AP bruiser Diana?

Singing Lark·7/5/2015, 12:14:50 AM·4 votes·1,389 views

I'm currently waiting for Diana to go on sale to get her because I tried her out free week and had a shit-ton of fun, but I'm not 100% in love with building her full AP assassin (1. because she has no real escape, and 2. because I want to take her toplane and I don't like playing assassins all that much in the first place).

So I have 2 questions:

Is AP bruiser Diana just as good as glass cannon Diana (aka viable enough that I could steadily play in ranked)?
If yes, what are some good items/builds, masteries, runes, etc. that I could try out?

I'm prepared to experiment, so I'm just asking for some basic recommendations.

Thanks in advance. :)

22 Comments

HadesBlades7/5/2015, 3:31:50 AM3 votes

IF you want a really good item for tankiness and damage here is a good build

item 3001 item 3089 item 3115 item 3266 item 3157 item 3110

Okay Roa is awful takes to long to stack adn you need the burst at 6 so you can actually be dominant in lane. let me give you a few reasons on these items and why to chose them

So Abyssal gives mr, and ap (the rework will give health and decrease MR over time) Great stats and great passive to chuck down squishies while giving decent damage and tankiness

Rylias Partly because it will let aoe spells slow 40% in this upcoming patch gives 100 ap and will give 400 health it will be pretty decent

Rabadons will give 35% AP this next patch as some items will be decreasing in AP it may seem more assassination but will help with her overall damage you will get with Nashors

Nashors so you can auto more in close fights and proc your passive more plus it gives CDR for you shield and E

Frozen Heart gives you Armor and CDR and Mana which diana craves (usually burst Diana needs more mana though even though it doesnt fit in her build) So this is a great option to go with vs a heavy AD team (ones with Jinx, or Tryn top, or others)

I stated mercs to reduce hard cc so you can keep up in fights and is great vs APs but trust me sorcs is good too so don't cross those out as a good option

Zhonyas is pretty good too it gives a ton of armor + frozen heart is well over 240 armor :D plus the active is amazing and the AP is quite good itself

Valhalla Rising7/5/2015, 2:26:37 AM2 votes

item 3718 item 3020 or item 3111
item 3025
item 3091
item 3157 item 3060 or item 3001

Renaille7/5/2015, 2:30:51 AM1 votes

AP bruiser is viable, yes.

item 3001 item 3116 item 3157 item 3020 item 3143 item 3102 item 3025 item 3110 are items to consider.

please do not get roa though.

Nyá7/5/2015, 12:19:14 AM1 votes

I play here more tanky, and still do enough damage to probably be called an assasin.

Sorc Shoes RoA Abyssal Zhonyas LIchbane or Rabadons Rylais

Your pretty difficult to kill and still do lots of damage I like lichbane because of the speed it gives you and you get more bursty, but Rabadons gives you just a huge power spike, all in all its personal choice tho.

Another thought is to just not get a rylais and get Lichbane and Rabadons, lose some HP but gain more damage

I play what I would think is standard runes and masteries

21/9 masteries MR Glyphs Armor Yellows MPen Reds AP Quints

Sire Hippington7/5/2015, 3:40:58 AM1 votes

I play her alot toplane and as bruiser. The most important things for her:

CDR, your Q goes down on 3.6sec, it lasts 3sec, if you wait a bit befor going in with R after the Q, your Q will almost be ready for a second QR combo, and overall less cd on that combo makes you stickier, while less cd on W makes you tankier.
defstats are more important than hp, she has good base hp and her W shield profits form defstats aswell -mana, if you don't butst your target down and thus need multiple spell rotations, she needs a crap ton of mana. -magic pen, if you want to deal any damage, some magicpen always is good.

some items i really like for toplane: item 3001 item 3060 item 3110 item 3025 ! item 3115 ! item 3143 item 3027 item 3116 item 3091

If you jungle her, Devourer really is great, especially the new one will be sick as it procs the passive every 2 hits rather than every 3.

anyway, diana still has the problem of low escapes, which is dangerous on a long lane like top, especially as she always pushes as her q+w+passive are all aoe. She can outtrade most melees with her W+passive(I usually start W and put an early second point in it befor maxing Q vs melees) I recomand a premade jungler that is good in counterganks. You will oush the wave in, you will be vulnerable to ganks, but you are also damn strong in a 2v2, and if you snowball you can also often 1v2.

Another notable thing is that she snowballs even harder in both directions as assasin diana. If you fall behind, you will die befor useing your passive proc in teamfights. it's interesting how squishy she gets if not ahead, even with tank items.

ABlueQuaker7/5/2015, 3:43:51 AM1 votes

item 3020 item 3165 item 3157 item 3116 item 3151 item 3001

HadesBlades7/5/2015, 9:20:26 AM1 votes

Never go the Chalice or Morello route yes she is manay hungry but they don't bring the sustained fighting you need and she doesn't benefit from the cdr all that much, :P