Is Diana any good right now?

Aboylova92··1 votes·3,349 views

I've been looking for some different champions to play and I think she got a few changes a couple patches back, could be wrong though. Seems to do well against a decent amount of currently popular champions, but I wasn't sure if she was still in that weird place she's been in for so long, or an actual strong champ.

Also, side note, is the whole Ez mid thing actually any good, or just some champ who's picked up some play in mid lane in Korea for some reason?

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SmokingPuffin2 votes

Diana isn't actually good, but she snowballs extremely hard. Quite comparable to Akali.

Kazaashi1 votes

Both have their respective strengths and weaknesses.

Diana is in a good place, but overal she suffers from the "If I'm ahead, I jump in and blow you (and prolly everyone else) up. If I'm behind, I jump in and get blown up."

Ez mid is nice because you can build AD or AP, depending on what your team needs. I won a comeback win with AD Ez mid against a 28/4 Kat, just from the tower destroying power I had. His Skill Shots can be tricky though.

Reynard the ƒox1 votes

Diana has super high burst. Like, really, really high. But once she goes in she doesn't have an escape so you have to trust your team to have your back while you W and Zhonya's to try and stay alive.

Troy2426211 votes

She's meh like she has always been. Crappy clears unless you have blue buff, and even then she can go OOM. Poor sustain, okayish ganks but considering she needs 6 to gank well, she should be on-par with Fiddle/WW, and she's not.

She also has a crappy lv 1-6 and falls off end game. So she's usable but she's outclassed to be brutally honest.

Kazaashi1 votes

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She's meh like she has always been. Crappy clears unless you have blue buff, and even then she can go OOM. Poor sustain, okayish ganks but considering she needs 6 to gank well, she should be on-par with Fiddle/WW, and she's not.

She also has a crappy lv 1-6 and falls off end game. So she's usable but she's outclassed to be brutally honest.

My clears with Krugs have been fine, since she scales off AS nicely, just toss her a few extra AS runes, maybe an armor or two and you are golden.

Troy2426211 votes

Still, needing lvl 6 and falling off end game is shitty, and her lv 6 ganks are horrible compared to every other lv 6 ganker. There's no reason to use her right now.

PerishSoftly1 votes

If you're jungling, you can go item 3708 into item 3110 directly for a fast 40% CDR and significant tankiness. Max W first in jungle to preserve your HP in clears and ganks.

Something that a lot of people don't take into account is that Diana can do a LOT of AoE damage in a teamfight and has team-comps she does and doesn't work well with.

A Diana Mid with a rushed Frozen Heart can shut down a Zed in lane, and if he tries to roam Diana can easily shove the lane. Take summoner 3 to counter his level 6+ all-in before you have Frozen Heart. After that, you can get an AP item while he's frantically building a item 3035 which STILL doesn't remove the other advantages that Frozen Heart gives you.

kyocrisis1 votes

I play Diana mid all the time and usually carry when I play her. She does go oom fast during laning (ask your jg for blue buff). She has high burst and snowball, but no escape. However, she is tankier than other assassins that may have an escape. If you fall behind though you are in a bad place since her kit pretty much requires you to go all in to do anything.

DanofDemacia1 votes

Dude listen to me. Fuck what you heard she is great. Mid lane that is. You just gotta play the sustain game get a flask and that ruby thing for roa and rush that and u basically win lane.

Water of Eden1 votes

Ez mid is great, but don't just pick things that you see in the LCS blindly; there's a reason he's being picked in the LCS. Diana is okay, and she's a good counter to Katarina but that's about it.

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