Talk:Darius/@comment-26859675-20150903143623/@comment-7765731-20150904192447

@TakunDes: Riven is actually stronger against the post-rework Darius, because his Q isn't instant anymore and he requires getting up to max stacks to be a real threat in a prolonged battle. You should definitely avoid fighting him at level 1-2, though. Getting into an extended fight at that point can easily get you killed.

To elaborate, Darius should practically never be able to hit Riven with the blade of his Q, and if he doesn't, he's losing out on both a stack, healing and damage output. If you're not feeling confident in fighting yet then you use Riven's E to jump out of his Q range - worst comes to worst, you'll block a large portion of the damage and be at a range where he'll have to use his grab if he wants to keep fighting. If he does, you reply by stunning him then using your Q to get out and wait for your cooldowns.

I expect Riven to be able to fight and potentially kill Darius by jumping into his face when he uses his Q - avoiding the blade by being too close to him - at level 3 or 4+. Especially after level 6, as he needs a lot of time to get max stacks on you if he misses the blade of his Q, and Riven deals enough damage to just blow him up before he can get up to max stacks. Without max stacks, nothing he does will deal enough damage and as long as you don't get hit by the blade of his next Q, I doubt you should have anything to worry about.

If he gets ahead is a different story, as he'll be tankier to survive your onslaught for longer while also dealing more damage to you, but you should still be safe as long as you respect his Qs - Darius would need to be rididculously ahead to be able to kill a Riven that doesn't screw up drastically. On top of that Darius is easier to gank than Riven is - as always, just make sure to not give him easy blade Q hits while you two advance on him.