Diana build options

OhOkYea·3/19/2015, 1:24:05 AM·1 votes·639 views

Diana's passive at level 18 does 250 damage plus 80% of AP every third attack. This does more damage than any other ability. I see a lot of people build her like katarina. Tons of AP and abyssal/sorc shoes, but wouldn't it be better to build diana around her passive?

AS, on hit items, some crit. Why isn't considered? Her passive can crit and apply on hit effects, so would synergize with PD. With over 2.0 AS, those 5 stacks come quick. Add an to the mix, with sorc shoes and you melt anyone not stacking MR.

I haven't done the math on any of this, just playing around with some builds. Anything along these lines seem viable?

7 Comments

cHAncEman12923/19/2015, 2:28:33 AM1 votes

My build

item 3724 item 3020 item 3157 item 3001 item 3025 item 3102

I usually play around with a variation of the above. I would replace Jungle Item with Nashor's Tooth if I was in lane.I have found a couple truths with Diana...

She has absurd AP scaling , doesn't need to build a lot of AP to do a lot of damage
She performs really well with Spellblade Items
Her passive is like an extra spell, and is VERY powerful
Because of her gameplay goals, bulk goes a long way.

Diana does a lot of damage and has really good sustain damage. This fact combined with the fact that her job is to demolish squishies means I pick Abyssal over Void Staff. You brought up a good point with AS being a good idea on her, so I typically run +20% AS runes on my pages with Diana.

The Bearded Bard3/19/2015, 2:39:28 AM1 votes

item 3115 item 3157 item 3001 item 3020 item 3285 and item 3110 if you don't have full cdr from runes (I personally like to use per lvl cdr glyphs so I can get the full 40% off of that, nashor's, and the mastery) item 3100 if you don't.

Also, two things. 1. Diana's passive doesn't crit. aaaaaand 2. You're forgetting cdr. Cdr is just as important as attack speed on her, because you want to be able to Q and R as much as possible. Her three main stats are atk speed, cdr, and resistances and your build doesn't really focus on any of that except atk speed.

straight4free3/19/2015, 1:19:03 PM1 votes

item 3135 item 3100 item 3157 item 3115 item 3285 item 3089

End game build. You will have item 3255 until late game, when if the situation dictates you can replace it with the Luden's.