Thoughts on Diana?

Silven·May 29, 2015·1 votes·579 views

I'm just curious as to whether people think Diana is in a good spot.

What do you think is her specialty and how is she best played? What are her negative traits? What do you build? How does she usually turn out best for you?

I'm trying to get into playing Diana because I think she's a pretty awesome character in herself but, as it is the case with a lot of champions, I feel that there are a lot of other champions that potentially do what she does, only better and safer, so I'd like your insight on some things.

(I had an interesting idea with her ult. As you know, the Moonlight debuff disappears on every target once you've used Lunar Rush. I think it would be fun if it didn't. If you hit multiple targets with it, it would allow you to juke around with your ult a bit. Just something I thought of.)

6 Comments

Rico NastyMay 29, 20152 votes

Well yeah she's good, I don't see why people don't think she's bad. She has a great kit. Also, potential for tankiness. I'd say she's fine right now.

Neo AragornMay 29, 20151 votes

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Rico NastyMay 29, 20151 votes

uhh.. why did you link to my profile?

Neo CyrusMay 29, 20152 votes

Former Diana main here with over 300 ranked games on her... it's as you said, there's nothing Diana does that another champion doesn't do better while being safer. The only reason she's even viable now is because everything else has changed for the worse over 2 years.

Everything else has been nerfed many times over since she was destroyed, the runes are different, the masteries are different, and very importantly mana regen has been absolutely destroyed (this patch they lost 3 per 5 base, which is 50% considering most bases are 6 per 5) and has been since the base stat rework of S5. I don't think I need to mention that mana regen items got shat on as well combined with increased costs. Even after they buffed Athene's it's still an inefficient piece of shit. Why does that contribute? Because that hit the other mages in the game much harder than her, bringing her closer to their level by lowering their level.

The deletion of mana regen is part of the reason Zed went from super annoying to blatantly OP. He'll be picked even more this patch with mana regen shrekt down to 6 from 9 now.

Anyway, she's a super situational pick that only works in some comps. Remember that her realistically viable build paths don't allow for any mana regen or any cooldown reduction. You have to be really good at this champ to make it work. I can't honestly recommend her especially with Ekko now released.

BigDumbSmartGuyMay 29, 20151 votes

Diana has a really good kit for the current meta, a kit focused around getting on top of those pesky squishies and keeping them there. Unfortunately, you're still not going to be able to do anything against the REALLY popular midlaners like LeBlanc and Zed, but you should do fine against Akali or Ezreal.

How messed up is it that our benchmark for judging champs is how well they can stick to mobility champs? I hate my life.