Guide · Jungle

Diana Guide

Scorn of the Moon

Fighter

Assassin

Tier B Jungle

Diana, Scorn of the Moon, is a fighter and assassin champion of medium difficulty. Across our 606 analysed ranked games, Diana is mostly played in the Jungle (54% of its games), and more rarely in Mid (46%), with a 49.1% win rate in that role: tier B among Jungle champions (#21 of 48, ranked by win rate). Diana's damage is mostly magic (81%): magic resistance items are therefore effective against this champion. Win rate stays steady whatever the game length (48.0% to 49.5%): a reliable pick in every phase of the game.

Updated Oct 10 2026 · Patch 26.22

Average KDA

7.3 / 6.3 / 8.1

ratio 2.5

Damage / min

750

CS / min

7.4

Gold / min

463

Kill participation

50%

Vision / min

0.91

Averages measured over 328 Jungle games played with Diana, from our ranked Solo/Duo data collection.

How to play and combo preview

Written guide · based on the official ability texts

Diana is a fighter-assassin whose passive strikes in an area every third hit and raises her attack speed for 5 seconds after each ability. Crescent Strike reveals with Moonlight, Lunar Rush has no cooldown on an affected enemy, and Moonfall pulls in all nearby enemies.

The basic combo

W AA AA

When: An enemy is within Crescent range.

Crescent Strike applies Moonlight, Lunar Rush dashes you onto the affected target with no delay, Pale Cascade gives damage and a shield, your attacks benefit from the attack speed.

The team engage

When: Several enemies are grouped.

Moonfall reveals and pulls in nearby enemies then slows them; if you pull in a champion, the moonlight falls on you with damage increased per secondary target.

See all 3 Diana combos: key order, when to cast them, cooldowns →

Laning phase

Hit with Crescent Strike: Moonlight lets Lunar Rush reset. Pale Cascade gives you a shield; empowered if all three orbs explode.

Common mistakes

Casting Lunar Rush on a target without Moonlight.
Using the ultimate with no champion to pull in.
Forgetting that Lunar Rush removes Moonlight from other enemies.

Riot's official tips for playing Diana

Landing Crescent Strike is critically important, but don't be afraid to miss. The cooldown is short and the mana cost is low.
Consider when to cast Lunar Rush without Moonlight and when to wait for another Crescent Strike.
Use Moonfall and Lunar Rush to stay on targets and activate Moonsilver Blade for extra damage.

Build, runes and summoner spells

The most-played core build is Dusk and Dawn, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Riftmaker (73 games, 56.2% win rate).

Dusk and Dawn

Zhonya's Hourglass

Riftmaker

73 games · 56.2%

30 games · 63.3%

Riftmaker

29 games · 58.6%

Skill order

Max order : Q > W > E51.0% · 51 games

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Q	●			●	●		●		●
W		●						●		●		●	●
E			●											●	●
R						●					●

The order shows which abilities reach rank 5 first; the grid shows the most-played level-up sequence with that order (measured over 55 games).

Starting items

Scorchclaw Pup

Health Potion52.9% · 17 games

Laning phase (averages)

At 10 min: 4176 gold, 75 CS, 4154 XP. At 15 min: 6563 gold, 114 CS, 6983 XP.

Summoner spells

Flash + Smite49.1% · 328 games

Most-played runes

Conqueror + Inspiration

47.8% · 228 games

Primary tree · Precision

Triumph100%

Legend: Alacrity95%

Coup de Grace76%

Secondary tree · Inspiration

Cosmic Insight97%

Magical Footwear93%

Shards

Attack speed97%

Adaptive force100%

Health scaling90%

Conqueror + Domination

52.8% · 53 games

Primary tree · Precision

Triumph100%

Legend: Alacrity98%

Coup de Grace98%

Secondary tree · Domination

Sudden Impact100%

Treasure Hunter87%

Shards

Attack speed100%

Adaptive force100%

Health scaling94%

Electrocute + Sorcery

52.0% · 25 games

Primary tree · Domination

Sudden Impact100%

Grisly Mementos96%

Treasure Hunter88%

Secondary tree · Sorcery

Manaflow Band84%

Scorch80%

Shards

Adaptive force96%

Adaptive force100%

Health scaling96%

For each row, the most picked rune among the games played with this page (share of games in brackets).

Which items to build against the enemy team?

We sort every game by the enemy team's damage. These are Diana's completed items and their win rate in each situation; "▲" marks an item that does at least 3 points better than its usual win rate.

Mostly magic-damage enemy team50.5% · 93 games

At least 50% of their damage is magic

Dusk and Dawn 50.0%

Zhonya's Hourglass 57.7% ▲

Riftmaker 46.7%

Hextech Rocketbelt 65.4% ▲

Shadowflame 36.0% ▼

Nashor's Tooth 61.9%

The item that stands out most is Hextech Rocketbelt: 65.4% win rate, +11 points versus its usual win rate.

Mostly physical-damage enemy team47.6% · 84 games

Less than 35% of their damage is magic

Dusk and Dawn 39.6% ▼

Riftmaker 48.8%

Zhonya's Hourglass 48.8% ▼

Shadowflame 60.9%

Hextech Rocketbelt 45.5%

Nashor's Tooth 77.8%

No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.

Balanced enemy team49.0% · 151 games

Mixed physical and magic damage

Dusk and Dawn 51.4% ▲

Riftmaker 51.1%

Zhonya's Hourglass 54.8%

Shadowflame 56.2% ▲

Nashor's Tooth 44.8% ▼

Rabadon's Deathcap 75.0% ▲

The item that stands out most is Rabadon's Deathcap: 75.0% win rate, +6 points versus its usual win rate.

Counters and matchups

How to play against Diana

Dodge Crescent Strike, or move to safety if you are affected by Moonlight.
Pale Cascade orbs only last a few seconds. Avoid Diana and engage her after the shield dissipates.
Diana can play very aggressively if she uses Lunar Rush without Moonlight, but you can punish her by slowing or stunning her when she has no way to get back into position.

Riot's official tips.

Win rates measured over direct same-role duels; only matchups with more than 15 games are listed. See all of Diana's matchups.

Diana Jungle: what our games say

Laning phase against the Jungle average

Measure	Diana	Jungle average	Gap
Gold at 10 min	4176	4023	+152
CS at 10 min	75	69	+6
XP at 10 min	4154	3898	+256
Gold at 15 min	6563	6322	+240
CS at 15 min	114	106	+8
XP at 15 min	6983	6602	+381

Measured over 55 Diana games with a timeline; the average covers 69 champions played Jungle in our ranked games.

Win rate by game length

short under 25 min48.8 %82 games

medium-length 25 to 35 min49.5 %196 games

long over 35 min48.0 %50 games

Best result: medium-length (25 to 35 min). Only groups of at least 30 games are shown. A gap of several points shows the phase where the champion is the most reliable.

Diana in another role

Role	Games	Win rate	CS/min	Gold/min	Most-built items
Mid	278	52.9 %	7.0	447

Roles where we have at least 40 Diana games.

Abilities

PassiveMoonsilver Blade

Every third strike cleaves nearby enemies for an additional magic damage. After casting a spell, Diana gains Attack Speed for 5 seconds.

QCrescent Strike

Unleashes a bolt of lunar energy in an arc dealing magic damage.

Afflicts enemies struck with Moonlight, revealing them if they are not stealthed for 3 seconds.

WPale Cascade

Diana creates three orbiting spheres that detonate on contact with enemies to deal damage in an area. She also gains a temporary shield that absorbs damage. If her third sphere detonates, the shield gains additional strength.

ELunar Rush

Becomes the living embodiment of the vengeful moon, dashing to an enemy and dealing magic damage.

Lunar Rush has no cooldown when used to dash to an enemy afflicted with Moonlight. All other enemies will have the Moonlight debuff removed regardless of whether they were the target of Lunar Rush.

RMoonfall

Diana reveals and draws in all nearby enemies and slows them.

If Diana pulls in one or more enemy champions, the moonlight crashes down onto her after a short delay, dealing magic damage in an area around her, increased for each target beyond the first pulled.