Talk:Diana/@comment-25912163-20150330001136/@comment-10943377-20150401182549

You had a few mistakes. When you said second part of E you meant W. If Talon E's and then combo's he will output his combo before Diana. Diana takes a little longer to release her burst (Q animation + travel time + ult time) than Talon, it is unlikely she will dodge it in time and stealth can neutralize her engage.

Personally in my experience I find Diana to be in a stronger position compared to Talon in terms of match up due to the fact Hourglass is very accessible to Diana's build path (she only needs some rings for mana gen). It is probably unfair for me to use an item as a defender of my opinion though.

The difference between these two in a fight is that Talon can burst faster and has the ability to negate/neutralise any engage from Diana. While Diana can be more defensive and in terms of meta has some advantages (slightly longer range and good counter build path).

I like to think of it as a skill match up but as the game progresses I think the fight might go more in favour of Talon as his burst and point-click assassinate approach is more reliable than Diana's. A good player might be able to hourglass or oracle lens (moving away from Diana and more to player skill)to disrupt Talon's assassination patterns to turn the tables but it can be hard late (almost full item late) game.