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Twisted fate is a easy matchup to win against you can take either cleanse or teleport. Taking cleanse is wanting to win the lane with more kill pressure to cleanse his gold cards. Taking teleport is to even out fights when twisted fate ults. Either or is fine just do what your better with either carrying the lane or helping other lanes with the pressure.
Malzahar
Should avoid fighting malzahar alone at all cost, but if you choose to do so, use q to poke down shield then wait for another q to engage. Watch out for malzahar e on minions because it can pass down to you. Build up to rylai's to survive the damage overtime, then abyssal scepter for more magic resist. After you can build up to other enemies whether they are ap or ad heavy. I do not recommend to fight malzahar at all alone.
Ahri
This matchup sucks but you can manage against if you play it correctly, take cleanse to disarm the charm. At level 6 she can easily dash away from both of your ult even with the reset, play patient and wait for her third dash of her ult. Build up to the abyssal scepter for the magic resist.
Anivia
While laning, dodge the q skillshot. When 6, lane is very dependable since anivia is able to put a pool of ice and a wall, but if given the reset you can easily outplay. Anivia does burst damage so continue fighting if you are not dead or close to death since diana is an all in champion. Option can take cleanse if you don't trust yourself to dodge all q skillshot otherwise take ignite for the kill pressure.
Fizz
Matchup is a bit tough, but i recommend not fighting him at all not even for trades. If you do decide to fight fizz, should wait until 6 and wait for fizz to use his e so fizz can't dodge any of your combo. Fizz does do more damage as the lower your health is so precaution if you decide you think you can outplay with low health. Still i do not recommend to fight fizz alone.
Zed
This matchup is a skill based matchup mainly because it's hard to decide where he will be or when he will return to his shadows. This can easily be outplayed when you have bought your hourglass. Use the hourglass when he ults you and remember that he will stand behind you after the animation
Veigar
Take cleanse so you won't be cc on the first e and play safer after. If fast enough, you can beat his stun before it is up. Same as usual use q to farm and poke if you can. Other than that, play safe against range mages.Build rylais or abyssal scepter early to survive veigars burst. Can rush banshees after if possible. Then build against enemy team for tankiness or build towards ap for burst.
Ezreal
matchup is rare but if happens dodge ezreal w and q while laning. Try to poke and farm with q. Can q when ezreal walks too close for auto on cs. Build scepter towards ap ezreal and then build against other lanes such as armor or more magic resist.
Azir
Fighting azir is annoying as his soldiers do zone you off minions or even attacks you. This matchup can be easily done, when 6 you easily have azir ult you away but beware of his position if it is close to the turret or not. You can dash into him and dash out with the reset of your ult. You dont want to fight him when his ult is up so be patient and wait for it to be down. Avoid his soldiers damage, the nerf on his soldiers range helps diana out to win this lane.
Cassiopeia
Fighting against cassiopia is really annoying mainly because she slows with her w and each poison can reset her e. Should wait until rylais and scepter to even fight against her. You still have the burst that you want to deal so the matchup can win.
Kassadin
Kassidin is a hard matchup to win because both of you want to hit 6 to either kill or be safe within the lane. Still can get the reset with the ult but he still can get away and his q has a spell shield that will reduce your burst damage. Also, kassadin players will most likely build up to a rod of ages which prevents your full burst damage to instantly kill. Prefer to farm the lane out and fight in teamfights, but if you do wish to fight i prefer to wait for him to engage whether he uses his q or ult.
Annie
Fighting annie is some what difficult because of the stun, but you can just take cleanse to get off of the stun. Still you can burst annie before she gets rod of ages. Can win lane against the annie if you dont take too much harass from her q but still can trade with your q.
Galio
Basically you dont win this lane because galio's passive gives him ap with the magic resist he has. This means galio will most likely stack magic resist and you have zero potential to burst him down.
Ziggs
Watch out for ziggs zoning and poking power. When 6 you can win this lane easily as you get resets from your ult. Basically you want to farm until 6 to win this lane, but ziggs can pressure you and push you out of the lane if you are not careful.
Akali
Akali has 3 full resets on her ult which means she can escape from you easily. Your e counters akali's w as it gives you vision from her and the range is about the same. Also, your w will hit her in the box as well.
LeBlanc
Matchup sucks during the early phase but in the late game you can survive her full burst. Watch out for her chain, if she W's in try to walk to one side avoiding the chain. Matchup is still hard as she will have her burst if you dont build heavy on magic resist or even health to survive.
Kennen
Kennen basically stuns you when he ults and is hard to follow back up as he can just use his e to escape. If he engages with his ult you can use your ult to dash to a minion to get out of a sticky situtation.
Yasuo
playing against yasuo is tricky but you can win if you outplay. He will most likely try to dodge your q but you can use your e to bring him in to secure the q reset. You lose the matchup if you do not land the q but can survive the damage since this is a tanky diana if yasuo is not fed.
Taliyah
Taliyah is a matchup im not used to yet, but i do believe you can win if you out play. Beware of her e w combo as you should use your ult to get out of it when you do your full combo against her.
Aurelion Sol
Easy matchup as he has low mobility and very little health. Can burst him with full combo. Your able to dodge his stars since your going to be in his face.
Katarina
Since your going tanky it should be hard for katarina to one shot you, but still it doesnt mean she can get resets off assists. So if you can try to get her down before anyone else.
Ryze
Matchup can be hard since he can root you midway your ult. If he doesn't know that then you can win this lane easy as he wont be able to take you down so easily.
Viktor
Viktor does quite a bit of damage, but your not worried because the moon shines those who praise it. Your moonlight should be able to blind this viktor as he wont be able to burst you down with his full combo as you the moon gives you some tanky stats to survive it. You should always play for the late game as tanky diana.
Orianna
This lane is simple because you want to farm this out as the laning phase. Do not tower dive because she can easily punish you with her damage.
Lissandra
Lissandra can easily lock you down and punish you for going all in, but you can take cleanse to unroot yourself. The possibility for lisssandra to ult herself is likely because she wants to avoid the burst.
Zilean
Matchup sucks because zilean can just ult himself to revive so you have zero kill pressure when 6. Just try to farm and help other lanes out as you scale for the tanky diana.
Karthus
Karthus is not difficult to play against as he has low mobility and as you continue to dodge his q you win very easily but a good karthus is hard to play against as his e does deal quite some damage overtime.
You should build tanky diana because no one expects it and it provides a tank on your team. You still can deal damage towards the enemy with tanky stats. Tanky diana is a tanky carry as diana can hold out fights for a certain amount of time for your team to clean up.
Pros/Cons
Pros/Cons
Pros
-Is able to engage fights
-Can burst squishy
-Can tank back line damage
-Provides a tank
Cons
-All in champion
-Does less damage than an all ap build
Farming
Farming
You just want to auto attack the minions but if against a ranged harasser like ziggs then try to farm with q or time his q and watch your minions too, its unlikely that he will try to harass you rather than take minions.
Teamfight
Teamfight
Make sure your with your team and make sure they are ready to fight. There is two play style you can play either the engage and tank most of the damage or go in after the engage on the back line to keep them busy. You can also get picks with your e as it does drag them closer towards you and puts a slow on the enemy.
Gameplay
Gameplay
Want to play passive for the level 6 spike where you gain kill pressure within the lane. You want to hit your q then ult to gain the reset. If your confident that your q will hit ult right away as it will give you the reset for the ult.
Abilities
Abilities
You want to max your q because its part of your kit to even deal damage as if your unable to hit the q your unable to even fight. Max w next because it gives the shield you'll need to sustain.
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