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Is Diana seeing any work anytime soon?

Ràinbow·5/24/2017, 2:32:04 AM·18 votes·1,931 views

I have such a soft spot for her bc I love her theme, look and story, but I can't bring myself to play her too much. x.x

  • With high mana costs and no sustain it's hard to continuously trade in lane and survive in fights.
  • Pre6 she lacks a gapcloser (i guess her E helps a little bit but even that has a pretty poor range) and even post 6 she lacks a reliable escape
  • She's melee so a majority of the time she'll be at a disadvantage by the likes of Ahri, Lux, Taliyah, etc.

I just feel like a Reksai sized rework would work wonders for her!

Her Q is unique and fair, W is a nice touch, E is questionable but can be useful and R just feels pretty meh of a spell.

Tbh, I would love to see an all out attack for her ultimate, or even an empowerment type of ult. Something that just makes her go mad with power and annihilates everything using the moons energy or somethin'.

That's just me though! Would do you guys think? :)

69 Comments

Doodlzzz5/24/2017, 2:34:10 AM3 votes

Diana mid? please... Diana jungle is alot of fun and its superior

Rewt5/24/2017, 2:51:40 AM3 votes

Diana's Ult is incredible. Its a Decent damage spell that is a pretty good gap closer that can be reset if you Ult someone that your Q is active on.

The E is useful but pretty lack luster. Ive mostly used it to yank people back during a gank. Id rather See some sort of stun on it to give her some actual CC.

Laxfan525/24/2017, 3:06:14 AM2 votes

Arcsecond is a diana main and he plays her in challenger

Sexy Jack Rabbit5/24/2017, 8:49:32 AM2 votes

Personally I feel save for her Ultimate, Diana's entire kit is extremely unique to her. I'd really hate to see her E changed drastically.

Maybe if they increased the radius and made it consume the Q mark to deal damage.

BananaSlayerAMO5/24/2017, 2:47:39 AM2 votes

I agree that she should get changes. She's a fighter/mage (which is very unique), but people end up playing her like an assassin.

To better suit her role, here are some suggested changes in addition to yours:

  • More survivability - Perhaps an ability that raises resistances. It would help against bad match-ups against other mages.
  • More consistent damage and CC instead of burst - Putting more power into her passive is one step they could take.

Basically, fighters are about DPS and survivability, and she needs more of that.

SickAnto5/24/2017, 10:52:29 AM2 votes

If we see the others Divers, Diana is the ONLY without any mobility pre-6(the most closest is Nocturne, but at least he have the Q's Mov. Speed) and tbh, her Ultimate isn't so much good like escape.

I think is cool if they switch E and R's abilities, with heavy changes.(Dash skillshot? Moonfall with more CC?)

Lady Hammerlock5/24/2017, 8:46:34 AM1 votes

High mana costs haha haha haha

No She has pretty decent mana costs, but I agree she needs some work to differentiate her more from Akali

Irelia Bot5/24/2017, 3:05:40 AM1 votes

There is a really high posiblity that she will be a main champ in the diver class update.

Her model is current enough but her gameplay is suffering form an identity crises where whoever is better between akali and Diana will be the one worth playing.

9056/6/2017, 3:27:09 PM1 votes

Hi I was actually thinking about the same thing, please check this out and tell me what you think: https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/skin-champion-concepts/Efkr796j-a-comment-idea-towards-upcoming-diver-update

Bouncemaster Zac5/24/2017, 12:46:26 PM1 votes

Mid is definitely the hardest place to succeed with her imo. Jungle lets you avoid being harassed down by poke mages and W is a great sustain/clear tool. Top Diana isn't super popular but it works decently well since I can assure you the average top laner won't know how to play against it. She's also fairly safe if you start with a mana sustain item of some kind. Darius can't murder you to death if you aren't close enough for him to hook you.

Sraeg20135/24/2017, 2:14:25 PM1 votes

Pre6 she lacks a gapcloser (i guess her E helps a little bit but even that has a pretty poor range) and even post 6 she lacks a reliable escape

I can't see why is that a problem. Not everybody has to be Lee Sin.

Daddy Ants5/24/2017, 2:32:58 PM1 votes

Diana will probably get updates with the Diver update (Whenever that happens)

Funkin Dunkin5/24/2017, 3:48:00 PM1 votes

Why does she need a rework? What is with league and wanting to change it's entire champion base?

Valor Bot5/24/2017, 3:26:01 AM1 votes

I really like your idea for her ultimate -- some sort of steroid that makes her go on a murderous rampage would be awesome, though it'd be difficult to find something in this space that both suits her theme and doesn't take from what Master Yi and Olaf already do.

What if she summoned the Moon's light upon a large target area, and then gained certain bonuses while in that radius, such as movement speed and attack speed (hence giving her more rapid access to her three-hit passive while in it)? Would be a cool parallel to Leona's ult. Not sure how well it would work though.