# Diana Counters, Matchups & Tips | Baron Buff
See Diana counters, hardest matchups, and tips to play against or draft around Diana in League of Legends.
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Assassin · Burst Assassin · Jungle, Mid

Prepare for battle with Diana — master their strengths and exploit their weaknesses before the game starts.

## Playstyle Profile

Diana is a diver — disrupts the backline by committing onto enemy carries

Teamfight Role Backline Diver

Power Spike Mid game

Split Threat None

Backline Access Low

## Diana's Strengths

- Disrupts the enemy backline — Diana's dives force carries to reposition instead of dealing damage

## How to Play Diana

Champion-specific pre-match tips

### Lane Phase

Charge your passive to two stacks on minions or monsters before trading to guarantee your first strike is an empowered cleave.

### Lane Phase

Hold your E until your Q lands on the target to ensure you consume the mark and reset the dash cooldown.

### Lane Phase

Cast Q and immediately Flash to extend the ability's range and surprise retreating enemies during early skirmishes.

### Mid Game

Space out your Q and W casts when burning down neutral objectives to continuously refresh your passive attack speed steroid.

### Mid Game

Delay your E dash in extended skirmishes until your Q cooldown is almost refreshed so you can quickly apply a second mark for multiple resets.

### Mid Game

Utilize your passive cleave to rapidly clear side lanes or jungle camps after your first item spike to create roam windows for objective vision.

### Late Game

Hold your flank position out of enemy vision until they exhaust their primary peel tools before engaging the backline with your E and ult.

### Late Game

Activate your stasis effect immediately after pulling multiple enemies with your ult to absorb their retaliation and stall for your second spell rotation.

### Late Game

Apply split push pressure in side lanes when major objectives are contested, leveraging your passive attack speed to rapidly demolish turrets.

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## Core Build

Ranked from real ranked-match itemization

We look at ranked games after each item was bought. If the player or team gained ground in gold, we rate that item higher.

- Stormsurge — 2,800

- Rabadon's Deathcap — 3,500

- Sorcerer's Shoes (Boots) — 1,100

- Shadowflame — 3,200

- Riftmaker — 3,100

- Zhonya's Hourglass — 3,250

total: 16,950

## How to Counter Diana

Counter strategies and draft context

group tightly, build defensively, and provide reliable peel for carries

- Vulnerable to CC during dives — Diana commits hard and can be punished if locked down

- Tanks and bruisers that survive burst windows

- Champions with point-and-click crowd control

- Supports that shield or heal through burst

### Diana's Weaknesses

- Layered crowd control — Diana gets locked down mid-dive when the enemy stacks CC and peel

## Best Synergies with Diana

Team synergies and draft context

- Dive buddies that split enemy focus alongside Diana — two divers are harder to peel than one

- Waveclear mids or ADCs that hold lanes while you roam for picks

- Dive buddies that split enemy focus in team fights

- Champions with hard CC setups that guarantee your burst lands

### Draft Context

- Drafts another diver with no backline carry — Diana disrupts, but the team has no sustained damage

## Learning Curve

[Based on 1.2M+ matches](https://baronbuff.com/blog/mastery_by_tier/) across all ranked elos, showing how Diana's win rate changes with mastery level

Diana rewards dedicated play — meaningful improvement continues well beyond the basics, with a straightforward learning process. Steady improvement comes over a moderate number of games.

Skill Cap High

Cost of Learning Medium

Win Rate Delta by Mastery

Mastery Level | Win Rate |

1-2 | 41.6% |

3-4 | 49.8% |

5-6 | 50.5% |

7-8 * | 52.8% |

9-12 | 52.8% |

13-16 | 52.8% |

17+ | 52.8% |

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