Talk:Darius/@comment-24966592-20150828172641/@comment-7765731-20150902204808

Personally, I've been using AS marks and MS quints on Darius. Since his rework, there's two things he desperately needs - mobility to avoid being kited to hell and back and enough time to stack up towards his Noxian Might. There are few fights both in lane and outside of lane that you will win without getting your Noxian Might up, but if you do get it up you tend to be able to outduel most champions for a large portion of the game.

Thus, I prefer running MS quints and AS marks. I'd rather do slightly less damage in short trades (which, as long as you land the blade of your Q, he does well anyhow) and try to cover up my weaknesses instead.

Those AS marks also tend to stay relevant even in the lategame - while you are essentially more of an AD caster, any AD caster will weave in as many auto attacks as they are able to in between abilities. Darius is no different, I'd even say he wants to do so even more due to his passive stacking up. It's also worth noting that those 14-15% AS (I like a single crit rune) is 7 levels worth of AS on Darius, due to his low AS growth.

Finally, once you do have Noxian Might up, AS marks will likely scale better with your buffed up AD than your kit would do from AD marks.