Roam support who purifies his team's CC and yanks divers back where they started
Diggie is a roaming support built around denying the enemy's win condition rather than dealing damage himself. Time Journey strips every crowd-control effect from his team and grants brief immunity, while Reverse Time punishes overextending divers by yanking them back to where they started, and Young Again lets him scout safely after death.
Timing Time Journey against a real CC chain instead of a single stun, and predicting Reverse Time's delayed yank, is the hard part; the skills themselves are simple to execute.
Max Reverse Time first to punish dives more often, level Auto Alarm Bomb second for the slow uptime, and take the ultimate at 4, 8 and 12.
Upon death, Diggie reverses time and turns to egg form, in which he can continue to move around and gains a new set of skills. He cannot be targeted in egg form and will revive after a period of time.
Always active — no cooldown
Diggie throws an owl-shaped alarm bomb to the target location, where it sits until an enemy comes into range, then chases them down and explodes, dealing Magic Damage and slowing enemies caught in the blast.
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Diggie marks an enemy hero for several seconds; when the mark expires, the target is yanked back to the position they were standing in when marked, taking Magic Damage and being briefly slowed.
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Diggie unleashes a wave around himself that removes all Crowd Control effects from himself and nearby allies, grants them a Shield, and briefly makes them immune to control effects while boosting their Movement Speed.
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Signature combo
Core items in buy order, with the emblem, talents and battle spell that go with them.
7,090g total
Default pick protecting a squishy backline against dive and CC-heavy compositions.
Battle spell
Flicker120s CDThe 'Flicker combo' — blinking in right as a hook or stun lands, or blinking out the instant an enemy ultimate is cast — is the single most common high-elo outplay moment in the game.
Swap in when needed
Athena's Shield — Trade into a heavy magic-burst mage or assassin lineup for a temporary damage-reduction window.
Antique Cuirass — Against skill-combo physical fighters or assassins stacking burst onto your carry.
Immortality — When you're the primary engage target and need a second commitment window to land Time Journey again.
6,520g total
Into poke-heavy lanes where punishing overextensions matters more than pure tankiness.
Battle spell
Sprint100s CDUnlike Purify, Sprint does nothing against stuns or roots already applied — it only prevents future slows and outruns melee threats, so it's best on heroes who aren't the primary CC target.
Swap in when needed
Flask of the Oasis — Boosts the value of Time Journey's shield when a low-HP ally needs it most.
Cursed Helmet — Extra passive magic damage to chip enemies in extended skirmishes.
Immortality — Insurance if you're forced to peel and take focus fire yourself.
The heroes that make this matchup hard, and the mechanic that does it.
YinFighter · AssassinHardMy Turn drags a target into a domain where no other hero's skills reach them — Time Journey included — so Diggie simply cannot answer the pick.
EsmeraldaTank · MageHardFrostmoon Shield siphons the shields off nearby enemies, so the shield Time Journey grants an ally is drained straight into her the moment she closes in.
HanzoAssassinSoftHanzo stacks Dark Ninjutsu from range and cashes it in with Demon Feast's burst, and neither Time Journey's shield nor its CC-clear does anything about raw damage.
SunFighterSoftSun's clone illusions can bait Diggie into marking a decoy with Reverse Time, wasting his punish window on the wrong target.
EstesSupportSoftEstes's continuous team healing counteracts Diggie's zoning damage and slows, since Diggie has no real damage to punish poke exchanges.
IxiaMarksmanSoftIxia's ranged burst damage output outpaces what Diggie's control can offset, even through a Time Journey shield.
Chang'eMageSoftChang'e pokes with Starmoon Shockwave and Meteor Shower from outside Auto Alarm Bomb's threat range entirely, and Crescent Moon's shield and speed keep her out of Reverse Time's punish window.
FreyaFighterSoftSpirit Combo and Valkyrie Descent stack shields that soak Diggie's chip damage, and Leap of Faith's pull drags him out of the safe spacing his zoning depends on.
ZhaskMageSoftZhask's long-range spawn and AOE poke damages Diggie's team from outside Auto Alarm Bomb's range, whittling them down safely.
SuyouAssassin · FighterSoftBlade Surge blinks him to his thrown weapon and Evil Queller glides him backward, so he can be somewhere harmless by the time Reverse Time's delayed yank fires.ImmortalityGuarantees a follow-up engage window even if Diggie lands Reverse Time or clears your team's first CC chain.
Winter CrownTime Journey cleanses his team but does nothing to a freeze on yours — hold it for the moment his ultimate has already been spent.
Sea HalberdAnti-heal cuts into any sustain Diggie's team is leaning on while he stalls the fight with control.Heroes whose own counter list names Diggie — the same matchup, read from the other side.
AkaiTankHardTime Journey cleanses Heavy Spin's knockback off the entire team the instant it lands, undoing the engage outright, and Auto Alarm Bomb slows his approach on the way in.
AliceTank · MageHardTime Journey cleanses Throne of Ruin's immobilize the instant it lands, and Auto Alarm Bomb's slow punishes her commitment to the dive.
AlphaFighterHardTime Journey cleanses the stun from Spear of Alpha's landing the instant it hits, undoing his entire commitment on the dive.
AngelaSupportHardTime Journey cleanses Puppet-on-a-String's immobilize off the entire team the instant it lands.
AtlasTankHardTime Journey cleanses Fatal Links' drag and slow off the entire team the instant it lands, undoing the whole ultimate.
AuroraMageHardDiggie's Time Journey ultimate instantly clears every debuff on his team, removing Aurora's freeze and slow effects and wasting her ultimate entirely.Duo partners whose kit completes this one.
BaxiaTankBaxia-Shield Unity rolls in to stun one target and knock the rest back, and Time Journey keeps the team CC-immune through the counterattack that follows.IxiaMarksmanDiggie's Reverse Time yank pulls a fleeing target back into the fan-shaped area Full Barrage locks her into, right where her damage is highest.
FredrinnFighter · TankEnergy Eruption's taunt and Piercing Strike's slow finish off targets that Reverse Time has already yanked back into range.
YveMageYve's slow zone and Diggie's Auto Alarm Bomb slow stack together to lock enemies inside her ultimate's kill zone.
ValentinaMageDiggie's Time Journey clears CC off his team, keeping Valentina safe to set up her ultimate-copy combo without being interrupted.
ZhuxinMageTime Journey's CC-clear and shield protect the long Lantern Flare channel Zhuxin needs to stack Soul Snare to its airborne payoff.
UranusTankTime Journey removes burst-CC chains that would otherwise interrupt Uranus's sustain loop mid-fight.Hold Time Journey until the enemy has committed multiple CC skills, not on the first stun, since a wasted cast leaves your team open to a second chain.
Place Auto Alarm Bomb in brush or blind corners near objectives to zone contests before a fight starts.
Use Reverse Time the instant a diver commits, since the delayed yank punishes hard engages that already used their gap closer.
After dying, use egg form to scout the enemy jungle or vision-deny a bush rather than just waiting to respawn.
Diggie is beginner-friendly in execution since none of his skills require complex aiming, but reading when to hold or use Time Journey against a real CC chain takes match experience to learn.
The standard build starts with Oracle for team-wide shield and regen amplification, then Dominance Ice and Guardian Helmet for raw tankiness, paired with Tough Boots to further reduce incoming CC duration.
Yin and Esmeralda are hard counters since they bypass or devour his defensive tools directly, while Hanzo, Sun, Estes, Ixia, Chang'e, Freya, Zhask and Suyou all pressure him through range, sustain or mobility.
Time Journey removes all current crowd-control effects from Diggie and nearby allies, grants a shield, briefly makes them immune to new CC, and boosts their movement speed.
