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Champion Spotlight[]
Recommended Items[]
Tips[]
- Playing As
Darius
- Decimate is a powerful harassment ability. Strike an enemy from maximum range for the greatest effect.
- Noxian Guillotine does more damage the more attacks you can land prior to it. Use Noxian Might for maximum damage.
- Darius benefits greatly from enhanced survivability. The longer you can prolong a fight, the more powerful he becomes.
- Playing Against Darius
- When Darius' axe grab is on cooldown, he is vulnerable to harassment attacks.
- Darius' ability to escape from fights is limited. If you have an advantage against him, press your lead.
Tricks[]
- Ability Usage
- Remember that your ability to pull in opponents can be used through walls. Use this to ambush unaware opponents for a quick kill, such as in the jungle against the jungler early or mid game.
- Runes Usage
- Item Usage
- You should buy The Black Cleaver on Darius as it syneries with his passive Hemorrhage making it easy to stack up the armor reduction. After you've bought The Black Cleaver you should try to only build tanky items as you will get enough ad from your passive once you've applied 5 stacks of Hemorrhage or killed someone with Darius' Noxian Guillotine.
- Trinity Force is a viable alternative, as Darius actually has a very high base AD, and his Crippling Strike works as an auto reset, thus, it can apply on-hit and on-attack effects, including Spellblade. The attack speed from Trinity Force also allows Darius to stack Hemorrhage faster with autos. This item is better against squishy teams in which the armor shred from The Black Cleaver is less valuable, and the burst damage from Trinity Force is put to a better use.
- The Dead Man's Plate is often very valuble to build on Darius due to his complete lack of mobility, while still giving some favorable extra stats. Righteous Glory is also a viable option for the same reason.
- Titanic Hydra is a viable option due to Darius having poor waveclear, Darius having Crippling Strike to apply the on-hit damage a second time, and because he is going to stack HP.
- Spirit Visage is a good option against magic damage champions, as it increases Darius' healing from his Decimate and it is overall the magic resistance item that provides the highest amount of tankyness against magic damage. Maw of Malmortius is a viable alternative for higher damage potential, although it means Darius can't buy Sterak's Gage, as the shields don't stack. Adaptive Helm is an alternative that is better than the other two options against DoT mages such as Malzahar, Brand, and Teemo, as well as sustained magic damage dealers like Kog'Maw.
- Mortal Reminder and Thornmail are both viable options for Grievous Wounds items for Darius. The former provides higher damage potential and even more armor penetration, in addition to its Grievous Wounds lasting for longer and being better against sustain casters, especially those that deal magic damage and don't mind Thornmail's armor, such as Vladimir and Swain. With that said, Thornmail is a viable option because it doesn't sacrifice any tankyness, and Darius tend to already have a lot of armor reduction, between Apprehend and The Black Cleaver.
- Countering
- Decimate deals reduced damage and does not apply stacks of Hemorrhage if you are hit by the shaft. If you are cornered by him without any form of extra mobility to help you out, get very close to him in order to avoid his blade!
- It's sometimes recommended not pick champions like Nasus or Wukong that has a weak early game if Darius has been picked, who happens to have a strong early game. Picking someone that can poke him well on the other hand such as Gnar or Swain can survive the lane better.
- Be wary when picking a ranged champion without mobility, however, as it is very difficult to escape from Darius if he manages to use Apprehend, and most ranged champions will lose trades against Darius if he gets too close.
- Another option is to pick a champion that can stick very close to Darius, such as Jax, Kayn ( Rhaast), Irelia, or Riven. They can easily avoid being hit by the blade of Decimate, denying him both the healing and a big portion of his damage, thus, they can win trades and possibly kill Darius before he manages to get 5 stacks of his passive.
- Champions with the ability to short trade, disengage and all-in are very effective counters, as they can chip away at Darius and escape before he can deal any meaningful damage while also being able to quickly kill him once he reaches low health. Examples include Renekton, Riven, Tryndamere, Kled and Akali. However, Apprehend can cancel most dashes, so it is important not to be Apprehended while disengaging.
- Be wary when picking a ranged champion without mobility, however, as it is very difficult to escape from Darius if he manages to use
- One of Darius's main weaknesses is his complete lack of mobility without the reliance on items. Once he enters a fight, he will have a hard time to escape.
- Stacking armor is less efficient against Darius because Noxian Guillotine ALWAYS deals true damage based on the number of Hemorrhage stacks and the passive part of Apprehend has percent armor penetration. It is strongly recommended to stack health against him in order to reduce the damage of his ulti unless he buys The Black Cleaver, Mortal Reminder, Lord Dominik's Regards or Blade of the Ruined King.
- Noxian Might causes Darius to glow visibly red, plays a distinctive sound and applies an indicator, grants Darius massively increased attack damage, allows Noxian Guillotine to deal maximum true damage, amplifies Hemorrhage's bleed damage and causes Darius' attacks on champions to refresh the passive for another 5 seconds and apply maximum Hemorrhage stacks. If you see a glowing Darius or Noxus crests, wait for Noxian Might to expire before engaging.
- Before rank 3, Noxian Guillotine may only be re-cast for 20 seconds after its most recent kill before going on cooldown. During this period, Darius is granted a "Bloodthirsty" buff and faint red particles emanate visibly from his axe.
- ALWAYS remember at level 16, Noxian Guillotine completely refreshes its cooldown whenever he kills someone with his ult.
- ALWAYS remember at level 16,
