Talk:Darius/@comment-25148748-20150110013724/@comment-6061249-20150110151306

Youmuu is OK. It does help with many different things, and is one of best choices when the enemy team is heavy based on dueling.

Cleaver is reasonable only when paired with Hydra, as you apply its stacks pretty slow, with Decimate barely helping on it. But, Hydra applies stacks on its splash to enemies hit, so in that way Cleaver becomes viable on Darius.

And don't go for an early Brutalizer unless the enemy laner has no armor at all. Sure, all of its stats are good, but it doesn't grant as much power as early Brutalizer gives to champs like Pantheon or Riven. Getting defense items or building something out of Vampiric Scepter is a better choice.