Talk:Darius/@comment-24896347-20141019021046/@comment-8468980-20141029203426

"He actually can burst very quickly."

Full spell rotation and an AA or two with Hydra plus brutalizer is going to deal like 700 damage before armor? Bleed stacks help but that's not exactly burst anymore and good luck staying alive long enough to apply full stacks.

"Building full tank still opens the vulnerability of kiting. You just can survive more hits, but if you manage to pull the opponent, you're not going to kill them."

You're going to deal more damage to them than they can to you, thats what bruiser Darius' purpose is. I feel you don't understand what a bruiser's purpose is. They don't create large damage numbers because they don't need to. They simply out-survive their target.

"And AP is not enough manly. 6x Boots of Speed makes you twice as much manlier."

Yeah.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAKG-kbKeIo

Even though I think bruiser Darius is his safest build, I don't think going into the match with the mindset that you're going to build full AD or no AD at all is particularly very wise in any event. As a solo top, Darius needs to itemize to counter his lane opponent and will have to itemize to suit teamfight survival, and how well he fulfills these itemization needs depends on how well he does in lane too.