Talk:Darius/@comment-24706802-20140418032817/@comment-6061249-20140419183709

The way to use Darius in late is to bait enemies by coming close enough to be in range of their CC/skillshots etc. If they decide to use it, you can just go hardcore into them and get the pull besides of taking damage. This is gonna be worth since you did an initiation both your team and enemy team cannot refuse to take up, and they're propably gonna leave you when more important targets come closer, resulting in a free field of effect for you.

To optimize your gameplay, build defense at early lane, keep building damage 8-15 levels with slight mix of defense and then go defense for rest of item slots.