Syndra with a 51.5% win rate versus 48.5%. 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 Syndra in the late game?

In the late game, Syndra takes over the Diana vs Syndra matchup with a 54.8% win rate compared to 45.2%. Syndra scales better into team fights and objective contests after 25 minutes.

Who wins the Diana vs Syndra matchup?

Syndra wins the matchup against Diana with a 51.6% win rate in League of Legends patch 26.4. The 3.1 percentage point advantage means Syndra is moderately favored in this lane matchup based on 65 games analyzed.

What is the best Diana build against Syndra?

The best Diana build against Syndra includes Stormsurge, Shadowflame, Zhonya's Hourglass with Spellslinger's Shoes. This build achieves a 60.0% 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 Syndra?

The best Diana runes against Syndra use the Domination primary tree with Sorcery secondary. This rune setup achieves a 47.1% win rate in the Diana vs Syndra matchup. See the full rune breakdown in the matchup comparison above.

Does Diana counter Syndra?

No, Diana struggles against Syndra with only a 48.4% win rate. Syndra has the advantage in this matchup. Diana players should focus on safe farming and avoiding extended trades to minimize Syndra's lead.

How do I play Diana against Syndra?

When playing Diana against Syndra, play cautiously and avoid Syndra's power spikes. Look for jungle assistance and team-dependent plays since Syndra has the statistical advantage at most stages. Use the matchup-specific build and runes above to optimize your chances.