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Spells:
Flash
Ignite
Ability Order
Moonsilver Blade (PASSIVE)
Diana Passive Ability
Introduction
A huge thanks to Inku for the awesoem banner!
Hello ladies and mentlegen, i proudly bring to you my second guide here on mobafire. This time im doing my guide on currently the newest champion and also my newest favorite Diana.
Just to point out that i am not the best Diana player... yet, but i did play her alot when she came out on the beta servers.
Anyways, enough of me yapping on and on about how awesome i think she is, lets get right in to the guide.
Btw, if you have not seen the champion spotlight by Phreek, let me save you the trouble :) .
Runes
- Greater Mark of Desolation-These are just the standard AP caster runes, i really find nothing better to replace them with at the moment. Anyways, they give you tons of damage at the start to even enemies with magic resist, a great boost to have.
- Greater Seal of Replenishment-These i find the best for Diana because she is quite manahungry at the start of a game .
- Greater Glyph of Magic Resist-Your enemy is most likely going to deal magic damage if you are going to the middle lane, so these runes help you alot at the start to block some of that damage that they dish out.
- Greater Quintessence of Ability Power-These are just for the extra damage at the start and they mix nicely with your Greater Mark of Desolation, overall great quints to have.
Other viable rune choices
- Greater Seal of Vitality-For more health and survivability.
- Greater Glyph of Scaling Ability Power-If you want more damage, get these babies.
- Greater Glyph of Cooldown Reduction- Diana has quite long cooldowns at the start, so if you want to use her abilites more often, these runes are good too.
Pros+Awesome damage both early, and lategame +Very good harrass +Amazing ultimate +Super Hawt +Very good jungler |
SPACE
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Cons -Her skillshot Crescent Strike takes some getting used to -Quite the manahungry champion -No real escape skills -Quite long cooldowns at the start -Melee |
Item Sequence
Rabadon's Deathcap-What can i say, a huge AP boost, not only do you get 140 AP, you get freaking 30% more, definately one of the best item for magic damage dealers.
Rylai's Crystal Scepter-Another great item, gives you AP and slows enemy champions by 35%, thats like a red buff. Great for catching up to enemies.
Void Staff-Gives you some more AP and a huge 40% magic penetration bonus so you could blast your spells right trough the enemies magic resistance.
Will of the Ancients-Gives you some AP, has 20% spellvamp so you can sustain in lane longer, and a buff that helps out your entire team, a very nice item.
Lich Bane-I save this item for the last, because you have alot of AP when you have all 5 items already, so this item is just the icing on the cake, amazing passive, some magic resist, mana and alot of AP, just perfect.
Starting items
Situational Items
AP Mid
Summoner spells you should always take
Other viable choices
You just cant go wrong with this spell.It is great for catching up to enemies, escaping enemies, stealing baron, dragon blue, red and more, always take this spell if you can.
Take this spell ONLYwhen you are jungling. It makes clearing the jungle way, way more easier. I doesnt do nothing to enemy champions which means that its completly worthless in a laning phase, it would just be a waste of a summoner spell slot if you were to take this to a lane.
Do you hate that moment when an enemy champion gets away with just 10HP, yeah, me too.But dont worry because ignite is here to save you and help you on that problem.If you know that the enemy champion is getting away with low health, just pop this and it will take care of em, this spell is another must have on Diana.
This is acually a pretty ok spell on Diana too, but not really worth it after you get a slowing item like Rylai's Crystal Scepter its good if an enemy is running away from you and your Moonfall is on cooldown, just use this and you will bring the enemy down.
This is basically like Exhaust but instead of you using it on an enemy champion, you are using it on yourself and its alot weaker since it only increases your movement speed by 27%, the duration is longer than Exhaust though.
Okay, if you like to spam spam spam alot and your jungler is a douche and does not give you the blue buff, this is the spell for you. I dont personally like using it because i dont really spam my abilites very often, only when i get blue...then things tend to get a little out of hand and i just spam and dont hit anything...aaanyways, its pretty ok but i would take it if im new to diana and just learning her abilites.
Middle Lane
Difficulty:Hard
Holy poop, one of your worst nightmares in mid for sure. A good Xerath will always use his/her mage chains on you for the stun, then Arcanopulse and Arcane Barrage you to death. He/she has way better harrass than you and way longer range as well. Try to avoid Xerath as much as you can in middle.
Difficulty:Easy
Ryze is not a big threat for you in middle, you can harrass him more easily and you have more range than him. Just be a little bit careful with his Rune Prison, other than that you should be okay, just keep harrasing him with your Crescent Strike.
Difficulty:Medium
An harrass fest, you both have quite the same range and you both have shields. Watch out for his ultimate Chaos Storm and his stun from Gravity Field.Try to land your Crescent Strike after he has used Death Ray and move away when he casts Gravity Field. It all comes down to who can harrass better.
Difficulty:Medium
While you do have more range with your Crescent Strike you have a big weakness that a good Annie will instantly cheer about, you are melee.Yes, that means that she will quickly get her Pyromania up and just burst you down almost instantly. So only harrass her when she does not have her Pyromania up yet. When she does then just stay back and harrass with your Crescent Strike. Other than that you should have no problems with her.
Dfficulty:Medium
Well well well, may the best Diana win. There is an easy way to dodge her, just wait until she does her combo and then try to do yours, trial and error pretty much, nothing more to say.
Difficulty:Medium
Quite the annoying big devil. He has alot more range than you and his ablilites deal almost as much damage as yours. When he is rolling his Barrel Roll try to run towards it, not away from it, it has a slow reach time and it does not explode on contact. He has great sustain with Drunken Rage but it has a long cooldown, so try to take advantage of that. When he uses his Body Slam use your Moonfall to pull him right back in. If he uses his Explosive Cask activate your Pale Cascade. Attack him when his Barrel Roll is on cooldown.
Difficulty:Easy
Oh you AP Master Yi. Basically it´s his funeral when he comes to face you at mid. His only harrass tool is Alpha Strike and nothing more. He does have great sustain with Meditate but it wont help much because you will just burst him down again. A really easy matchup that you will rarely lose.
Difficulty:Medium
A very annoying little girl to go up against. All of her ablilites have great range. She can just burst you down with the Light Binding, Lucent Singularity and finales funkeln combo. Wait for her to use her Light Binding and Lucent Singularity combo, then its your turn to attack and give her some pain.
Difficulty:Easy
While katarina has high mobility and can escape a gank or a fight with ease, she doesnt have any CC and its easy to shut down her ultimate, Death Lotus.She does not use mana so she can spam all of her abilites as much as she wants and this is a little problem, but only a little problem. You can counter her abilites easily. When she uses Bouncing Blades on you just hit your Pale Cascade, when she uses her Death Lotus just hit your Moonfall and cancel it easily.
Diffiuclty:Medium
Well this little evil mage is certainly very evil, and deals alot of damage. His passive, Equilibrium is like a mini Chalice of Harmony which means that he has great sustain in lane. The most dangerous thing you should worry about is his little box called Event Horizon it just traps you in and if you try to get out, you get stunned. This is where veigar gets dangerous, when you are stunned excpect a nice little Baleful Strike, Dark Matter and a Primordial Burst combo. He is very squishy though, and you can take him out very easily when his abilites are on cooldown.
Difficulty:Hard
Quite annoying matchup once again. He has more range than you with his Thundering Shuriken which means that he can easily harrass you. The thing you have to really watch out for is his passive Mark of the Storm. Whenever he hits you with one of his spells you gain one of the marks, get hit 3 times and you are stunned for a second. Kennen also uses energy, meaning that he can pretty much spam his spells as much as he wants to. Whenever you try to chase him down he will just use his Lightning Rush and gets away. While he does have long range, he is not impossible to defeat in lane. Try to avoid his Thundering Shuriken and attack whenever his abilites are on cooldown.
I really hoped you guys enjoyed this build, it took me quite a while to make but i hope its worth it, thanks for having the time to read this trough, have a nice day!
Oh yea, i almost forgot to thank jhoijhoi for the awesome banners :)
Well, i guess thats about it...and if you have any questions about the build please feel free to comment or send me a PM and i will try to answer it as best as i can :)
Changes i have made
13/08/12
I removed the jungle guide completely, i realized what a mistake i had made, and thus, my guide got a bit shorter, but i hope that it is ok because i do know mid Diana :)
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