How to Carry Every game with Diana [GUIDE 2.0]

tieger05··1 votes·2,678 views

This is an Improved version of the guide that I posted on my Main acc. Remaking this Short Mobafire-Style guide for diana.

Mastery points: 500k


INTRODUCTION.

Diana, after her buffs, has become one of the greatest mid laners in the current meta. She easily counters most mid laners, without being easy to counter play. Diana sits at a fair 50.8% winrate in plat, and almost a 55% percent winrate in bronze; (currently the 3rd highest winrate for bronze midlane), making her Super easy to carry out of bronze, because people just can't deal with her.


SUMMONER SPELLS

summoner 4 summoner 12 - You could take ignite, but teleport is much better on her. You can come back into lane when being harassed, or just split push. Diana has enough burst, ignite isn't needed on her if you play her correctly.


CSing

Diana will get harassed a lot. Take W first, W the minions level 1. Each orb does about one Auto damage. Take Q second, and E third. Once you hit lvl 2, farm with your Q from a distance. Don't be afraid to spam W, especially since mana cost has been reduced. Your Passive proc also does increased damage and Mana refund so utilize that more now.


Tips for Pre 6

Your W is your most powerful tool pre-6. You can walk up to minions and CS without taking damage. You can get your passive ready, E>AA>W>Q the enemy without losing the trade because of the big shield. Don't forget to use your Q to poke. You'll run out of mana eventually but thats why you take TP. Grab a crystal and get back into lane (don't waste tp if cs is under their tower, because you wont miss much minions. only use it if theyre pushing).


How to get your first kill

Getting a kill with diana and snowballing is the easiest thing you could possibly do. If you don't have a kill by level 8, you're doing something terribly wrong. Q the enemy until they're at 75% hp. Then Combo them. remember To Q>R>W>E : SAVE YOUR ULT RESET FOR WHEN THEY DASH AWAY!!! Assuming they have some sort of mobility up, keep AA'ing them until they Get away. PUSH LANE and roam bot. you can get a double really easily (diana is one of the best roamers)


BUILD

FIRST ITEM: You get item 3027 First and nothing else. the best item on her out of all ap items, hands down.

BOOTS: item 3111 ORitem 3047 . It doesnt matter if you're 27 kills ahead, you MUST get these boots. This actually shows the difference between a good and a bad diana. a bad diana will buy MP boots and go around acting like they're god damn akali. Diana is not akali. Take a look at arcsecond's op.gg, these 2 boots were always apart of his build.

THIRD ITEM: item 3115 - This is a core item. People will tell you to build lich bane instead, Don't. Never lich on diana, this item should always be build 3rd. Especially now with her mini-rework, there's no room for change.

FOURTH ITEM: If you're ahead, build item 3089. If you're behind, Build item 3157 item 3102. Diana hits her power spike at her 3rd item, so theres no harm in building rabadons as 4th item. once again, arcsecond demonstrates this, I advise all of you to take a look at his op.gg

FIFTH ITEM AND SIXTH ITEM: If you build rabadons as fourth, build your hybrid item here. Take Void staff too.

Your final build should consist of these items only. item 3027 item 3047 item 3111 item 3115 item 3157 item 3102 item 3135 item 3089 . Don't buy Zhonyas and Banshees in the same game.


That concludes the guide, hope youve become a better diana now!

9 Comments

Phelas1 votes

Your build is taken out of context, it comes down to preference. Arcsecond builds this because he values splitting in sidelanes more than being with his team, which is where his build is strong at. Take a lookt at S Diana 2, he builds Ludens into MP boots into Deathcap, because he wants to fight with his team rather than splitting.

So please don't spread the word that theres no build diversity, becaus there certainly is.

tieger051 votes

Ludens wouldnt be better than roa in teamfights... not as a first item.

Phelas1 votes

Your role in fights is the role of an assassin, so Ludens as a poor mans DFG adds additional burst when you dive the enemy, thats why it's being build. With RoA, you're more of a fighter, and thus you are stronger in sidelanes by pushing and skirmishing.

tieger051 votes

You can't build like an assassin on Diana because she's not an assassin. Roa provides you with the same AP, plus mana, HP, and Spell vamp. You can build , but the only thing you'll achieve is a 1 for 1 at most.

Diana IS a split pusher, you can't change that. You simply can't just close your eyes and turn her into an assassin. akali can build Ludens,because she has little AOE ad has an escape, Diana doesn't.

Phelas1 votes

Diana is a kinda weird champion, her kit yells Diver, but her numbers and playstyle yell Assassin. I can play her like an assassin, I did before, and I will continue to do so.

No offense here, but you're talking like RoA is mandatory, which it isn't, it's just to increase her sustain in the splitpush game.

But oh well, after this post I'm out, you seem to have little to no idea how to play the champion without blindly following someone like Arcsecond while not knowing WHY he does what he does.

tieger051 votes

Youve played 9 ranked games with diana this past season,

I've played over 500 ranked, over 1000 in total. I dont need to follow someone blindly when I've mained this champion inside out, and I certainly dont need a person who's new to her to tell me what build is necessary on her lmao.

Phelas1 votes

Now you're being rude.

Well I guess your mastery of this champion truly shows with that juciy 38% winrate on her. But it doesn't matter since it's a smurf right?

tieger051 votes

my winrate doesnt matter on a bronze smurf lmao.

tieger051 votes

Playing a champion 7 times doesnt give you the right to go up to a diana main and call them clueless. now thats being rude.

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