Talk:Darius/@comment-4499945-20141011225501/@comment-6061249-20141013050116

The optimal build depends on the match.

Just don't try stuff like full AD, full tank or dueling focused builds, unless you're doing it just for fun. Both full AD and dueling builds are hardly countered by kiting, building full tank is a waste of potential.

My usual build would be some boots, Hydra, Malmortius, FH, Youmuu, and some other defensive item - not necessarily in that order.

Besides of those, you can mix your build with items like Randuin, LW, FM, Banshee. Everything else is either very situational or just bad.

Black Cleaver isn't as good to get since the way you're gonna stack it is mostly basic attacks, and when you already stack it up, your target is at low health anyway. LW is better if you really need more armor penetration.

Don't fall for the Sunfire Cape thing. It's bad. For the armor and health, Randuin can provide you with same, for the AoE damage per second - not worth. You basically either kill targets too fast or just they escape too fast to make it noticable.