User blog comment:Gerokrat/Darius rebalance/@comment-6048945-20140504154955/@comment-24731985-20140505125247

WeW,

While I agree with you that no one would ever want to have 4-5 stacks of Hemmorhage on them, I think you don't realize the ease with which this can be done by Darius. Within less than a second, Darius can AA, W, Q  applying 3 stacks. From here, you argue they would just "kite" Darius and nothing would come of it. However, In the above situation, Darius has already gained his 5% MS buff, granted a 40% MS slow, is orbwalking if played well, AND still has the avalibility of his E, a grab. Just accounting for the MS buffs/debuffs, it is very likely Darius can get another AA off. Then accounting for his grab, it is very likely Darius can make another AA. Kiting would null this, however, it would require never letting Darius in melee range in the first place which is not always possible especially in the "post-early" game where Darius will be assisted by/assisting his team.

On the Kiting argument, realistically, I assume you are refering to ranged champions. In this case, you would be correct seeing as range in general is Darius' primary weakness, but not all champions have range enough or mobility enough to argue Kiting to be the "cure-all" against Darius, or any other melee champion. The argument of Kiting often comes down to individual player skill, and should not be discussed typically outside the context of a Champion's tendency to kite or enhanced ability to Kite. (I.E. Blue Ezreal and

Also, "Instadeath" as written by the OP is NOT a savvy gameplay mechanic. Trynd and Kayles' Ults are meant to be the exception to how the game normally plays, mechanics that work as "the exception to an exception" are typically not healthy for a gameplay enviornment. Also, "Instadeath" is a mechanic that innately has little counterplay options, which agian, is not healthy for a game enviornment. Being a "currnet HP threshold", Instadeath would bypass shields and invulnerability completely, and would make the effort of the team to save an ally more reliant on Healing rather than Shielding which is a mechanic which requires more player skill.

TL;DR:  I belive Darius is fine how he is. If any changes were to happen to him, I feel that small numbers buffs are appropriate, NOT an Ult rework. It is beautiful as it is.