Diana

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

Gameplay tips on Summoner's Rift

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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Gameplay tips in Arena

• Mark with Q before E, hold the reset for a second target or escape, and pull both enemies with R only when your partner can follow. W should absorb the return burst, not incidental poke.
• Build Nashor's Tooth, Riftmaker, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Moonflair Spellblade. AP bruiser damage gives time for a second passive cycle; choose burst only into fragile pairs.
• Prioritize Dashing, Marksmage, Outlaw's Grit, and It's Killing Time. Dash defenses and empowered attacks sustain pressure after the first engage.

Diana Build

This might not be your familiar build. We look at ranked games after each item was bought. If the player or team gained ground in gold, we rate that item higher.

Core

• Dusk and Dawn
• Sorcerer's Shoes (Boots)
• Riftmaker

Situational

• Rabadon's Deathcap
• Zhonya's Hourglass
• Void Staff
• Morellonomicon

Diana Runes

The most popular rune page and summoner spells for Diana in ranked games over the last 30 days.

Precision + Inspiration · 49.6% WR · 12,426 games

• Conqueror
• Triumph
• Legend: Alacrity
• Coup de Grace
• Magical Footwear
• Cosmic Insight
• Attack Speed
• Adaptive Force
• Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Flash, Smite

Diana Skill Order

The recommended skill order for Diana from ranked games over the last 90 days: the first three skill points, then the order to max abilities.

1. lvl 1: Q
2. lvl 2: W
3. lvl 3: E
4. max: Q
5. max: W
6. max: E

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 and peel lock Diana down mid-dive.

Best Synergies with Diana

Team synergies and draft context

A second diver splits enemy focus alongside Diana, since two divers are harder to peel than one. Waveclear mids or ADCs hold lanes while you roam for picks. A second diver splits enemy focus in teamfights. Allies with hard crowd control make sure 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 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