User blog comment:XelNecra/Top 10 "small things that made me play better"/@comment-86.86.188.94-20130121231153/@comment-98.236.189.219-20130122133235

Dude, the current state of the game is rather bad for Darius. Champions like Elise, Kayle, and Jayce benefit more from the new items and can outpoke Darius all day long and pretty much render him ineffective for the rest of the game. The only time you should pick him  is when you can use him as counter to the enemy's top. Not to mention how much HP stacking is going on. That pretty much counters darius as well.