Diana · Jungle

Diana for Beginners

BeginnersData-drivenEasyPatch 16.19.1

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Overview

Diana belongs to Riot's Fighter and Assassin classes and is played mainly as Jungle (76% of the public matches we measured). It fights in melee range and uses mana. In this guide you play it as Jungle: your job is to clear camps efficiently, gank the lanes that can win and control dragons, grubs and Baron. Diana is of average difficulty: learn the basics below and it rewards you quickly.

Strengths

Mobility: Lunar Rush lets you reposition, engage or escape.
Sustain from Pale Cascade.
High magic damage: Riot rates it 8/10 in magic.

Weaknesses

Mana-hungry early: spamming abilities leaves you empty before the fight.
Falls behind if the early ganks fail: every wasted trip is lost farm.

Build cheat sheet

Pick the build that fits what you want to do this game.

Simple buildBalancedRecommendedThe standard build with only two situational answers: fewer decisions, so you can focus on your clears and your abilities.

Builds

Simple build

BalancedRecommended

Open build

When to use it

The standard build with only two situational answers: fewer decisions, so you can focus on your clears and your abilities.

Where it's played

Picked before the game: the main lane first, then the alternatives.

Summoner's RiftRed side · bottom leftBlue side · top right

JungleMain76% of matches
MidPriority 224% of matches

Jungle priorities

StartBlue buff

1Voidgrubs
2Gank top
3Rift Herald
4Scuttle Crab
5Dragons
6Baron Nashor
7Atakhan

Guideline, not a measurement: an early skirmisher starting blue side. Take the void grubs and look for ganks while your early damage is ahead, then Herald and dragons.

Starting items

Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Core items

1Cryptbloom
2Archangel's Staff
3Blackfire Torch

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes

Situational

Zhonya's HourglassAgainst heavy physical damage.Banshee's VeilAgainst heavy magic damage.

Runes

Primary· Domination

Secondary· Sorcery

Shards

Summoner spells

Flash
Smite

Abilities

Moonsilver BladePassiveEvery third strike cleaves nearby enemies for an additional magic damage. After casting a spell, Diana gains Attack Speed for 5 seconds.
QCrescent Strike8/7.5/7/6.5/6s50 mpUnleashes 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.
Cooldown
8·7.5·7·6.5·6
Cost
50
Range
900
WPale Cascade15/13.5/12/10.5/9s40/45/50/55/60 mpDiana 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.
Cooldown
15·13.5·12·10.5·9
Cost
40·45·50·55·60
Range
800
ELunar Rush22/20/18/16/14s40/45/50/55/60 mpBecomes 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.
Cooldown
22·20·18·16·14
Cost
40·45·50·55·60
Range
825
Basic ability — moves you. Keep it to escape unless the kill is certain.
RMoonfallUltimate100/90/80s100 mpDiana 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.
Cooldown
100·90·80
Cost
100
Range
475
Ultimate — slows and hits an area. Plan your fights around its cooldown.

Strategy

1What Diana does

Diana belongs to Riot's Fighter and Assassin classes and is played mainly as Jungle (76% of the public matches we measured). It fights in melee range and uses mana. The kit brings mobility with Lunar Rush. Its ultimate is Moonfall.

2The basics

In this guide you play it as Jungle: your job is to clear camps efficiently, gank the lanes that can win and control dragons, grubs and Baron.

Clear speed and pathing: a jungler who is always a camp behind loses every objective race.
Tracking: knowing where the enemy jungler is tells you where to gank, where to invade and when to take an objective.

3Common mistakes

Most new players lose games with the same few mistakes. Avoid these and you'll already be ahead:

Ganking a lane that is pushed under your own tower.
Starting an objective without vision while the enemy jungler is unaccounted for.
Using Smite on a champion when the dragon or Baron is still in play.

4Your first games

Start with your jungle pet and Smite, plan a full clear towards the lane you want to gank and show up when that lane has the enemy pushed and without Flash. Use the simple build in this guide and don't worry about situational choices yet.

Tips

Clear speed and pathing: a jungler who is always a camp behind loses every objective race.
Tracking: knowing where the enemy jungler is tells you where to gank, where to invade and when to take an objective.
Check the minimap every few seconds: most deaths come from a jungler you didn't see.
Learn what Moonfall does before anything else: it's the ability that wins fights.

Changelog

Sep 26, 2026Guide created for patch 16.19.1.

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