Diana, Camille and Darius.

Buddy Biscuits·Dec 23, 2016·2 votes·1,505 views

I took a long break from LoL and came back a couple days ago. When Darius first came out he seemed unstoppable, same thing with Diana. I wasn't here for Camille's release but it seems like she has the same problem.

All 3 of them have ridiculous kits and you can't try to box them, you'll lose, but you also cant kite them without a lot of hard cc and/or multiple silences.

How do people deal with them? Especially if they got a couple early kills, is there anyway to stop the snowball?

PS. This is not meant to be a rant, I am actually trying to figure out what to do when I play against these heroes. Bruisers were a problem in LoL about 3+ years ago and I heard they nerfed them, doesn't seem like it though.

6 Comments

Big LincolnDec 23, 20161 votes

Darius is OP because of keystones. You can beat him in duels by dodging his Q so he doesn't get any clutch heals and going for short trades to whittle him down. Darius is really hard to beat in extended duels because of his passive unless you're Jax or Yi and you've got a couple of items, so avoid them.

If he's fed then you need teamwork to kill him; he will smash you 1v1 if he has a big enough lead and the biggest mistake you can make is trying to keep fighting him. Give up your lane if it's getting really bad and your jungler won't show up; have your teammates peel him down. If he can't get his passive off in teamfights he's not much of a threat, but you need to kill him quick and don't let him heal up in the middle of you.

Ferrous OxideDec 23, 20161 votes

Dont forget, he only heals from his Q if he hits you with the blade portion, so if you stand really close to him he wont get the heal, and it will also deal less damage.

FlahertyDec 23, 20161 votes

Tryndamere has a good time against Camille, he can lose 1v1 at level 1 but pretty much all game after that he shoves her shit in. Fiora, Darius, and Pantheon seem to do well against her too

Handy Sandy Dec 23, 20161 votes

Diana isn't that strong because isn't played. When you go up against a Diana main, there is almost no stopping her unless your team is made up of a Soraka Janna Kindred but even then you're gonna have like 0 attack power

RivuoDec 23, 20161 votes

Darius is extremely weak against some champs like jayce gnar and a good riven.

Diana is just bad lol

Ferrous OxideDec 23, 20161 votes

Diana is the easiest of the three, her Q is a very predictable ability and if she misses one you can go in and beat her in a fight, its very easy to dodge because of the arc it has, just remember which way it moves in relation to which way she is firing it, and move away from the arc. With her Q down she cant reset her ult and she loses a lot of her damage. Stopping her snowball is also the easiest if you are playing an AP champ build abyssal scepter the MR + increased magic damage you will deal will help immensely, also warding is very important against her to stop her from roaming and ganking.

Camille is a little harder, but she doesnt play too differently from jax irelia or fiora and stopping her is done in the same way, build a Frozen Heart, it will massively decrease her damage output. Her gap closer is also her CC and she has to use the first part on a wall/ structure first, if you dodge the second part she has no more CC or gap closer in her kit and it has a really long CD. Just like the other 3 champions I mentioned however, she is still very dangerous without it thanks to her ult, save whatever CC you have for after she activates her ult to reduce the amount of time she gets to attack you while in it, as it increases the damage she does. Champions that have the ability to block other peoples abilities (Sivir, Nocturne, and Fiora) can stop her ult from being used on them if timed correctly, putting her ult on CD without it doing anything. Stopping a snowballing Camille can be hard without CC, but that is no different from stopping a snowballing Irelia, but stack armor if you can, her second Q does a lot of true damage, but it has a long CD and has to be timed right to get the true damage off.

Darius is probably the hardest to stop snowballing once he has started but is really no different than Illaoi in that aspect. He has no gapcloser so just stay away from him if he is getting ahead, whoever is ranged on your team should have a pretty easy time of kiting him if they know anything about positioning, also if you are a melee champion fighting him, stay as close to him as you can, his Q only heals him if the blade part of his axe hits you so if you are too close he wont get that healing, it also deals less damage to you when you are in the handle area of his axe.