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Playing Against Diana
JunglePatch 16.2.1
What They Do
Diana is a high-tempo AP diver who excels at fast clearing and massive AoE burst. She uses to mark targets with Moonlight, allowing her to dash with multiple times. Her goal is to power-farm to level 6 and then delete entire teams with a well-placed .
Abilities (What to Watch For)
| Ability | What You'll See | What It Means For You |
|---|---|---|
| Her blade glows and she attacks very quickly after casting spells. | grants her massive attack speed and causes every third hit to cleave. This is why she clears the jungle so fast; don't try to out-sustain her in long auto-attack trades. | |
| A crescent-shaped bolt of energy that arcs to the right. | This is her most important skillshot. It applies Moonlight for 3 seconds. If hits you, she can dash to you with without it going on cooldown. | |
| Three pale spheres orbit her and she gains a shield. | The spheres deal damage when they touch you. If all three pop, the shield refreshes. If you see her pop the first two, back off so she doesn't get the second shield for free. | |
| She dashes instantly to a target. | If you are marked by , has no cooldown. If she uses it on an unmarked target, it goes on a long 20-15s cooldown, leaving her with zero mobility. | |
| A large moon-circle pulls everyone toward her. | The more people pulls in, the more damage the final blast deals. It also slows. If she catches 3+ people, the damage is usually enough to end the fight instantly. |
Respect
- !Double Dash Mobility→If she hits , she can to a minion and then to you, or dash to you twice. You are never safe just because there's a gap.
- !Level 6 Burst→Before level 6, her ganks are mediocre. Once she has , she has the CC and damage to one-shot most squishies during a gank.
- !Fast Objective Taking→Because of and , she can melt Dragons and Grubs extremely fast. You must keep vision on pits or she will sneak them.
- !Moonlight Vision→ reveals you if you aren't stealthed. Don't try to hide in a brush to juke her if you've already been tagged by the crescent.
Punish
- +is dodged→If she misses her arc, she cannot reset . This is your 8-6 second window to kite her or engage while she is immobile.
- +Pre-6 Jungle Pathing→Diana's early dueling is okay but her ganks are weak. Invade her at her second buff or play aggressively on the map to force her to respond before she gets .
- +is used without a reset→If she panics and dashes without a mark, she is a sitting duck for 20 seconds. Collapse on her immediately as she has no escape.
- +Early Mana Issues→Diana uses a lot of mana to clear. If you can steal her Blue Buff, her clear speed drops significantly as she can't spam and .
Laning Tips
- •Dodge by moving to your left (her right). The projectile arcs, making it easier to sidestep if you move toward the inside of the curve.
- •If she hits you with , back away immediately. Do not let her get the free reset to start a trade.
- •Stay away from your own low-HP minions. She can to a marked minion to get in range for a surprise on you.
- •Her shield is strongest if the spheres detonate. If she activates it, wait 5 seconds for the shield to decay before committing your burst.
- •Watch her passive stacks; if her blade is glowing, her next auto-attack will hurt. Don't walk into melee range for that third hit.
- •Building early Magic Resist (Negatron Cloak or Mercury's Treads) severely hampers her ability to one-combo you.
Teamfight Warning
- ⚠Don't clump in chokepoints. A 3-man will likely result in an instant lost teamfight.
- ⚠Save your Flash for her . You can Flash out of the pull before the secondary damage crash hits.
- ⚠Buy a Zhonya's Hourglass. You can activate it after she pulls you with to negate the massive burst damage that follows.
- ⚠Focus her the moment she dashes in. She is a diver, not a tank; if she doesn't get a perfect off, she is very vulnerable.
- ⚠Vision is key in the jungle. She will often try to dash over walls with to catch your backline off guard.
AI-generated counterplay guide • Patch 16.2.1 • Cached