Underrated combo

Elite4Runner·Dec 14, 2018·3 votes·1,602 views

Aftershock (+Shield Bash) Ekko and/or Diana

Engaging with Ekko's stun procs Aftershock and gives him a shield. Using Diana's E triggers Aftershock and her W gives her 2 shields that stack, and I believe if you attack between the 1st and 2nd shield, Shield Bash will apply both before and after the 2nd shield, the second of which will scale with the combined shield size if applicable.

Both Aftershock and Shield Bash give bonus resistances which increases the effectiveness of the health the shields provide.

Their shields scale with Ability Power, so this still works with full AP or AP bruiser builds, with these runes it is difficult for them to be turned on when engaging.

2 Comments

Frosted TipsDec 14, 20181 votes

I think it is probably decent but getting Ekkos stun off is difficult and Diana E has an insane cooldown and using it right away would hurt her chase potential. But I see where you are coming from it could work.

Elite4RunnerDec 15, 20181 votes

You don't actually need to use Diana's Moonfall(E) right away. Again, you are just looking to use this as a means of preventing the enemy from turning on you. So if you are engaging on an enemy that is likely to try and run away from you, you can still use her kit like you would as more of an assassin.

I would actually recommend this in an unfavorable early-game matchup where it is more important to survive long enough to begin to snowball because you are otherwise more likely to fall behind.

Otherwise, if your team is missing a front line, you can actually go for an AP bruiser build and you would be surprised how tanky she gets with item 3027 item 3157 item 3091 and/or item 3102