Thread:Willbachbakal/@comment-28817306-20161009123929/@comment-1330314-20161227103240

Not especially. A lot of Darius's power, e.g. Noxian Might and his Q bonus damage/heal, only apply to champions, so his early clears tend to be slow and painful. His E sort of gives him some gank potential, but only if you're close to your opponent already, so if the mid laner retreats to their tower or the top laner has a gapcloser, there's not much you can do.