User blog comment:RoznosicielCiast/Some really important things/myths about Darius/@comment-2248060-20130226221443

"You shouldn't try to counter him only with pick. You should focous on counterbuild and counterplay"

the problem is that Darius has 0 counter build/play except going full tank. This is due to the fact that his damage is high early and still good enough late that there is almost no way to counter it, adding to the fact that he does magic physical and true damage (with a refresh) means that there are only two items that give you enough stats to counter him, Aegis and Bulwark.

Now lets take a look at his kit

E- 25% armor pen

thats about as much as a LW gives, and he gets it for free, just put 5 points into E and you have a free LW (yes I knwo it is not viable to max E first)

not even mentioning that if he uses the pull then you're going to take a lot of damage already

W- massive AS slow

there is no way to counter that at all.

Q- huge damage

you will be in range of this 90% of the time in lane if you're hiding behind minions, so its pretty much gaurnteed, if you have no armor you will take about 10-20% of your health bar

there is no way to counter him outside picks and bans that is his issue, hes not OP hes broken