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Poor Malphite, please build armor against my AP. Laugh as this guy is either a walking feeding useless tank or laugh as he tries to be a squishie carry, either way Malphite is adorable.
Maokai
This guy is slightly more annoying than Malphite, he's tanky with some annyoing CC. With some ganks and maybe an early Void Staff and this guy should be a dead tree.
Nasus
Nasus, why art thou so annyoing? Q,Q,Q that's all this guy does. And if he's smart you better believe he's making a Spirit Visage just for you! As long as you and your jungler don't feed the Doge you should be able to kill him with proper ganks and maybe forcing a ult from the big puppy. This is a farm lane, try to roam but do not, and I mean DO NOT let this guy get a free play date with turret.
Aatrox
Aatrox....who even plays this guy anymore? This is a skill match-up. You need to all in this guy or he's just gonna heal back off of it. You need a good 1v1 or a gank, once this guy starts dying he'll become useless and you'll get fed.
Akali
To whoever decided to make Akali top a thing, Screw you! Her Q, aa combo will make you cry unless you shield it and you both have very similar ults. If she shrouds you can hit her with a nice q and 1v1 her easily. Once she gets Gunblade she's gonna try and force an engage, she'll be the strongest champ on the map for the next 3 mins, make her waste her chance or bait her into turret or even better into the jaws of your jungler.
Kennen
People watch the LCS, they see Kenen making plays. They be all "Hey I can do that!" Make them regret life. Once you hit level 3 try an all in. His early game is a joke and as long as you don't get stunned you should be fine. Try and wait for him to use his speed up and pull him back to you with your e. From their he should be one dead Yordle.
Irelia
God I hate Irelia. She has a stun that lasts eight years, and trye damage with some cray cray sustain, I think Riot got drunk and started making Broken champs with one mantra "WHY THE FUCK NOT," This is a skill match-up try and force her to use her Equilibrium strike as a slow and not a stun. You can dash to her more often than she can dash away and her ult feels like nerf darts. With an early Armguard you should be able to tank more of her damage while you melt her like a candle.
Fiora
Dis bitch, aight let's talk about easy. Katarina you at least have to roll your face on the key board. Frenchie here, just Auto attacks and wins. She has a huge AD lead thanks to her w's passive. She has a gap closer, a way to speed up and Master Yi's ult on crack. You should definitely Rush Hourglass here. Do not fight her without help. Unless she has no kills and you have double her CS DO NOT DO IT. A fed Fiora is one of the worst things in the world.
Lissandra
She has a very safe laning phase and tons of CC to end your life. If you get an early Sheen and she's not 6 yet all in her. Then you should roam and try and snowball out of control. Once she's 6 anything you try to do is gonna end up covered in ice. And if their jungle is WW or Vi you will never get free and die. Ward, and look at your map. This is a farm lane.
Master Yi
Master Noob has a high cool down on his q early. Try to abuse that as much as possible. A well time shield could negate much of Yi's Alpha strike burst and from there it's cake. Don't underestimate this dude though. If he gets a kill watch out. Fed Yi is up there with Fiora as one of the worst things ever.
Darius
Darius has become a very early game champ. pre-6 harass him as much as possible. After 6 get hourglass first and use it to negate his ult. If trades go even try to all-in him. If not farm, there will be plenty of kills to get late game.
Pantheon
This guys early game is INSANE. He will nuke you, he will make life a special kind of hell for you. Try your best not to feed this dude he does not scale well into late game like you do. Past level 16 You should be able to completely destroy him. Before that farm and poke with q. If you can get him to half all-in and kill him.
Rumble
He's gonna push, he's gonna slow and well, that's about it. Easy to all-in and kill and if you have a gank it's amazingly easy to snowball. In-between rumbles deaths roam and try to get more kills.
Kassadin
How I hate being AP aginst this champ. He can get away from you with Rift-Trip, his q makes trades as easy as Pokemon and he can shred turrets. If you try and fight him you're gonna have a bad time. Pre-6 he's pretty easy to kill so go for it, after try to farm and live.
Riven
She has some huge CC, an aoe stun and a Shield that can tank two turret shots at lvl 1. If you get a gank you should be alright, but do not 1v1 her. A fed Riven IS the worst thing ever. And if she's a good Riven you can't really do anything but farm and pray you can get a sexy roam off.
What's up guys?
My Summoner name is: AlphaWolfeStar and I play on the NA server. I was Silver 3 last season and like an idiot did my provisionals in the first week of ranked and was placed in Bronze 4 for my trouble. I then fell to Bronze 5 before finally winning my way up to bronze 2. I may sound like a Scrub lord but there hasn't been a new Diana guide in forever and I'm here to fill the void. I'm like chocolate when you're sad. So without further ado let's get started!
Pros / Cons
Pros / Cons
Pros: Easy farming for an AP
Sexy burst Assassin
Snow balls hard
Not to hard to learn
does well against most Top laners
Safe AP pick
Sheilds OP
Cons: Squishie
Hard to carry with
Can be out played
meh early game
Why Top?
Why Top?
In the mid lane an assassin has to rely on their mobility to not get blown up by the enemy mage. In Top lane it's a lot of melee champs. With Diana's ability to get into squishies faces and with a ranged q, she does well in the Top lane. Only a few common top laners realy have kits suited to bullying Diana.
Farming
Farming
Usually farming with AP's goes a lot like this. "Oh ******** it I missed it again," Until late game where you completely obliterate entire waves like child's play. Diana's passive makes her extremely good at farming. She also had some surprisingly good AD stats. So just use your passive to its full glory and you should be fine.
Nashors, Or No Nashors That Is The Question
Nashors, Or No Nashors That Is The Question
You're probably looking at my build and thinking, um sir I believe you forgot tooth. No, no I did not. Sure it works awesome with her passive, and CDR is nice, but I actually hate this item on her. You should be bursting everyone with pure AP, not auto's. You're an AP assassin not some Talon wanna be. I prefer Lich Bane for the mana it gives, spellblades active and the nice bit of AP it grants. If you think I'm full of **** go ahead and build it anyway, just telling you my personal experiences with the item.
Ranked Play
Ranked Play
When should you pick Diana? Diana can fill the role of assassin very well. If your team is super AD heavy, like lets say Vi jg and Yas mid. She's a great pick if you guys have an AD mid. (Zed, Yasuo, Talon, AD Malz,.etc). If you have an AP mid, and an AD jungle you can still pick her. The more Magic resist they build to counter you the less armor they have for your ADC. You should not pick her into someone like Riven, Fiora or Pantheon. Or if you have AP mid, AP jung and a AP supp like Karma or Sona. Then you should go AD to even out the damage output. Also if their team is super Squish squish shes an amazing pick with her passive and overall AoE damage. Can you say PENTAKILL?
Late Game/Team Fights
Late Game/Team Fights
During Late game you should be doing your best to ward, and try to catch people out. Oh the Adc is trying to farm, get that booty and that kill. Oh the support is warding Baron? Murder them. Hey top laner, go fudge yourself. During team fights you should be in the back line, poking with q when necessary. Wait for your tanks to engage or for theirs to engage. Try to assassinate the ADC or the fed Mid. Or if you're extremely fed try to assassinate the entire team! She can get in, and hopefully get out quickly. If needed try to hit your hourglass and distract the team while yours cleans up.
The End
The End
Thanks for reading my first guide! Feel free to add me on the NA server, or if you just have some questions. This is my first guide so I'd appreciate any feed back positive or negative.
Have fun playing Diana top!
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