User blog comment:Krauserlols/Darius is OP but UP at the same time here why!/@comment-98.23.154.17-20130115063636

Hell, Tryndamere wasn't ever really a noob stomper. How many fail Tryndamere's have you seen? Numerous. His rework was to give him a more stable game performance, from beginning to end. The rework was a success. The nerfs Riot did on his power really didn't affect him much, as he could still be played with good success in skilled hands. But then they did one thing to break him - they nerfed his fury, making it degenerate 60% faster! All of a sudden he can't be played in any skilled games due to having to push to get fury. Rene has some of the same problem with his resource bar BUT, he is an AD Caster and fury isn't REQUIRED to trade (in Tryndamere's case it is, as he will lose just about every trade without that crit chance).

Anyway, I find Darius to be pretty balanced, but he suffers from the same problems as say, Singed in blind pick. The only thing I think needs changed is his attackspeed slow. The sheer amount of raw power in every one of his skills makes dueling him impossible for a wide varitey of champions, and that attackspeed slow sends him over the edge. I'd argue he DOES have a teamplay componet due to how much damage he brings despite building tanky items. He becomes a tanky, but unignorable threat when mid-game comes around, meaning less focus on your carries and death to the enemies carries if they ignore him. He can pull fleeting enemies into your team, etc. Just because his ult refreshes on kill does not mean he doesn't have ANY teamplay component. In fact, I suspect that most of the people complaining that he is OP due to his ult don't have that much knowledge about this game.