Diana
Matchup Summary
Diana is a really simple match up that Renekton cannot really lose, due to his high stats to brute force trades or using his abilities counteract Diana's engage attempts. Diana really cannot do anything, as Renekton can shield break her W, or instantly burst her down before she's able to do anything. Make sure to always ping Diana's location on the map, as her only role is to snowball off squishier targets within the game.
Detailed Tips
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Level 1 Q or E Start - As mentioned through other notes, playing off Q and E both require different plays, however in this match up you can essentially do either of them and have pretty good success. With that said, play around the strengths of level 1 and look for a level 2 kill.
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Play For Level 2/3 Kill Angle - Once you chunk out Diana you're most likely able to kill her with your W, Dash or Flash up. Look to shove the wave around your kill timer, so you're able to make Diana lose a lot more.
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Abuse Renekton's Early Game - In this match up Renekton is essentially able to do whatever he simply wants. With that said, really hone into your strong early to mid game strengths to help you dominate and win the game. Play to deny your enemy of gold and xp, play to proxy and generally lead any top side skirmishes with your insane lane advantage.
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Avoid And Play Around Diana Q - Diana’s Q is essentially her bread and butter to create her play opportunities, as her hitting her Q will allow her to have a free stack of a dash allowing for quick and high burst damage combos that can obliterate any squishy champions early. As Renekton getting hit by her Q really isn’t a problem, Renekton’s high base stats mostly will deter Diana from trying to trade. However, if Diana tries to fight Renekton then you can abuse your high damage and simply stat check her.
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Abuse Diana’s E - Diana’s E works as a long CD dash, however if she lands Q it can give her a free stack to dash onto the marked targets. Typically if Diana makes the mistake of using 2 dashes onto Renekton then she essentially signs her death sentence, Renekton within all points of the game can deal with Diana, so make sure to be observant how she uses E and punish her if she’s trying to hard trade against you.
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Abuse Diana’s W - Diana’s W creates a shield to mitigate against incoming damage from her enemies. Renekton can easily counter her shield by utilising his shield break to nuke her shield, doing this allows you to get more damage off with the intent of hard punishing Diana’s aggressive playstyle.
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Play Waves Accordingly - Simply assess whether or not you want to play for freeze, to help you deny XP and CS, while presenting yourself more opportunities to create fights. Or, play to shove waves to create proxy angles, tempo resets or create a dive opportunity. Renekton has all the cards to do whatever he wants with wave management. Also respect that if your laner tries to proxy, simply proxy back or coordinate a kill on them with your jungler.
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Respect Diana’s R - Diana’s R allows her to pull in her enemies, while dealing an absurd amount of AoE burst damage. Diana’s R doesn’t pose much of a threat towards Renekton, however it is worth noting that she can use it to cancel your E if you mistime the position. Diana’s main usage for her R is to use it when you’re low, or trying to create a gank/catch set up. Try to avoid being hit by her Q, which sets up her overall combo and make sure to ward or track enemies movements to prevent her shutting you down.
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3 Points Q > W Max - Renekton can abuse W max against Diana as he is able to get a consistent amount of W’s up, always preventing Diana’s ability from being able to 1v1 Renekton. When it comes to general skirmishes or teamfights, W max allows you to consistently lock down Diana or other targets that are in melee range, preventing them from play making opportunities or allowing you to burst your targets down.
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Build Eclipse, Black Cleaver or BoTRK - Go Eclipse for consistent power through mid game and damage mitigation with the shield. / Go Black Cleaver for additional CDR and other versatile stats for utility based gameplay. / Go BoTRK to one shot and snowball with a damage focused build.
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Mid Game + Teamfighting Tips - Diana’s role within the mid to later stages of the game, is trying to actively search for your squishier teammates with the objective of trying to one shot carries and utilise her AoE vacuum R to create giant plays. As Renekton it’s pretty easy to shut down Diana, mainly for the reason Renekton W can completely insta nuke Diana’s chances of looking for an engage. With that said, try to cut off Diana’s attempts of trying to jump onto your team, by looking to stun her right away, or trying to force a fight onto Diana before she makes it into the teamfight.