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Tips Against Darius in Top Lane Tips Provided by MOBAFire Guide Authors
I Am Goliath says “Darius is a hard lane but easy champion to beat post level 9, I like to start Doran's shield in this matchup because it keeps you safe early which is what you want, I also run second wind in this matchup instead of conditioning, also early ninja tabi's can be great in this matchup since movement speed is so valuable against darius and a lot of them take ghost+flash. I also personally buy Black Cleaver in this matchup first because the HP is important for surviving, I also build frozen mallet third item after death's dance since HP is the only counter to his true damage and the slow comes in handy vs darius. Another thing to keep in mind is you can use your E before he pulls you and your E will go off right when you get pulled to him so he doesn't even get an auto attack off so I always reccomend just E'ing if you think he is going to pull you worst case scenario is you just E away. You should win this matchup level 9+ and once you have black cleaver if you aren't too far down, also try to dodge his Q heal and try to hit your E if you can E into him as he Q's to dodge the outer heal that is the most ideal and you will win the 1v1, if you made mistakes in lane or fought when you shouldnt have and you're behind you should still be able to win level 13+ as long as it's 1v1. Basically this is a don't make big mistakes early on matchup.”
ForgottenProject says “Extremely Strong Kit in Lane. His lane can be Oppressing if you keep letting him trade with you.
[1]Parry his Hook and he's a Sitting Duck. If you mess up you're in for a beating.
[2]Parrying his W is good
[3]You can Q into him when he uses his Q to deny the Healing.
[4]If he somehow gets an early lead make sure you have Boots or you'll get Run-down.
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PH45 says “Can be a difficult lane. Important thing is to block his W with your E and don't let him get his passive to 5 stacks on you. If you can't run out of his Q circle Q on him so you will be in the inner ring, denying him his heal. You outscale him quite well so just don't let him get ahead and you should win him. Early tabis also help quite a lot in this matchup. All in if he misses E, just be careful since most Darius's run Ghost so they will have kiting potential with it.”
Drake6401 says “He's getting less oppressive but I'm keeping him in major threats because of how easily you can lose this matchup with the tiniest mistake. If he gets the first kill, it will be a rough lane, but if you get the first 2 kills, you're in good shape. Make an empowered W your last hit before dashing out of a trade so he can't pull you back in. Failure to do so will get you killed. Once he is half HP, look for a kill but you must avoid his Q sweet spot. I take ghost vs this matchup so he can't out speed you with spells unless he has Nimbus and you don't.
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Stinkee says “Avoid picking Sion into Darius. This has been one of Sion's hardest matchups since the rework. It's not impossible to win this matchup though. Try to freeze your lane and look for when he tries to pull you and dodge it. You can win short trades with the help of your W but watch out for his all-in. Take Grasp of the Undying or Glacial Augment and put 3 points in W first then max Q. 3 points in W is great here because it gives you enough shield to win short trades and burst him with the shield damage. Sion's shield can be his highest damage ability, don't be afraid to use it offensively in many cases. Rush armor and health and ask for ganks. Darius is easy to gank because he has no mobility outside of summoner spells and you should be freezing your lane. Be careful to not let Darius land everything on you and your jungler and win the 1v2.”
Olaf Only says “Survive until level 6, NEVER push the wave.
If he goes Tank or has Ghost you won't be able to win all-ins vs him.
Olaf is better in mid-game teamfights as Darius is easier to kite.
Darius Outscales Olaf HARD.”
MythicMike says “You never wanna go all in against any Darius since he will just melt you. Poke him with Q when his E is down. Dodge his Q with your E. Chunk him down slowly and all in when you have a good health lead.”
Quinncidence says “Yorick is a classic Darius counter but Darius wins early levels, avoid fighting at all cost level 1-5 unless you have cats ready.
After 6 (if even) you should be able to pressure him out with the help of maiden, the matchup gets easier the later the game goes.
Executioners is really good vs his Q heal + Goredrinker.”
Sovereign Kitten says “I would highly suggest you to take an PTA or Glacial build. That is, if you feel uncomfortable playing against him with any other runes, like Aery, DH or Electrocute. Boots will help you early game due to his +10 higher movement speed, which compliments PTA/Glacial. Otherwise feel free to start with Doran's Ring. Move towards him if he is going to land his (Q) spin so you can prevent a bleed stack & blind his (W) to prevent the 90% slow. Regardless of what you may think, this match-up goes either way. You either kite and avoid his pull or get caught and die. Glacial helps cheese him, unless he has Phase rush. You can run Everfrost to lock him down if you get caught.
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Anoying bro5 says “You can take ignite into this matchup as Darius doesnt take teleport 90% of the time. I would suggest getting used to taking teleport as the summoner is much better. Dont look to take too long of trades as his bleed does massive damage and heals him. Look to Q inside of his Q so he doesnt heal or get a bleed stack. Pre lvl 6 look to riposte his w, after lvl 6 riposte his ult.”
jpaul2077 says “Darius isn't AS BAD of a match up many people make it seem. Of course you're not going to be dominating lane vs a competent Darius. The important part in this lane is staying even in experience and doing your best to not die solo. Remember that at level 6 with your ultimate you have just as much kill pressure as Darius has on you, so do not be afraid to go for the all in!”
lolkayleee says “SCROLL DOWN FOR DETAILED MATCHUP INFORMATION
I prefer Conqueror but you can also take Grasp.
Start W. Let him push the wave to your side of the lane. Don't even stand next to him because he can cancel your hookshot with his E and then you're dead. If he pulls you first, then auto him for your passive shield and hookshot away. If your jungler camps top he's a pretty free kill. Even if he lives and burns his ghost it removes a lot of kill threat he has on Camille. If your jungler never comes you pretty much lose unless he messes up a lot. If you mess up one time you're dead lol.
If you manage to be relatively even in gold and you have the conqueror rune + trinity force while he has stridebreaker you can kill him. Wait for him to waste Q, then all in him with hookshot and dodge his next Q with your R. He should die.”
iZeal says “Respect his all-in. You can poke him safely with Q1. If he rushes armor, it gets much harder. Q1 is safe, but if you don't space Q2 perfectly, he can pull you even if you E away. In that case it is better to save your E for a Q3 while doding his Q. If he misses his E this is your time to harass him as it has a huge cooldown early on and he also runs oom after 3 Qs. Disrupt him in teamfights and don't let him stack up his passive on you.”
PH45 says “You can't really trade with him well as you are very short ranged so you will get many stacks of his passive if you try to trade. You can setup a gank for your jungler but avoid being hit with his Q since he will heal a lot if you both get hit.”
Raen says “If you do 1 mistake especially in early he will just pop ghost and kill you. Try to get out of his Q or get close to him enough to deny heal. You need to be prepared with your E when you are sticking closely to Darius. He got AA range advantage (175 basically + 25 bonus from W) when you got only 125. Also don't try to fight him when he got 5 stacks on you from Hemorrhage. ”
epic blitz top says “VERY OPPRESSIVE. YOU LOSE EARLY AND LATE. UNLESS THE DARIUS IS REALLY BAD OR YOU GET AN EARLY LEAD (JG ASSISTANCE OR UNDER TOWER HOOK) YOU'll PROBABLY LOSE. I BAN HIM EVERY GAME.”
Jungl says “Must dodge his e, if you don't you're very much going to die or have to flash. If you are able to dodge his is most of the time would should be able to beat him in lane.”
painkillertop says “Darius could easily be an ‘extreme’ on the matchup rankings however with a bit of patience and smart positioning you can win this matchup. When playing against Darius you are highly likely to be trading often therefore start the game with a Dorans blade and a pot. Be very careful during the early levels as his bleed stacks can easily cause the lane to go south for both you and your jungler! Whenever Darius uses his Q ‘Decimate’ you need to use your E either as an escape or to get within the circle hitbox in order to prevent taking any damage. A personal preference of mine is to get an early executioners in order to reduce the healing he gets from his Q. In an even lane with Black cleaver and Executioners you WIN this matchup (again post level 9) but you also have a good shot at winning from level 6 onwards. ”
Leolynn says “Just Dodge his Q and attack him He'll die immediatly but If you would eat his Q and get 5 passive. You'll die no escape just attack him and make low his HP maybe your friends can beat him :(”
maxlid3 says “Dangerous champ as always. Can engage you pretty easily with ghost and his E. Keep your W always ready to stop his engage. You can poke him a bit early but after Stridebreaker you shouldn't try to fight at all. Worthy ban.”
Feedaboi says “has high base dmg, need to be careful for his passive stacks, look for short trades and poke him out with q. Look to free the wave near your turret and setup ganks for your jg. Use your e on top of darius when he channels his q so he cant heal.”
Dream Orbit says “More info on the matchups section. Remember this is only an estimated threat, you can always win any matchup if you're good enough (or if they're bad enough).”
Alekra says “Basically, he is you but better. You will lose long trades every single time. Pray for a mistake and get your jungle to help. Banning him is my go-to strat.”
Olaugh says “Ask your jungler for help, to shut him down early, don't be afraid to trade with him, if you are playing properly, you can win 1v1, however put some respect especially if he goes flash ghost!, if he collects 5 stacks on you, it knows to be very sticky, so be aware of his damage while fully stacked. When your minions are low move away so you dont get hit by q.Try to bait his q so he doesnt heal and get free stack. When he finishes minion with w ,all in him especially if u are lv 6 since he just used W ,his E doesnt work while you are in R and with ur Phage item + R your movm speed is insane and you rapidly go into him so he will probably miss q or activate it too late or wont be able to hit it at all, if he has ignite then be REALLY careful and ask jg to gank maybe even mid to roam.”
Fan22 says “Darius will harras you everytime you try to farm and deal a lot of damage, the worst thing its that his ultimate deals TRUE DAMAGE and his E gives him free armor penetration.
Be careful if he has Ignite and/or Ghost.
Against Darius ask your jungler for ganks as earlky as you can, because if he gets items or if he kills you your jungler can't help you much, run TP and Doran's shield for sustain, second wind from runes also helps.
Bramble vest helps a lot in this matchup because it reduces the healings of Darius Q, runes, deaths dance and Conqueror (common items on darius), and if you complete Thornmail you can deny up to 60% of his healings, however, i have discovered that rushing Bramble isn't very effective against him, so make that item later on.
Going supportive items like redemption, zekes or knights vow helps a lot since it's innevitable that Darius will melt you not mather how tanky you are, so helping your team as much as you can works well.
A small Tip against him it's that your W can instantly place you in the middle of him, meaning that you can use it to dodge his Q with ease.”
Fan22 says “This lane it's a Nightmare.
It's very complicated to do anything, don't try to fight him in early game, since you have no escape, only fight him if you are really sure you can kill him or if you are close to your tower.
In this matchup i recommend going AP with a Dorans ring and poking him all you can, having extra AP and mana let's you farm safely with Q from the distance, wich reduces the risk of diying against darius in an extended trade.
Remember you can use your Q or W to disengage after he uses E or if he is gonna use R.
The W silence doesn't let Darius use Q and R, wich are important abilities, silencing him in TF it's very good for neutralizing him.”
MikaeraKun says “Do not fight early game with him, you'll always lose, especially level 3 fights. His passive is much stronger than yours, so ask for ganks. Freeze wave close to your turret so he has to overextend to get to cs.”
jpaul2077 says “Very hard match up due to Darius being a very good duelist. Darius will usually win both short trades and all ins due to his passive ability and ultimate ability. Look to farm safely and punish mistakes under tower. You will most likely need jungler assistance to win this lane.”
PH45 says “Pretty much one of the hardest lanes, if you get caught in his pull you are pretty much dead due to you not having any escape abilities. Keep your distance, farm with Q and stick to staying under tower.
Darius is pretty gankable though so if your jungler comes you might score a kill, just remember Darius has 1v2 potential due to his Q heal so stay out of the outer ring.”
SpyDaFX says “it's mostly skill matchup, Don't trade with him when he has a single stack on you, and never do extended trades with him even if you're fed and he isn't, his stacks ignores how much you are fed and his ult gives true damage. you can trade with him when you have 1 stack only if you plan to flash+w when ur full fury and he's low hp, then its ok, also don't trade with him level 1, but start w, at level 2 you can look for trades, but it's VERY dangerous if he started E level 2. level 3 is pretty safe to trade because u can Q to heal in an all in. go Conqueror”
mobsterplatypus says “Carry ignite. Darius is very strong as of now and his all-ins hurt. A lot. Ignite helps just the little extra bit, especially if you use it during your ultimate. In my experience, thornmail works better than zhonyas due to the health increase and grevious wounds, so go for that. riftmaker is better than rocketbelt here because you're never chasing him unless he backs away for Q. If he has ghost it's a problem, though. go steelcaps for boots.”
SunFalk says “His damage are very intense so stay far when poking, if he grab you, try to stay close to him for his spin to not hit you with the blade.
Versus a Darius, you want everything exept Darius snowballing so play ultra ultra safe vs a darius, 1 kill can mean the game when we talk of Darius, and you don't want your team calling you a troll because of it”
SKRELAX says “Darius is extreme counter to Sett, if you are advanced player of Sett, you can try to kill him on lvl 2, or 3. But if not, try to not fight him until level 6, and play smartly. Don't overextend if not needed. (Only for top.)”
The Rock Titan says “"- Can chunk you lvl1 if you somehow get in his range... He literally sometimes just run at you lvl1 and try to get some damage in. Hail of Blades darius is kinda crazy...
- Q him at very max range, don't get hooked!
- You'll be down CS and that's normal, stay alive (don't feed him) in lane phase you are useful later on!
- When he's low enough, you can actually try to all in, but he might not give you the chance to.
- Once he gets stridebreaker, get out of lane phase! You are just free kills for him!
- They all go ghost most of the time, very rarely teleport. Don't push your lane and manage your waves well! If he gets the freeze you're in deep trouble!"”
Erenando says “This is probably one of your worst match ups to stack your q. Just give up some creeps when needed and maintain a safe distance between you and him. The bleeding and his true damage will be a pain in the ass and even ganks can go wrong if your jungler underestimates him. Play save until late and stack HP. You will beat him at some point”
Amvill says “USE PHASE RUSH OR FLEET. Outduels you at all stages of the game, especially if he has ghost. Proxying is somewhat safe if his ghost is down. ”
SanLourdes says “Darius is a tough champion especially after level 6. He is tanky and his ultimate can execute you at low health. Your best bet is to initiate first, don't let him start the duel. This makes sure that he can't use his E, and since you are staying close to him, his Q will deal reduced damage. ”
DarkyTheReal says “Good darius are hard to beat beacause they dont use their E for a gap closer,they use it to cancel your 3rd Q. What you wanna do is level 1 if you both have ignite and he starts Q, You can all in and you´ll win if you dodge his outstide part of the Q. Otherwise, you should do quick trades where you bait is E,Then you go for an all-in.”
Papa Urgot says “This guy gets so much AD once he is stacked in a fight and on top of that his healing is insane. extended fights are good for you but better for darius. Your only window to trade is when he used his q on minions. get antihealing.”
czrmtz24 says “Takes a lot of practice to handle this matchup. Take phase rush and resolve runes. Build boots and Bamis ASAP. You need to take Flash + Ghost in this matchup, or you will be at a disadvantage (since Darius will probably have both). Treat Darius like you do Fiora, do not E him until he E's you. If you are in range of Q, then get closer to him (don't get hit by the rim). With Bamis and Phase Rush, you should be able to Q + E pass him and straight into minions to get free farm and not get punished. ”
BigManYam says “Darius will all in at level 2 or 3 and will harass you very early if you're within in his range, my advice is just play safe let wave push to you and wait for ganks to lower his health so he can't harass you while you farm. He will also freeze lane so you can't farm so play safe and be patient. ”
Bear24 says “He basically can kill you at level 1 and 2, so give lvl 3 under tower usually after he tries to hook you auto q, e, w, ignite and auto and about 2 more autos he dead. In lane phase when he misses his hook just q w and backs off again and again. (AP you straight out lose). Misplay once you loase lane and most likely game. ”
xPetu says “Recommended: Standard Runes & Teleport
Tips: NEVER E in if he has E up. Take short trades and don't give him 5 stacks of passive. Predict his Q-(Stridebreaker)-Flash when you're low HP and E/Flash towards him to dodge Q sweet spot.”
MarkFromSingedMains says “TAKE PHASE RUSH!
Don't smash your keyboard. Darius is extremely difficult for all Singed players to deal with, don't try to fight Darius as he will almost always win the trades. Peel him off your team in team fights and he shouldn't be able to do too much. Proxy is recommended here.
Your W prevents Darius from being able to R, which is useful when you know he's going for an all-in.”
CFCryo says “Representative of the typical BIG JUGGERNAUT TOP, Darius has huge damage when you get caught. This is an example of someone you should probably take Aftershock for. For Darius specifically, use Flay (E) to push him towards you, pulling yourself inside of the Q circle. Pushing him away from you takes too long, and he's likely moving away from you already, perfectly landing you in the outer circle.
If you die once, don't try anything funny again, or it won't just be once.”
The_Unf0rgiv3n says “If you're facing Darius, rush Kraken Slayer and BORK and be careful with the trades you take. At the end of the day, it's still a Darius so one mistake can be fatal.”
Rhoku says “The Darius matchup can go both ways. You have to keep in mind that you outscale him. So if all else fails, you can simply play safe, give up CS, farm under turret and wait for later on in the game. So the matchup can be Even or just Impossible depending on how good the Darius player is. I myself, almost always crush Mordekaisers when I am on Darius so, believe me when I tell you that if the Darius player knows what he is doing, then you will NOT win the matchup alone. You might need your jungler. Here is the basic idea in this matchup. You need to A) use your full shield and B)fight in your ultimate. If you use your shield improperly, Darius will be able to just burst through it as it wont be that much. And if you fight outside your ultimate or fight him pre-6 you will just get shredderd. INSIDE your ultimate however, is a different story. If you are able to stick to him and hit EVERY single one of your abilities in your ultimate, you WILL kill him. Just make sure that you don't start the fight with stacks on you. In general, you should be looking to disengage whenever he gets any number of stacks on you. You can use the backwards E trick to disengage but good Dariuses will expect and avoid this. Poke him down early on with your Q but DO NOT fight him or let him get hits on you. Level 1 you can beat him if you can land an empowered Q on him but I wouldn't recommend it. He can snowball SO damn hard that it will seriously depress when you see how many times he will kill you. Revitalize and Second Wind are good. Seeker's Armguard and Ninja Tabi are also great. The lane becomes much easier if you have Ignite but if you die with ignite the lane is over. You LEGIT can't comeback.”
LiL Bunnie FuFuu says “Darius is difficult because you'll never be able to fight him after lvl 2 (assuming he levels his E. If he doesn't then lvl 3), regardless of your build or how ahead you are. His stats are better than yours, his pull is difficult to dodge (and gives armor pen), his Q allows him to potentially survive dives, and he'll zone you off of cs 24/7. While you do outrange him you can only poke very early on (lvl 1-2) and when his E is down. Still, he can Q in the middle of your auto and win the trade. Aftershock or grasp is possible but the former is far safer than the latter.”
Wawza says “Keep track of his bleed stacks retreat at 3-4 so he doesnt proc his passive and you should be ok. Killing him will be a matter of poking him down by abusing your range to be able to all in him, if he is playing safe go for short trades and freeze your lane so he has to overextend for farm.”
wff010 says “You w his ult. Your e counters his q. Your ult counters his q if he has it up again. Your literally just win this because you do more damage and prevent his. You can play it safe till level 3 or risk fighting level 1 but you'll wanna predict his flash with w because this runepage cuts some early power and you need to play perfectly.”
LunaticDancer says “CAREFUL. He's a pretty easy lane after you hit 6, or even 3, BUT it's still a skill match up. Obvious, reckless mistakes can let him make a comeback, so play safe even with the advantage. Anti-heal might be a good idea. Main tips: Don't get into long trades pre-6, he wins those. You win with bursts. When he uses Q, come closer to him, the inner circle of his Q deals way less damage and you also are now closer to punish him for his foolishness.”
gladiatorrr4 says “Take care about Darius E. Stay out of his Q range and try to poke from far away. Save your E to get away when he uses his pull on you.”
Phrxshn says “One of Singed hardest match-up. You will definitely need to mirror his Summoner's Spell(Flash/Ghost). Decimate(Q) needs to be dodged or juked out, but if you can't go to his handle of his Axe as it does not apply Hemmorhage nor heal him. Fight him after he casts his Crippling Strike(W) and duration goes away. Save your fling for his Apprehend(E), let him use his (E) first then fling. Avoid fighting him with 5 stacks of Hemorrhage. Use your Mega Adhesive to prevent him from casting his Noxian Guillotine(R). (Sustained 1v1 Trades: Darius) (Recommended Items: Rylai's Scepter) (Mega Adhesive stops his R) (Outscaling Edge: Singed) ”
Phrxshn says “Hard match-up. You will definitely need to mirror his Summoner's Spell(Flash/Ghost). Decimate(Q) needs to be dodged or juked out, but if you can't go to his handle of his Axe as it does not apply Hemmorhage nor heal him. Fight him after he casts his Crippling Strike(W) and duration goes away. Save your Pillar of Ice for his Apprehend(E).Avoid fighting him with 5 stacks of Hemorrhage. (Sustained 1v1 Trades: Darius) (Recommended Items: Deadman's Plate) (Outscaling Edge: Even) ”
3251 says “- Bait out his Q early lvls by wiggling in lane
- Walk inside him when he uses his Q or use E/R to dodge his outer Q
- Take Short Trades
- Use shroud to wait out his Passive if he fully stacks it
- Let him shove in and try to freeze near tower
- if he wastes E / misses outer Q you can all in and kill
- Be Careful of his cheese in the top lane bushes after leashing”
The_Real_Wickd says “Darius is one of Shen's absolutely biggest nightmares. Playing against him will make you rip your hair out.
You have to be extremely careful once you meet this guy on the rift. Often he will be running Flash and Ghost which is the scariest combination. If he got Flash and Ghost it's absolutely crucial that you never push him. If you are pushing he will run you down with Ghost and you're going to die every single time. Allow him to push you under tower and focus on safely farming. If you want to kill Darius it's important that you coordinate a gank with the jungler. You can only win 2v1, but be careful of 2v2 scenarios.
It's a much easier matchup if he's running Flash and Teleport. In that case you can kinda play the lane however you want.”
Tulho says “SEMPRE FAZENDO TROCA CURTA CONTRA DARIUS, POIS SUA PASSIVA(HEMORRAGIA) COM 5 STACKS DEIXA O DARIUS MUITO FORTE.
SEMPRE FIQUE BEM PERTO DELE, POIS ELE VAI TER DIFICULDADE SE ACERTAR SEU Q(DIZIMAR).
TABI DE FIRST ITEM, POIS DARIUS SEMPRE COMPRAM ITEMS DE VELOCIDADE DE MOVIMENTO PARA CHEGAR EM SEUS ALVOS.
O SEU E(URSO) TEM UM PEQUENO DASH, SAIBA USAR ISSO AO SEU FAVOR.
SE VOCÊ QUISER CORTA CURA PODE, MAS ASSIM VOCÊ VAI ATRASAR MUITO SUA BUILD, MAS SE TIVER UMA SORAKA, AATROX, VIEGO, OLAF, YUUMI E ETC. VOCÊ DEVE.
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Vandenelis says “just try to farm, don't trade him, when he pulls you in use q under yourself, aa him once with e, and run away. Don't go too far away from your turret since if he uses ghost on you when you are further in the lane you will be dead
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A_Drunk_Carry says “A tricky matchup at times, but one that I feel is inherently 50-50. Darius will often go W level 1 to slow you and get off easy passive procs. Let him shove the wave early, you don't want to fight this lane until level 3. Darius is fairly immobile and easy to trap in your wall. Land an E, proc it with Q once you have 3-4 graves, and walk up to him. trap him in your W wall and let your ghouls do most of the work as you bonk him from time to time. NOTE: Grievous Wounds does WONDERs in this matchup due to Darius Q regen. ”
WayOfTheTempesst says “Top 3 hardest matchups in toplane. They have buffed Daruis so much in recent patches that even if you dodge all of his Qs he will still out damage you with just autos and ignite if he has it. The best thing you can do is take short trades and never let him get max 5 stacks of his passive on you or you will always lose the fight. Build double D blade and cloth armor early to have a chance. On the plus side, he is very easy to gank chained with Yasuos cc.”
Phrxshn says “One of the harder match-up. You will definitely need to mirror his Summoner's Spell(Flash/Ghost). Decimate(Q) needs to be dodged or juked out, but if you can't go to his handle of his Axe as it does not apply Hemmorhage nor heal him. Fight him after he casts his Crippling Strike(W) and duration goes away. Save your Seismic Shard for his Apprehend(E), let him use his (E) first then Primal Howl. Avoid fighting him with 5 stacks of Hemorrhage. (Sustained 1v1 Trades: Darius Early, Malphite Late) (Recommended Items: Sunfire Cape, Deadman's Plate) (Outscaling Edge: Malphite) ”
CaptianMike says “Way too strong early and can easily dive you. True damage ultimate plus a reliable engage with his E makes this a terrible lane. I personally always ban him.
Update: Darius just got buffed against tanks! This is a nightmare lane”
KingNklaus says “Way too strong early for Morde but you outscaling hard many people will think that Seeker's is a good choice but the best option is to go Haunting Guise it will help you to kill him fast enough so that you dont have to deal with his 5 bleed's also always ALWAYS flash his Q if he doesnt get that heal he's has good as dead all of this only post 6 dont be stupid he WILL kill you before 6 almost regardless
If he uses Q on minions you can go for a trade but do not overstay you cant kill him fast enough early game but you can definetly hurt him ”
Fuu Enju says “You can take him on easily. Avoid his Q because bleed damage can be a problem. Your combo will grant you a shield so it will help sustain your lane against him.”
Whobick says “Darius has the poke you wish you had, and a greater axe. Try and dodge his Q while poking with Undertow (Q). Olaf is good for long fights, and darius is just that much better. He can destroy you if you try to 1v1 so just sit back, and if you have a chance take it. Try to get ganks from your jungler and don't feed him!”
Phrxshn says “One of the harder match-up. You will definitely need to mirror his Summoner's Spell(Flash/Ghost). Decimate(Q) needs to be dodged or juked out, but if you can't go to his handle of his Axe as it does not apply Hemmorhage nor heal him. Fight him after he casts his Crippling Strike(W) and duration goes away. Save your Primal Howl for his Apprehend(E), let him use his (E) first then Primal Howl. Avoid fighting him with 5 stacks of Hemorrhage. Use your Primal Howl or Infinite Duress to prevent him from casting his Noxian Guillotine(R). (Sustained 1v1 Trades: Darius Early, Warwick Late) (Recommended Items: Blade of the Ruined King, Deadman's Plate) (Outscaling Edge: Warwick) ”
Veng Shotz says “flash/ghost on darius is generally a really annoying lane to play. Annoying, but manageable. Just be sure to ONLY EQ1 in lane as anything more than that will have him pull you for free and you either straight up die or lose the trade. ”
Devilofthewest says “Really comes down to the skill level of the darius. Test him to see how aggro they are and how well you can out play him. dodge his Q and go in for small trades , dont let him stack his passive. Aside from that, my full tank godzilla build works really well against him, rush bramble, bami, steel plateboot and then he cant 1v1 you.”
Phrxshn says “Hard match-up. You will definitely need to mirror his Summoner's Spell(Flash/Ghost). Decimate(Q) needs to be dodged or juked out, but if you can't go to his handle of his Axe as it does not apply Hemmorhage nor heal him. Fight him after he casts his Crippling Strike(W) and duration goes away. Save your Infected Cleaver for his Apprehend(E).Avoid fighting him with 5 stacks of Hemorrhage. (Sustained 1v1 Trades: Darius) (Recommended Items: Deadman's Plate) (Outscaling Edge: Dr.Mundo) ”
Phrxshn says “Hard match-up. You will definitely need to mirror his Summoner's Spell(Flash/Ghost). Decimate(Q) needs to be dodged or juked out, but if you can't go to his handle of his Axe as it does not apply Hemmorhage nor heal him. Fight him after he casts his Crippling Strike(W) and duration goes away. Save your Facebreaker for his Apprehend(E).Avoid fighting him with 5 stacks of Hemorrhage. (Sustained 1v1 Trades: Darius) (Recommended Items: Deadman's Plate) (Outscaling Edge: Even) ”
TheShadowCotoco says “🇧🇷: DARIUS É BEM FORTE DO LEVEL 1 AO LEVEL 6, MAS VOCÊ PODE LUTAR COM ELE, ESPERE ELE USAR UMA DE SUAS 3 SKILLS, NÃO ESQUEÇA DE FAZER CORTA CURA.
🇺🇸: DARIUS IS VERY STRONG FROM LEVEL 1 TO LEVEL 6, BUT YOU CAN FIGHT WITH HIM, WAIT FOR HIM TO USE ONE OF HIS 3 SKILLS, DON'T FORGET TO MAKE THORNMAIL.”
Oskarl3 says “probably sions worst matchup, you are an immobile tank, and he will shred you if you try and fight him one on one. try and freeze the wave and wait for your jungler to gank, the goredrinker build is best here because it gives you more health to play with.”
Lupus_ToplaneMain says “Normally its not that hard but i can play against darius, so i put him a little higher, even though the matchup is probably even. Try to q into his q so you take less damge, he doesnt heal and you dont get a passive stack. And you deal damge so dont q out!! Parry his w instead of e, because his w is easier to parry and it will give u one his passive stacks, his e wont!!
His ult is strong, so PAY ATTENTION! IF U HAVE 3+ PASSIVE STACKS GO AWAY, unless hes really really low, but dont towerdive. Also, his e has 24seconds cd until he reaches level 8!”
BigFatPotNoodles says “Darius is just as painful as garen, If you can stun him when he does Q you should win the trade/fight, no mobility to escape when having 5 haemorrhage stacks”
qveenevelynn says “Not a real threat, u can easily dodge his comp. Be carefull to his bleeding thing in your early laning phase. try your best to dodge”
J0hnny Joestar says “darius wins like 90% of matchups including garen but if he doesn't have his E up for some reason you can trade with him because your Q removes the slow from his W. i usually take phase rush into this matchup because it allows me to always escape before he gets his 5th bleed stack.”
ChevalierArlo says “Ganha a lane quem jogar melhor. Vá pra cima, não seja tocado pelo limite do machado, jogue ghouls sempre que tiver, aproveite-se dos cooldowns dele. Cuidado ao usar o W já que estão fazendo Quebra-passos pra ele. Use conquistador.”
ModelitoTime says “Avoid fighting him lvl 1 because he will just trample you and kill you. This matchup can be really hard if you want it to be, keep a safe distance from him, not too far but not too cloe either, keep him in poke range but stay far enough that he wont hit you with his Q. If you poke him down to the point where his around 3/4 hp or a little bit lower, you can all in him and easily kill him.”
Ratakor says “Personal ban, you can beat him easily in low elo, after gold elo you can either play passive and you will outscale him or play with ignite and try to kill him when you hit lvl 6 before him for exemple, anti-heal can be good against his Q”
kingchas2 says “Skill matchup. Early ganks are great since Darius players tend to be so aggressive. If you can manage to get him to blow his Flash or Ghost early then he loses all kill pressure on you and you can just kite him. Once you are 6 and have bork you should be able to kill him pretty easily. You can also use your ult to block his Q heal to ensure a kill. ”
nvckxwsky says “Darius is hard to play (especially in low elo!) but you can stomp that lane!
Dont fight with him lv 1-2 if he takes W
If he takes Q, you can all-in him lvl1!
Your main window for kill is lvl 3 and 6!
Ignite is really good vs him”
chokoryu says “I read several guides for Cho'Gath on mobafire and it seems like Darius is a perma-ban so that's basically what I ban all the time. I've been banning Darius since a long time ago.. To play against a Darius, you probably just want to get Q a few levels higher at first then E.”
Rime101 says “PHASE RUSH + Max Q
Sorc boots Asap
Take TP/Flash you don’t need to solo kill him so don’t bother with ignite.
He has high kill pressure on you, play the lane safe.
Survive lane = win game.
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RTO says “I have a VOD review below that will break it down really well. Don't at all trade with him before level 3. If he uses an ability and misses after you get level 3, you will out trade him every time. Watch his passive stacks and do go in if he has ANY on you. ”
RTO says “He's scary with high healing, but stay close to him so he can't heal! Don't be afraid, the closer you are, the better it works out. Take armor, and executioners. He has high CD's. ”
xxskipskipxx says “If he has Ghost don't push the wave and play safe dont trade unless he wastes his E or you dodge it!
If he has ignite or TP and doesnt have W lvl 1 you can go for trades else you have to wait for lvl 3!
Whenever Darius casts his Q you should Q into him to deny his Q dmg and healing!!
If you are having problems in this Matchup take Second Wind in the resolve tree and buy Dorans shield as the first item!”
RTO says “Hard to trade against, has insane armor shred, high damage and a long bleed dot. Disengage with E, play safe, don't feed him and you outscale as tank late.”
NeroZYN says “If played incorrectly, Darius can stomp you. Any slight miss positioning and you can easily die. You need to be able to dash into his Q to reduce the damage taken , and to fully commit to the fight. Do not try and kite away from him! His E is also buggy (in my opinion) making it really hard to dodge. Other than that, the matchup is actually very easy.”
SethPRG says “You should only ever be careful of Darius level 1, and if he has ignite or ghost. His all-in potential is scary, but you beat him if you punch him, literally. When Darius is about to use his Q, that's your signal to E him so you get put in the center, both avoiding the damage and bleed. If he W slows you before using Q, it's not the end of the world, and if you are level 6 you can just ult him during that anyways to dodge his Q. If he tries to ult you, you can ult him to cancel his ult, but you can't watch for the animation, you just have to predict it or else it will still hit you. If you're not about to kill him and are above 3 stacks of his bleed, you should try to move towards your turret, and if he still sticks on you and you don't think you will be able to reach your turret without getting 5 stacks and taking way too much damage, or just dying, keep fighting. No matter what you beat him at all stages of the game unless his passive is fully up and he outplays you. His only real threat to you is his Q heal from 5 stacks (which you can have 60% mitigated of from itemizing properly) and the nearly 1k true damage from his ult late game. You need to focus him first, ult him into his team so you can also simultaneously gap close on the ADC without Darius being a threat to run down your team. Trinity Force is the best way to keep steamrolling Darius so he never has a chance to fight back, but you'll want to get Bramble on your first back, and build Plated Steelcaps if you are behind or have completed your Mythic item. Take Death's Dance second item if there are more than 2 AD, otherwise build it 3rd, and eventually build a Sterak's Gage to survive his ult burst Mid-Late game.”
laoshin3v3 says “Conqueror
One of the hardest matchups especially early game if he uses E right before ult you won't be able to parry it. Dash into him when he uses Q so he doesnt get his healing off and either parry his ult or his E. 3+ Items you outscale him and win hard. ”
LoLReal says “Hard lane early levels, do not go for extended trades with him. Once we are 6 we can all in and win if lane has not gotten out of hand. Ignite is very good in this match up because snowballing is critical. Don't get behind in this match up or we won't win.”
Runtley says “Darius pull and his stupid bleeding thing that gives him a grievous wounds can make him hard to play against. I recommend you take Press The Attack when going up against him. I also recommend not to hid from him. He can pull and make you bleed, you will most likely die if you try and hide.”
PalestinianLuck says “Never let him Hit his Q to heal on you.
You finish him easily of before 6 if you always Block his W
Only go for burst trades
After 6 you should only block his ultimate with your E and nothing else. He will win against you in late”
Dannala says “Easy to poke early, now without Phage first item he's even easier to kite. His Q will kill your spiderlings as well as heal him significantly so either Rappel over it or bait it out then engage.”
SQU1DW4RD2 says “Proxy, but it's doable! Your movement will be hard for him to predict and run into him while he uses Decimate (Q). Beware from hemorrhage! (Passive Stacks)!”
RTO says “Very tough early game, watch out for brush cheese level 1. Favor's him at level 6, stand inside his spin so he can't heal. Call for early ganks. Consider Ignite, or ban him out.”
Breadcrumbs says “Darius abuses any mistake you make, and this is furthered by the fact that irelia is already a very punishable champion. When he Qs, Q to him so his Q does very little damage. If you manage to do this, chances are you will win the fight”
ineptpineapple says “Easy to kite and easy to escape, but its darius so watch out for the hook interupting your E or you are either dead or you will have to burn your ult and flash.”
aurus666lol says “Strong guy, go Phase Rush and try to play around his Q and E. He will totally beat you if he plays well. When he finish his mythic, you must know that he can rundown u from 100 to 0.”
Heckin says “Broken champ ban or dodge, if he's against you pray to god that he just picked up darius, because a good darius won't waste mana and will kill you pre-level 6.”
ChaseMorePlz says “He does a lot of damage early game with his bleed so don't fight, trade or cs near him unless his abilities are down. You can stand in the center of his Q Decimate, the ability when he swings his axe in a circle to do damage. He is very immobile. Also has a rather long ranged pull on his E that you need to stay away from. Other than that, the matchup is easy and you can kill him with good stacks, farming and wave management. I like to play this matchup smart by not dying.”
SpartanDumpster says “This is a match up that can go either way. Darius is tanky enough for your passive to threaten him, but not enough to guarantee you'll win trades. His pull is something to make sure you dodge. Darius' often have a habit of spinning immediately after using their pull ability, so as long as you dodge that pull, he'll have two abilities on cooldown, which may be the best time to punish him before level 6.”
Otp Fiora Sorry says “tentar abusar dele early game com as runas certas mata o lvl 1 (usando ignite!) depois a lane fica mais suave de jogar ... caso não consiga dar counter com o seu w no w dele que vai conseguir ganhar a troca ! quando ele usar E ou Q use W.
Use seu Q pra se reposicionar quando ele usar aquele círculo de dano. Quando mais pra fora dele, maior o dano.”
Hyzerik says “Darius is a lame match up because he is just so strong. Rush BORK and then GW and you should be good. E his Q so he doesn't get any damage on you and W his R so he can't kill you. If he dodges your W you are most likely dead so try and get out of there unless you think you can win.”
Hippo Boi says “If he has ghost, you are probably screwed. If not, dodge his Q by jumping into him with your W. If you have grasp, you'll win the trade. ALWAYS avoid his Q and don't trade after lvl 6.”
Vielia says “Tricky lane, you can totally can kill him 1vs1 but you have to take care of his 5 marks, also when he ults you use your W to stop his ult damage and ruining his kill potential”
OmegaDelta000 says “You can go even with a Darius as long as you avoid fights until level 6. Do not let him hit his Q sweetspot. If he does it's his win, usually.”
RedNBlue says “I would put Darius in the even threat due to your passive shield and his ability to have a bit of trouble going through that without busting a hard q. You can be pretty annoying to a Darius as your ultimate will render him dead. But people just don't know how to really play against a Darius and will still end up letting him snowball one way or the other.”
DaSticks says “Bait his hook by pretending to auto-attack him and then cancelling. Try and buy boots before him as him having a movespeed advantage means he can run up and hook you! Walk or flash into close range of his Q to take reduced damage and stop the heal when all-inning, combine this with blind so he can't auto you!”
OmegaDelta000 says “This is just an example, but what's really dangerous is adcs that can kite you hard like Vayne or champions that last longer than you, like... I don't know, but you get the point.”
ZakNotKyle says “This match depends on how you play it. If you are too aggressive, it's over. If you play smart and use your passive within the correct timing, you'll get in and out of engages and potentially win the lane.”
JannaMainOTP800K says “Dont let him grab you as he will slice you into pieces afterwards. If he misses his grab its time to take out your AAs and show him why he hates ranged toplaners if he starts to get close use your Q to get him of. Past 6 you should also consider Ulting if he manages to grab you in order to compromise losses”
WlCK_PJ says “If you are new with Aatrox better pick Sett against Darius, but if not then you know you need to play pretty safe also trying to bully him on the lane”
NoFriendsPlayLoL says “You both hurt pre-6. If you take ignite and they have ghost, you actually have the kill pressure in lane. You can block his true damage with your E which can win you extended trades and block his ultimate chaining in team fights.”
Raideru says “This matchup is a bit more tricky, it's mostly skill wise whenever Darius tries to q u either try staying inside of him or jumping on him directly to deny the heal afterwards using your counter strike after he attempts to auto you and then just walk away. Later on you hard outscale him in 1v1.”
LeSocair says “Complicated matchup, careful of his E and remember to cleanse his W. He's got a blind spot on his Q, if you can't run away from it, get close to him and you'll dodge it. Careful with his passive, always, the last tick does double the damage. Buy Phage, not Sheen.”
SaltCat says “This champ is just broken, early game play safe he destroys you , wait for at least level 3 get your passive ready and then try to fight him, use your q to dodge his q ”
sauronkaiser says “fighting Darius depends the skill level of the enemy player. A bad darius can be taken down easily, a good one is a threat until like level 6. Then you can outdamage him with your ult, but NEVER understimate him; a good combo can always take you down if you mess up your combos and positioning. Watch very carefully his blood stacks and use the wall to poke him.”
CattoNuts says “Bring Phase Rush and ignite, since darius players are almost always taking ghost (won't have to match TP). Only trade with Q, E, and auto. Keep W+empowered W when he slows you to recover from trade + disengage. NEVER do extended trades.”
The Real Fake says “Darius completely denies Hecarim's laning power. His slows for E & W denies the damage boost from your passive, also prevents you from kiting him out. As you ramp up your Conqueror and Q, he just gets stacks his passive on you. Once everything is stacked up/ready (Q + Conq + Last Stand), Darius also has his passive ramped up with bonus AD and a max damage R ready to execute you. Darius is stronger than you throughout the whole game.”
TioKirb says “Some may disagree with me on this, but Darius is an easy matchup, I only positioned him here because he can snowball quite hard, but he can't do anything if you use your resources flawlessly.”
Urgodzilla says “In early game he wins by default even if you do everything correctly. The best thing you can do is Eing his E. Try not to give him free Q healing and damage. Be cautiuos if he has Ghost, he will just run you down if you don't respect this. You can kill him lvl6 if he does something stupid. After lvl9 (or lvl13 if he is ahead) you outscale him.”
not normal says “If you can kite this guy whilst also keeping lane control, Yay you win the laning phase. If not, he'll quickly outscale you and raep ur anus.”
Teynachi says “My nightmare. I ban him in every game from January 2020. You don't have much chances to win this matchup. I recomend ban him every game like me, but if you play vs him, just play full defensive. Don't try fight him early, but if there is no way out, avoid his Q which gives him a heal and his E at all costs. Try to fling him back if he goes all in.”
AmericanNut says “His passive will bleed your fish body dry, this is the defintion of Culinary Degredation, and your E won't be of too much use against Hemorrhage.”
AmericanNut says “His early game is good, so is yours. But you cannot beat him without Plated Steel Caps, wait for him to initiate with his E pull, once he does that, he will likely Q, use Shield Vault to get too close to him for his axe to hit, and then burst him down.”
Wyvernwolfy says “if they flash E you, its basically over. not very reactible but possible. If he has ghost don't leave tower if you don't have flash.”
Ramixx says “He pretty much just beats you same as Morde except he is easier to deal with. Their is also some outplay to him but unless you have already snowballed a bit successfully 1v1ng him is very slim”
bocchicken says “People THINK Darius is a hard Ornn counter, they are VERY wrong.
Stand in your wave so when he goes to trade on you his Q will push. Farm under your tower and look to Q + W + AA on him and then E out. He is unable to respond so it's free damage. You can look to all in him at level 6 after a few of these trades and it's practically a guarenteed kill. ”
narsil reforged says “Pegue barreira.
A não ser que você vacile muito ao ponto de levar dano da metade exterior do Q do Darius, a matchup é surpreendentemente fácil.
O segredo da matchup é utilizar o q pra "entrar" na metade inferior da girada do machado dele, anulando a cura e fazendo-o deixar de obter um stack. Trocando auto-ataques com ele e ficando esperto pra usar o Uivo Primitivo quando ele der o slow do W, você come o bonecão na porrada. A barreira é mais pra garantir mesmo, caso você faça caquinha ou ele resolva dar um dogashow montage de flash+W
Se ele vacilar e deixar você pegar level 2 mais ou menos no mesmo tempo que ele, upe o w instantaneamente, ative-o e corra pra forçar o flash do Bonecão. Cuidado com o mid game na side contra ele, por conta do Quebrapassos.
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OctavePlayer says “Not much of a threat due to him having to walk to attack. Bully him until he hits 6. After that, only all in him if certain for a kill. ”
KillMeMyFriend says “Whenever you going to attack him make sure you do from max range. His E grab and slow and W slow will shut you down easily. Be extreme carefull if he has Ghost.”
Mr. Popper says “Darius is a special matchup because if you go even with him you auto win after level 9 due to Gnars passive gaining a little attack range after each level up. Since level 9 is a bit aways, Phaserush can help you stay safe against the ghosting Darius. Only proc Phaserush after he slows you if he pulls you in. ”
Toliam says “Phase Rush Tech makes this lane kinda manageable, when he gets mercs he can run you down with ease.
Early Rylai + Liandries does do horrible things to him.”
XtheZ115 says “Darius is rough. His E will keep you in check and his sustain from his Q makes kiting rough. Hopefully he will not know how to deal with your proxy, because laning against him stacks the odd in his favor. ”
Bombabo says “Darius will do everything in his power to bully you in lane. He will punish you for trying to farm, and can turn trades into fights, which heavily favor him. Even if you are ahead, Darius is more than capable of turning a fight to his advantage, So I would recommend playing safe until you hit your powerspike and can easily deal with him
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bocchicken says “use your W to avoid his Q if it is going to hit you with the blade part, and then use your Q to escape. As long as you respect the range on his pull, you should be fine.”
Timesoul977 says “I've met terrible Darius players that Pantheon can defeat but to those good Darius players Pantheon will get destroyed. You should use your E when Darius uses hes Q and or E. He's my favorite ban.”
NoxianBlood says “Darius always wins lane against Sion if you manage to solo Darius in Lane with Sion the Darius is definitely doing something wrong, just play passive and try to farm with your abilities in a way so he can't reach you with his grab, once you survive laning phase and got Sterak First item, and Warmog, and Titanic, you should be fine in team fights since Darius can't deal Max health damage, so he will deal just flat damage so stacking allot of HP and shields with make his all in useless just don't stay too long in fight he may not have Max Health damage, but he still deals a lot of damage, and has armor penetration, so HP will make you survive just the all in the team fight, also don't make him stack 5 on you, cause he will switch target and wipe out all your squishies and leave you useless for last.”
DarkNavarre says “His pull is really nasty and has a deceptively long range that is comparable to your auto range, and he will always win trades past 1 or 2 autos, and mostly wins those trades as well. Play safe and definitely manage that lane well.”
UnMaskedDeity says “He's Darius, just ban him... Darius will bully you out of existence so don't get close and just poke at him with W if you have to fight him. ”
DarkWolfDavid says “Hes impressive in the meta, He has a lot of heal. The only way you can counter him is dodging his abilities, or 2v1 him with a jungler.”
wtkr says “Also a ban worthy champion. Trades against Darius are winnable, but one mistake made immediately allows Darius to kill you and snowball into oblivion.”
hahadead7777 says “Like most in your face champions he will win most fights. Save your E until he pulls that way you can bounce away. It's also good to bait out his E with your mobility as it matches your auto attack range”
MrMuckDuck says “A level 6 Darius has more advantage than you can imagine. It doesn't matter if your E is a real life-saver sometimes. If Darius manages to hit you in mid-air, you will still bungle.”
Stijnzxz says “I am Darius main and i can tell that if u 1v1 a Darius u are having a hard time... if u do play aigenst this bullshit champ just dont try to go in melee range or he will hook u and run u down with Ghost.. ask ur JG for some assist if it is viable!! but he is a ban worth so dont fuck with urself xd”
Cayteer says “He beats you in every stage of the game. Try not to get into his E range. At 6 , work with your jungler to CC chain him and kill him before he kills both of you.”
Noodles912 says “If you always social distancing him, you are fine. Play chicken always, and you will outscale him. Look to freeze in lane so he needs to play up. If he manages to hook you, W will stop his Q and R, but not his passive bleed. Spam Q to stay healthy.”
Randomwest says “Respect darius passive and conq stacks
he can cheese first level
try to trade after lvl 3
dodge his Q and dissengage
after divine you should be able to win 1v1”
Boblet says “Big D can only dance with you if you make a mistake or he goes grasp. Otherwise you should take advantage of most players trying to lane bully as him to get some fat stacks.”
RyvalAlex says “Surement le matchup le plus dur. Jouer très safe et attendre son jungle. Ou essayer de trades après un e rater ou un Q spell dans les sbires.”
I Am Goliath says “Very hard since darius does super well against tank characters. He can also cancel your Q with his E so keep that in mind. It's not super easy for him to kill you but it's practically impossible to kill him in this lane, so try your best to just survive and scale up, use your ult to get other lanes ahead. If he ever gets a few stacks on you just back off of him.”
Alan234 says “Either go ignite+electrocute or ghost+phase rush. Buy boots first, go swifties and max w second.
You basically either kill darius when he runs into you or you run from him simple as that. Use shrooms to kite him and dont get hooked early or you kinda just die”
AWierdShoe says “Try to go forward baiting for his Q and backing off without getting hit whenever you can. If Q is on cooldown, then you can go for short trades, blocking his W with your W and getting out of there ASAP. Never do extended trades in this match-up except if he's already low and you KNOW you can kill him before he kills you. If you’re in the middle of a trade that looks good for you HP-wise, then once he starts his Q, E inside the middle of it to deny most of the damage and all of the healing.”
I Am Goliath says “Darius is a very hard match up for any tank. You are going to want to try to bait out his Q's and not let him get any of his passive stacks on you. If he ever gets multiple stacks try to back off. Try your best to stay alive in this lane and wait for a gank since Darius doesn't do good against a gank.”
TrinityForceYasuo says “Darius is a big bully in lane. Try to punish him for the minions level as much as you can. If you do so lvl 2 if he uses his Q and fails it go in for a trade/all-in, if he didnt use his Q till then and he does after you are in combat with him do not dash onto him untill he uses Q so when he does use it dash on him to deny the heal and take much less dmg. If you fail early you shouldnt really be able to win against him later in the lane expect if you get camped. Try tom avoid at all cost not to give him 5 stacks because after that you wont win.Dash around the minion wave when there is a big one and try to kite him. If he gets 3 to 4 stacks onto you kite so the stacks will go away and then you can go back in for a trade. Good darius players might avoid all that stuff and just smash you in lane. If they play with teleport don't be that afraid, but if he does play with ghost its really scary, one mistake and you are dead, he will run you down and you wont escape.”
eBrixton says “Darius is a difficult, but managable matchup. Play safe and ask for jungle help. Make sure to q INTO him if he press q and you can't dodge the radius.”
Scoothare says “God damn I hate this matchup. Rush executioners calling and build mortal reminder as third item (after core). Dodge his spinny thing (Q).”
NickCola Tesla says “As a Darius main, there is zero way for a competent Darius to lose this lane. Go the tank rune setup designed for ranged matchups, since you don't even want to get into AA range of him. Or, take Arcane Comet and purchase a Doran's Ring if you want to poke at him more, and consider maxing your E first. Once you begin stacking armor, you can CONSIDER stepping up to melee range to CS more appropriately, but I would still just give up anything past the halfway point towards his tower, even if you're playing from range. Check the "high threat matchups" section for greater detail!”
viktoreeu says “This is a very annoying matchup.
Just try to play as safe as you can, aa+e out trade pre-6, you outscale this matchup, and you can kill him too, just don't try to all-in a Darius lv1.
Punish him if he is wasting his Q/W on the wave and you have enough health and fury.
Respect his damage and champion and outscale.
Runes: Tempo (sorc).
I always go ghost, ignite if you are confident you can cheese him l2”
R3mI says “be careful at darius with ghost and don't go much longer than half of the line lane because he can use ghost and catch you up and kill you. but you can keep q w him and when he try to e you and w q or q w you use e inside him and he can't not longer get heal through his q out of his range. ”
GARDENZE says “Trocar com um bom Darius exige uma precisão clinica; compre botas de segundo item, deixe a wave puxar pra sua torre e a controle bem, evite a todo custo farmar perto de Darius pois qualquer troca melee até o level 6 leva a seu flash ou sua morte, farme com o Q no maximo range e com o E principalmente os minions canhão, pra ganhar a troca dê poke com os ghouls e o baite caitando com Q e correndo nos CDs, baite ele que vai atrás de voce até que sua HP esteja bem baixa por causa dos ghouls e finzalize. OBS: deixe seu jungler de lado a maior parte do tempo do contrario será um double kill.”
StrikeX114 says “Darius' main threat comes in his passive, Apprehend (E), and his ultimate. Be careful to maintain a safe distance from him, and he won't be much of a threat towards you until his first major item spike. To counter him, you may want to consider running double armor runes (for a total of 12 extra armor) to mitigate his damage.”
Saarlichenbog says “Darius can be super oppressive in lane but can be won with proper knowledge and execution of the matchup. As a ranged champion, Darius relies on pulling you in with his E to pull off his combo. It can be extremely tempting to move up in lane for creeps but you will most likely get run down by Darius who typically takes a combination of Ghost and Nimbus Cloak which makes it impossible to escape his E. Spacing between each other and freezing the wave properly under your tower will limit Darius's ability to bully you in lane until you outscale him at 3 items.”
Chessylex says “He's stronger than you pretty much the entire game. Just make sure you dodge his outer Q and don't take extended trades where he gets to auto you to death. Kite like a bitch and you should be fine. Don't approach the guy with you have less than a third HP as he can flash Q+R you to death instantly.”
Bradybattlemask says “Dorans shield and second wind negate his bleed. Kite him and all in him with minions up and cage. He doesn't scale into team fights well, end his game at the beginning,”
Captain Dantems says “Depende, se você ficar pokeando e não tomando o Q dele ficará fácil matá-lo, mas não estenda a troca. Grasp com inspiração, compre carrasco. ”
ItsPaulygon says “Skill match up, try to bait out his E. And if he try's to Q you, make sure you're in the inner circle of the blade if you're trying to trade. If he wins lane, you won't be able to outscale him late game. Try to get your jungler to gank a lot and beat him so that he can't be a threat.”
TheMightyNinja says “Passive : his passive deals damage over time and can be stacked up to 5 times, his passive can be triggered by basic attacks, his Q or his W. Notice that reaching 5 stacks will also boost his damage.
Q :After a 0.75 seconds delay he spins in a circle damaging enemies, if any enemy champions are hit Darius heals himself 15% of his missing health for every champion hit up to 45%. To win the matchup you must not let him hit this ability by any means, you can counter it by using E/Flash inside/outside the circle depending on the situation.
W: slows enemies hit by 90% for 1 second, it is also a basic attack reset, you can block it with your W and it is noticeable by a red blade spinning on the middle of his axe and a sound effect.
E : If his E hits will pull you towards him...meh!?
R : Darius will execute any champion that is low enough on health and has 5 stacks of his passive on it, do not try to block that with your ultimate because it deals true damage and it will bypass your shield resulting in you wasting your ultimate.
Do not fight him at level 1, specially if he has ghost/ignite+W, try to notice wich skill he got 1st. Do not let him get xp advantage, from level 2 let him engage you can make short trades with grasp + empowered Q as long as you don't get hit by his Q. From level 3 use your W to block his W and make sure you back before he gets 5 stacks of passive on you. If he gets as low as half hp and wastes any cooldown you can kill him with a long trade. To win a long trade with Darius you must be sure that you utilise your passive to the fullest potential, that means your 1st ability that you use in that trade must hit him, either Q or E to get shorter cooldown on passive and trigger it twice in the trade!!!!!
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HarrisGER says “Depends on the practise. If running ghost /ignite keep distance. Keep barrel on you when he all ins you, aa barrel and run out, can be poked with q afterwards.”
Klappy says “- Acercate a él cuando use su Q o esquiva el borde de su Q con tu E o tu R
- Tradeos Cortos
- Usa tu W para esperar a que se vayan los stacks de su pasiva
- Si desperdicia su E o su Q puedes matarlo de All In”
RankOneZesin says “Yeah darius match up
everyone complaining
Yo Zeven why vs darius is so hard to play guess what Q Healing + passive + w+ slow +e make tha match up unplayble the only think you can do is to rush ingite and go for heavy trades lvl 2-3 or solo kill him before he gets R also if you kill him early gamee and the spot is on good spot for freez just spam freez for years and let your jungler perma gank him and make him 0”
aiSky says “Champions able to execute Kled in its dismounted form can be hard to play against.
However is not the end of the world. You can still destroy them, and as far as you keep mounted, and they wont be able to kill you with their ultimate.”
GLP1 says “Try to play aggressive darius before he gets his ultimate.
If you manage to get about two kills out of him, he can no longer beat you all the way early and mid game.”
MrGasYourGirl says “Easy. It's a skill match up (according to 40k xp Silver Singed player aka average Plat autistic Garen ignite player). An easy skill match up if you're an autist who believe he's a Canadian War Hero (they don't exist) and dabbles extensively with hallucinogens...alone...because no friends...so eating teemo schrooms alone...that is what makes him a skill match up. ”
wolfclaw3812 says “Skill matchup: if you can dodge Darius' hook, he can't catch you. If you can't, you can't run away. On-hit if you're confident, AP if you're not. ”
Papa Urgot says “anti healing you need and armour boots. make sure he used his q before you commit or when you harrased him with some Q's. you can also use your flash to flash in darius if he tries to heal with his Q.”
Whackguy says “Darius is all-around really OP right now. Play it safe and give fast trades with autos and E's away. Probably a good idea to build Mortal Reminder before Quickblades. ”
DoubleQ says “I always permaban this cunt in ranked if i play nasus
This champ is a fucking cunt and if you feed him, he can 1v5
just pray that you wont die nd AVOID THE HOOKS ”
LOLArfopi says “Regardless of what anyone says, Darius is quite an easy but very tricky opponent. Same thing with Cho' Gath applies: Play around his cooldowns. Also, your E blocks his W completely, so use it while trading to prevent the extra Hemorrhage stack and slow. ”
NotAMicrowave says “Darius' ability to cheese you level 1 may prove to be a problem, but his bleed will be an issue when taking close fights to the death, but overall you should outscale him pretty hard unless he gets a huge early lead and snowballs.”
LippyDarren says “Skill Matchup. Go spin into Q. If he saves his hook, depending on situation you have to back off. If he wastes his hook, spin into Q while pressing W in between to mitigate damage from all his bleeds and his W. You should use your Q only after he uses his W to cleanse the slow”
Nicklstherealone says “Dont fight him Early Levels wait till 9 and kill him then or just till you hit Blackcleaver in Fight he is weaker you need to dash with your E into his Q (Spin) ghen he wont heal up and you get free-engage. ”
pedrohnasc says “My personal experience vs Darius: If he has Ghost, you're screwed. If he has Teleport, try to dodge the blade of his Q and you'll be safe.”
NPGRiven says “Honestly this matchup isn't extremely hard, but you can be punished very easily. Which is why I have put it so high up on the scale. When he uses Q you always want to make sure you step inside of him to avoid getting hit by his outer Q, as Riven this isn't that hard. Level 1 you are able to all-in him if he starts Q, if he starts W, don't bother.
Never trade into him if he already has some bleed stacks on you, wait out the stacks before going in. The best thing to do is freeze near your tower, Darius can run you down in lane very easily, and will take ghost like 75% of the time.”
Pyroen says “Generally a dominating champion for top lane currently, Kayle can safely keep her distance from Darius. Save your W for a quick escape. Once you hit level 6, poke him often and he will hesitate trying to all in you.”
Womsky says “Scaling set up with doran's shield/long sword start, A boring ass lane if knows what he is doing, if he has no ignite you can trade lvl 1 with fury, its just about punishing his cds especially if he misses E, but over all a hard lane cause you get punished by half of your health bar if u mess up while his mistakes goes on unchecked mostly, the higher you get in elo the worst it gets, cause any gank/disturbance in wave which causes the lane to push for him could be fatal, and darius players learn to wave control well and punish there over extended enemies, just scale and farm if you see no chances of a kill, especislly if he rushes tabies like a rat, if the wave starts pushing into him you can look to trade some of your hp to make him push the wave, which is by letting him auto you or Q the wave to make him push you in, a very good way to get back the wave into your favour if it gets messy.”
I am so chill says “skill matchup.Do not waste ur e allways poke him with ur q s lvl 3 aa can hurt him alot with your combo.However you should be really carefull about his q outside dmg,if you re going for a all in and when he uses q use ur e to get inside of him and auto attack w avoid getting 5stack passive.I dont recommend going all in against this guy unless he s low.”
clalobaciel says “If Darius manages to get on you and do damage with his 5-stack passive, it is extremely difficult to win unless he messes up or you manage to parry his ult. His damage output is crazy and it's hard to win in lane unless you know what to look for. You have to be able to win early, and if you are ahead enough, fighting him late game shouldn't be too much of a problem. ”
jackss72 says “skill matchup, never q engage, wait for his q then q on him, or if he misses his e for some reason. you can win early easily with ignite.”
Kartaen says “Don't fight him, if he has ult. E him if he casting Q. Use W to avoid his W.
Highly recommended to build "core build(variant 2)" with Thornmail against him.”
Raphi0216 says “If you can dodge his Qs, you're fine. If he cancels your E, you're dead. Respect his Run-it-down engage with ghost. Don't play longer trades as he will outtrade you with his passive. ”
Randombeastmode says “Darius destroys you, no matter your hopes or dreams, your only hope of winning this matchup...
Of winning the game is by splitpushing and helping your team, the tryndbuffs may have changed this, but so far he is so powerful, that you can't 1v1 him, if he plays properly with conqueror and ghost.
With lucky crits, your Q buff, maybe some damage from dblade, you can all in him, if you get an advantage, say a level advantage by pushing or a wave advantage.
Try to get him to hit you in your wave, it should allow you to get some more DPS to use against him.”
A55AILANT says “Try to avoid his pull, and kite him. He can decimate you if you get caught, keep your W for escaping, unless you're planning for an all in with your jungler”
IJustWannaCuddle says “This match up is not fun. Darius wants to be up close and personal with tanks. If you can manage to fight him and trade after he misses a pull or burns his Q while you are in close you can out trade but rush your Thorn for the Q heal. ”
MorganJary says “He somehow manages to strip you out of most of your armor, and then execute you with true damage. It is possible to manage him, but he is annoying regardless.”
Lost Robot says “He can snowball pretty hard if you let him get an early lead, but you won't.
Hope that Darius goes for a level 1 cheese. *As long as you get the first auto,* you'll almost always win this fight with Ignite. If he autos first, there's a possibility he can outplay you and get his passive activated early enough for him to win the all-in. If you predict the cheese and you're the first one to auto, you'll win the all-in easily.
Besides that, he really can't be much of a problem. Be extremely aggressive. Don't back off when he uses his Q, or else he'll heal. Note that if you have 3 stacks and he uses his Q, you can use Devour to pull him in so you get hit by the handle instead.”
daito Okami says “Dorans blade conq dominations start you can go ignite tp or ignite/flash.
respect his level 1 try to poke him with q only don't go for passive wait up until level 2 and u can try to all in him by q aa e aa e aa ignite. Dodge his q with e and use shroud if he pulls u so he doesn't auto attack you for free.”
Lenter says “Don't try to kill him if Darius knows what he is doing. If he has a nice skin and you see that he is building correct then watch out, just outscale him by farming under your turret. Be even more careful if he is running ignite. Ask jungler to apply pressure. ”
Frostyfps says “Avoid fighting him at lvl 1 since you won’t have passive, start e and let him push you in. E him after he autos you so that your creeps target him. Once it pushes to tower stack your passive and look for fights, especially since it will be pushing back and you will have exp advantage over him. Don’t be afraid to fight him even if he looks spooky. Make sure he has no boneplating before all-inning him and land your E before you go in AND make sure you have passive. Save your last Q for his Q, spam your Q when they pull you if they are charging his Q. If you don’t get hit by his outer Q you will typically win, same goes later levels however I would avoid fighting him after 3 items if you are not ahead of him since it will take you too long to kill him and he will get his passive.”
SaltCat says “Ignite recommended, use your q or e to dodge his q, level 1 go aggresive if you know he started q, if he started w then play passive until 3 ”
lillia spam god says “if he hits you, you basically lose. thats the rules of laning against darius. make sure to use your dashes to dodge his abilites or you will die.”
Time1Save says “After patch 10.25, it becomes difficult to avoid unfavorable LVL 1-2 trades. But if you play well you will never give him the opportunity to kill you on the line, block his R with your E, and never panic. So delay the moment when it outscales you, as long as you can. But as long as you play with an advantage, you have to give your team an advantage as well .”
Sylrath says “Si controlas bien las distancias y no dejas que acierte su Q, nunca debería darte problemas. Freeze to win. Lleva Ignite y el Lane Bully serás tú.”
Defensivity1 says “Can very easily kill you or chunk you for half your health bar if you get inside his E range, give up minions to not die or take too much damage at level 6 you should be able to kill him if played correctly.”
Legal Loli Lulu says “Phase Rush(Sorcery) + Second Wind(Resolve, secondary) makes this matchup easier. Play around your Phase Rush cooldown.
If you're not using Phase Rush: Only engage when you know you can run away from his hook.”
Colbasz says “Don't get pulled. If you can do that, you've won. Its easy to keep your distance early with your Q and W, and after you get lvl 6, you can keep poking and kiting him from a safe distance. Try to bait his pull and then punish him for it.”
BushBox says “Start doran's shield, resepect his very good lvl 1, if he has 5 passive stacks on you try to get out the fight unless its a guarantee kill. (More details in matchup section)”
Luceris says “Standard Glacial Runes
Build Duskblade or Trinity Force
This is a fairly easy matchup. You outrange all of his abilities with base auto range. His E is 575 range, which is 25 less than your range. So unless you play your range wrong he cannot get to you unless he uses Flash or Ghost. Glacial is to make sure he does not get onto you once he has his Trinity Force, and so that you can run him down the lane. The only reason this is not a Minor Lane is due to his insane damage if he lands an E. Just stay out of E range and get to 20 stacks and then the lane is super free.”
Mordekaiserrrrrrr says “Darius vs Morde is a fairly even matchup, just avoid fighting him at levels 1 and 2. If you can get Darius to make mistakes during fights or put him behind in cs, then you can easily win lane. ”
OmegaDelta000 says “Play safe. Don't even try to fight. Take W level 1 and farm because if you get close to that thing you're done for. When you get Rhaast and Grievous Wounds you may be able to kill him.”
SnarkyAlpaca says “I'll give Darius a 4 even though he could easily be a 2 once you learn to deal with him.
Early game trades are entirely centered around quick trades and getting out. All Darius players want to "Q" you with his AoE ability that adds a stack of his bleed.
The counter to this is that if you see him start to swing his "Q" animation, quickly stand on top of him and while you'll still take damage it won't add his Bleed Effect and it won't hurt as much. You'll win almost all trades if you duck inside of his "Q".”
ArmandChad69 says “You have superior range, however Darius has way higher melee kill range. Make sure to kite properly with your EQ combos, with that way he will way less of an issue.”
SlukDog says “Kiteble, if he use ghost hope you are able to run away if not save your Ult to negate his ult he can still stack his passive on you even if you are ulted so watch out for that. ”
TPOT Xolla says “Darius is lane where he decides what happens. You cannot contest him or the minion wave at all before lvl 6. If he manages to kill you once or twice before lvl 6 the game is over and he can repeat kill you. Play very safe early. It's okay to miss CS early as you will outscale him in splitpushing.”
Penguinoverlord1 says “Darius can engage on you pretty easily with his E and force bad trades in the early laning phase. As long as you avoid the Q damage and the E damage, you will outscale him in the late game.”
LoL destroyer says “If you avoid his Q's and then go into your combo you will beat Darius every time. Just play smart against him and don't get to aggressive.”
Seba846b says “People always say that its so hard to lane against darius as aatrox it really isn't just stay away from close combat unless he is low and u have ult and for god sake dogde his W Q combo ”
OmegaDelta000 says “Just try not to fight him in early, starting from midgame you should be fine.
I really have no clue what counters a Kled, don't even ask about synergies.”
YoungTact says “My perma ban if i intend to play poppy. DO NOT PICK POPPY into this matchup. Care for his all in with Ghost. Try to dodge his Q's and if u get pulled in E towards a minion behind you. Play lane to farm and use W/R defensively if he plans to all in you.”
qasddsa says “Do not push the lane, freeze the wave, and keep your distance. If he walks up, you back up. You can take either Kleptomancy or Fleet Footwork against him. If he pulls you, you can disengage and deal some damage with Q and W. Remember that he only heals on the outside area of his spin, so once you're ranged you can use this to kite him and deny his heal.”
KajiKumihoAkukei says “This matchup isn't as hard as it looks. Just play safe and wait for your jungler to gank and gank again.
Just don't give him an early lead.”
PH45 says “Darius is quite hard matchup for Qiyana. Darius is a big lane bully, and his damage output and his E make him a scary foe to face. Your best bet is to farm with Q from range and wait for ganks since you'll likely get squashed 1v1 unless you are miles ahead of him. You can kite him quite will with your dashes, but most Darius's run Ghost to lessen the chance of getting kited.”
PH45 says “Quite a difficult one, you can't really escape him that well once his got his grasp on you so try to play it safe and if your jungler comes make sure you stay out of his Q, you can avoid it by using your W on him as it blinks you onto him and you are momentarily untargetable so it wont hit you. ”
PH45 says “Another really difficult lane. Darius is a lane bully against most melee laners and Sylas is no exception. Poke with your Q but don't get caught in his pull or you'll probably die. Darius has no escapes outside his summoners so keep your vision up and ask your jungler to gank. After a few deaths Darius will be pretty weak and you shouldn't be as afraid of him anymore if he is behind. Tabis are really valuable in this matchup.”
AlanVenator says “Darius is considered to be a lane bully, he is no exception against Urgot. The key to winning this matchup is survive the early game. Use your E every time he tries to grab you. Play safely and try to poke him a little bit since you will deny his all-in potencial. After level 6, you can kill him on your own if you play it well. Since he is an inmobile champion you can easily kill him every time with the help of your jungler so ping help every time your ultimate is up. If you don't fall behind, once you get Black Cleaver + lvl 9 it's free win.
Do not let him snowball early game!!!”
ERNESTSAURUS says “GRASP (SCALING) BUT INSTEAD OF PRESENCE OF MIND AND BLOODLINE, GO BISCUITS DELIVERY TIME WARP TONIC - CLOTH ARMOR + 4 POTS =
Darius is another really hard matchup for Nasus, a good Darius will beat you in every stage of the game regardless of your build and stacks and I highly recommend permabanning him in case you want to climb only with Nasus. In case you have another permaban and you get to fight him, I recommend rushing tabi's regardless of the team unless the team is 4 AP and Darius. Nowadays Darius players will play with Nimbus Cloak + Celerity with Ghost and Dorans Blade, but there is a slight problem with this, he struggles in short trades, so to effectively trade against him, look to bait his E and then E + Q with Grasp proc once you get around 130 stacks. If you punish his E cooldown consistanly you will be able to leave him low enough were he has to back or you can allin him, also when fighting him in every scenario, you have to look to burst him, if he is allowed to stack his passive on someone and then spam Ults, its a guaranteed loss since you will be behind in this matchup. As for early laning phase, just play as safe as you can, get in XP range while hiding in bushes. This is one of the most possible and harder matchups for Nasus and again, i highly recommend banning him. Don't be upset if you are 40+ minions behind him early on, it's the nature of this matchup.”
Tauricus2017 says “Ok Darius is very strong champion I admit it but If you are playing Poppy, Nothing can go wrong. When you get pulled do not panic! try to stay inside or outside of Dariuses Decimate (Q). To help yourself with it you can use Heroic Charge (E) or Steadfast Presence (W). Also do not let him to stack his Hemorrhage (PAS.) on you or he might kill you with ease. Sometimes you can even bait his Apprehend (E) and then you have got 15 sec. of serenity.”
SkellyBirb says “Darius is weak against ranged champions. Stay out of his range and hit your charm if you plan on poking him. As long as you don't get caught by his pull, you're fine.”
Theknight31 says “Darius is not an horrible matchup you can easy dodge his q if you dash on him and after you have more damage than him be careful of his ult its very op”
McKazoo says “Make sue not o feed early and you've won
Be carful taking casters under tower he'll just hook you in
After level 12 you're good to go and all in him ”
nicomaster9000 says “He is very dangerous before your first back. You can't farm around him or trade so avoid being near him or minions at all until you got sheen and vampiric scepter.”
SubHuman Filth says “Go phase rush + ghost or electrocute + ignite.
Stay very safe until lvl 6.
NEVER get hit by his E.
When he runs towards you, shrooms the wave and run, dont even poke till he turns around.
Get early boots and armor.”
Grayified says “Lethal Tempo Runes and Build. Ignite + Flash OR Ghost + Flash. Dorans Shield start. Darius has very strong all in trades and his passive when stacked 5 times (stacks every auto attack and when he hits his q on the outer edge and his ultimate) gives him a lot of attack damage and does damage over time to you. Darius can use multiple keystones, starting items, and starting abilities. Darius with Q start is strong for early clear to get level 2 first, Darius with W start will look to take trades with you when you walk up for minions. Biggest thing to pay attention is they keystone + summoner spells. Ghost+Flash darius with conqueror has extremely good all in and if you are caught too far in the lane with a pull he can usually burn your summoners and then kill you as well. If this darius pulls you at a bad time for you, your best hope is to turn on him and all in and pray for crits. TP + Flash Darius with aftershock can be abused early if you take ignite, whether he starts q or w is irrelevant because your allin can be stronger then his so look to build fury and get level 2 first and all in him. Ignite + Flash darius with conqueror you basically just let him push you in and only farm don't trade. This is the strongest early game setup on darius to punish early but it falls off later since he can't kite you as well without ghost. The darius matchup in general is a lot about punishing cooldowns on his q and finding spots to take short trades with an auto attack + spin out without being forced into an all in by being pulled. Tryndamere does outscale this matchup in the mid-late game 1v1, but can be hard to dive him 100-0 so if you find yourself in that situation where he is just sitting under turret, then push him in and look for opportunities to outrotate him with your superior out of combat mobility and flank his team.”
Rakuretto says “Darius is not a major threat depending on how you know the matchup. The biggest issue when laning against him is his big healing and his natural antiheal. ”
I Am Goliath says “Darius has a big con which is being kited and that's what Gnar is good at doing so this matchup should be fairly easy, the only thing you have to look out for is if he ever gets on you somehow you're probably toast if you're in mini because of squishy you are and how strong his kit is, although like I said you can kite him really well, and once you get frozen mallet I don't think he can do much to you. Remember that your auto range is about his E range so if he ever pulls you in just e away and keep kiting him, he doesn't have another way to get onto you unless he has flash or ghost up.”
Nabura says “Make him annoyed by constantly using Q just outside his E range. If you haven't fallen behind until 6 then the lane becomes very easy. If he uses Q inside the wave it'll make the wave push towards you.”
STIERNACKENTYP says “This matchup is about how good the enemy Darius is. If he is a Darius OTP with flash/ghost u will have a very hard time especially after he gets Phage. He can perma all in u then. Try to poke and harrass as much as possible early but play very save and always keep a barrel up to escape. If he comes ahead, avoid every fight and get a GA soon.”
I Am Goliath says “This matchup is usually lose lane win game. My tips for playing against darius is to be very smart with your W, as long as you have this up he should never really be able to kill you as long as you land it, this is another lane where you want to survive the early game because he won't win 1v1 against you in the split late game and darius sucks in teamfights as well, he also doesn't have an easy way to kill your ghouls in lane so you can punish him with those whenver you have graves up, other tips for playing against darius are to try to bait out his pull and try to dodge the healing part of the Q you can do this by either walking into him or just trying to dodge it completely. Just remember as long as you have your W up you always have a way to trap him in should you need to run.”
GodMulti says “Darius is a pretty strong Lane Bully. I would suggest you to look for Short Trades only! Take PTA against him, it will make your short trades much stronger. Look out for his Hook and try avoiding his Outer Circle of his Axe, if he hits you with it, he will be healed ... a lot. If he tries to All in you, try Stunning him with your E [[Facebreaker]] and run away. Ask for Ganks!”
orangepenguinhead says “Darius should not be a big threat because if you get E'ed, try to move closer to him if he Q's. This way he won't get the heal off you and he has no form of CC and close the gap. ”
Chili Dog says “Runes: Conqueror, Triumph, Alacrity, Last Stand + Magical Footwear/Futures Market, Cosmic Insight.
Sub Runes: CDR, Damage, Armor
Summoners: Ignite or Teleport
Darius is a one sided skill matchup in Darius's favor. That bleed, that god damn bleed. Anyway, you CAN win this matchup however, you have to know Darius's damage compared to your own. Depending on what Darius starts will determine when you can trade. He started Q? You can trade lvl 1 if he missed you with his Q. Started W? Can't trade until lvl 3. Started E? Why? Whatever, if he misses his pull you can go in at any lvl and win. Also, what summoners he took are a big part of the matchup too. Ignite? Do short trades and burst him down when low. TP? Try to keep him in lane as long as possible by short trading. Ghost? Just don't fight him. Honestly, you can't kite him. If not confident, just freeze the wave and look for TP. ”
EntxRecoil says “Lethal Tempo Runes and Build. Ignite + Flash OR Ghost + Flash. Dorans Shield start. Darius has very strong all in trades and his passive when stacked 5 times (stacks every auto attack and when he hits his q on the outer edge and his ultimate) gives him a lot of attack damage and does damage over time to you. Darius can use multiple keystones, starting items, and starting abilities. Darius with Q start is strong for early clear to get level 2 first, Darius with W start will look to take trades with you when you walk up for minions. Biggest thing to pay attention is they keystone + summoner spells. Ghost+Flash darius with conqueror has extremely good all in and if you are caught too far in the lane with a pull he can usually burn your summoners and then kill you as well. If this darius pulls you at a bad time for you, your best hope is to turn on him and all in and pray for crits. TP + Flash Darius with aftershock can be abused early if you take ignite, whether he starts q or w is irrelevant because your allin can be stronger then his so look to build fury and get level 2 first and all in him. Ignite + Flash darius with conqueror you basically just let him push you in and only farm don't trade. This is the strongest early game setup on darius to punish early but it falls off later since he can't kite you as well without ghost. The darius matchup in general is a lot about punishing cooldowns on his q and finding spots to take short trades with an auto attack + spin out without being forced into an all in by being pulled. Tryndamere does outscale this matchup in the mid-late game 1v1, but can be hard to dive him 100-0 so if you find yourself in that situation where he is just sitting under turret, then push him in and look for opportunities to outrotate him with your superior out of combat mobility and flank his team.”
CensoredMercy says “You must be patient in this matchup and use E's to farm and only all in when you have 5 stacks on your passive and he has 0 on his.”
Darrkescru says “Runa: Pta ou impeto (se usar Pta não fazer full AD)
Quando tomar o grab Use o Q pra kite ele, use o ignite antes de ele acertar o Q para assim cortar a cura dele
Rusha: Botas, Nashor
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Swaim says “Darius is one of the easiest matchups in my opinion if you survive pre 6 and poke him down while dodging his q with e you will win and out scale him eventualy ”
ZergDood says “Playing an important match? Don't pick Poppy into this matchup. To beat him, it's all about the zoning. Be aware of his Q and E range. Use your W to move away from his Q, get away from him with your E towards a minion and if he walks towards you, harass him with Q+Passive. Don't get used to Q him, and if you do, try to get it at max range, and when his E is on cooldown. Do NOT take extended trades. Poke him and avoid every single Q or don't fight him. Try to stay at exp range, roam as much as you can.”
TiamatOnRiven says “here is the thing,you vcan easly win this match up by doging his q while going in,but most of darius players does play him with ghost which allows them to rush a good all in,if he manage to get 5 stacks you re dead, so play it carefully and try to bait his q as much as you can”
qazx1427 says “This is why I first picked up Yorick. This is why a big chunk of Yorick mains play Yorick. It's so, so satisfying to watch an enemy Darius spam 'EZ' after getting completely stomped in lane, unable to contest as the 10/0 Yorick takes their inhib at 15 minutes. Darius just cannot fight you. You throw ghouls at him, his axe swing misses them. If he's in your W, you can Q him without being caught by his hook. If he manages to stack his passive on you, you can just put him in the spooky baby cage and tell him to calm down while you recover. This is such a beautiful, wonderful lane, made better by how you know, you just know, that they're crying about how Darius is meta and should be a free win. ”
Maltchiana says “You have the advantage, but don't get too confident beacause he can punish you hard if you make a mistake. Go after trades, but don't all-in pre lvl 6. After lvl 6 he can't kill you.”
Adolfie says “Darius is a lane bully, you will have a lot of trouble in the early game. I personally start to fight darius around lvl 9, when you have about 150 stacks, then its safe to fight him if you have stacked up CDR. You can choose what to max, if you cant sidestep his Q, max W, if you want to deal more dmg to him, max E to the third rank. Then after lvl 11 go back to maxing W”
Ayanleh says “Darius is a hard matchup. He's early game is much stronger than your's as you both look for extended trades he will just destroy you. Play safe till you get late and then you can destroy him once you get damage and stack armor.”
HIGH TEST TOP88 says “You shouldn't lose this unless you play horribly, you outdamage him in autoattack trades due to passive, you can dodge his Q for free with your E and he has no mobility to dodge your W.
You will die fast if you waste your spells however, and respect his ghost allin potential. You win super easily when you get blade of the ruined king.
Build bramble eventually.
Take armor.”
Ayanleh says “Like morde, its kind of an easy matchup except darius has a stronger early. Just play a little extra careful especially if he has ignite. Look for trades once he blows his cooldowns/spells as hes pretty weak without them unlike morde.”
ChaseMorePlz says “Very hard matchup as well. Try to farm with your Q and stay out of his Apprehend range, he is very immobile so once you hit a power spike and play the lane properly, he shouldn't be too much of a problem for you. ”
Twist21 says “Darius is a champion that can beat most melee champions in 1v1 due to his tanky itemization options and his passive.Against Darius we want to avoid getting hit by his E and we also want to dodge his Q with our E by going inside it.After that you will be able to kill him.
I would take flash ghost with LT Resolve Runes into this matchup.”
Pikkachu Loiro says “Ornn Is weak against early game champions, Darius is not a exception as he can shove the wave into your tower and roam around the mao to get kills”
ERNESTSAURUS says “GRASP (SCALING) SETUP BUT INSTEAD OF PRESENCE OF MIND AND BLOODLINE, GO FOR SECOND WIND REVITALIZE - DORANS - CLOTH ARMOR + 4 POTS
Darius is a real menace to Nasus, he has a lot of damage with conqueror and his passive stacked up, he gets a lot of armor penetration with his E passive, he can kite you really well with Nimbus Cloak, Celerity and Ghost, overall its a really difficult matchup for nasus and i recommend to permaban him if your not that experienced with the matchup. I recommend to allin him whenever his Ghost and E are down, Since he wont get the movement speed to outkite you and then he cant get the autoreset with E, leaving him with the Q heal and the autoatack reset of W. Look to burst him, usually Darius players will go for trinity force first item for the
base movement speed (+7%) it provides and the Sheen proc, so whenever he doesnt have ghost and E, you all in and try to burst him as quickly as possible, ask your jungle to help you, if you fall behind, its really difficult to beat him since his ult deals a lot of true damage.”
Wizbe says “You can't use your E vs Darius as he can pull you out of it. You have to hug the wall and do small E's to escape after short trades to survive lane.”
Dreadscythe95 says “He falls behind Kayle late game but he can turn her life into a nightmare for most of the game. Kayle can't punish him effectively when she turns ranged and his passive means that one small mistep and Kayle is dead, even with ultimate up. If he is an experienced Darius and he takes Phase Rush as well, it's probably gg for your lane.”
ChaseMorePlz says “Remember that If you dodge his Q is prevents his heal. Keep in mind when playing against Darius that his Q will do significantly less damage when you're close to him. Basically, When you do a fast combo and you get all of your autos & abilities off you have the potential to out damage him in trades early on. Watch out for his E during ganks it has an annoyingly long range. It's a good idea to bait his Q out before you trade and slowly poke him down. ”
Shumair says “Darius is a pain to deal with. You have to play laning phase slowly. Throughout lane try to whittle him down with your Q at max range. Your Q outranges his e slightly and his Q has a delay. However, due to the recent buffs to ghost, he can pop it then immediately E-W you. Due to this I would recommend that you play safe and outscale, even if you lose cs. You can fight him at around level 10 and win if you're even. Ask for jungle assistance if you're not sure about an all-in.”
ItsmeKenny says “Don't waste E randomly or you win die. Use leap to dodge his outer ring Q. Go for short trades aganist him. He wins you at level 6 all in.”
chloe666 says “Most people classify this as a hard matchup, but there's a trick to beat Darius.
When he Q's you instead of trying tu run away and eat the whole damage of his Q, INSTANTLY E INTO HIM. That way he won't heal off his Q and won't hurt you too much.
Back off when his passive is stacked. ”
Twist21 says “Darius is a strong 1v1 champion at all stages of the game since he is a juggernaut and has a lot of true damage on his passive.Jax is one of the champs that can 1v1 Darius at all stages of the game if you play properly.Try to bait his e and block his w with your e and you should win.If he has passive on you DO NOT go for him unless you know you can kill him.”
ZzZ3DemonAngelZzZ says “Darius was the HARDEST counter to Poppy, until u understand his kit. dash to him when he uses his q and q him and disengage. early game still a high thread. ”
wallobear53 says “His healing mostly comes from the edge of his Q so moving into his champion model or away from him stops him from getting the heal on the edge.
Darius' Passive stacks up over time through his Auto-attacks or his Q. Be cautious to not let it keep stacking as it will build up to a lot of damage and will be a good way to finish you off in an extended fight.
He has a strong early game skirmishing potential, so be careful as he can do a surprising amount of damage, as well as sustain himself. You may want to consider investing in Grievous Wounds to counter his sustainability.
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Singed1vs9 says “Take aftershock. you'll never beat him early game unless he is a pepega.
Just farm as much as you can and take TP. Most Darius takes ghost so you have to make the most out of your TP”
DankFlyingCow says “His feared lvl 1 is no match for Kench passive. Beat him up like everyone else. He is just slighltly less likely to die at lvl 1 than everyone else”
laoshin3v3 says “If darius knows how to play this matchup ur doomed, never fight him alone and always be careful about his E range. If he uses E and then R u can't ult in that little gap.”
SacaZioto says “Snowbally lane, focus on your movespeed items!
You will win if you poke him from max-range of q, which is 50 longer than his e range.
if you are hit by his e, use your e to dodge the edge.
your ult cancels his ult, so you should win most post 6 fights if not behind”
Appl313245 says “Darius may seem scary but you outscale him really hard. Run grasp runes and do short trades and use e as a disengage tool. If he pulls you auto him to proc passive and e out.”
PiclesDelicia says “U can kill him after bramble vest and tabis if you play extremely correct, use your W do dodge his Q and Q him away when he comes closer, do not let him stack the passive on you and its safe”
ClanBlade says “Similar to Sett, just learn to kite and E into him when he presses Q to avoid the edge. Also somthing i learned is NEVER go for the 3rd Q unless it will kill him or your jungler is ganking as you will just allow him to do his full combo with no retalition as make him easily stack his passive, his E has a long cooldown so use that to try and all in if he misses it. Buy an executioners so he can't heal that much of his Q.”
Urgoto says “Darius is my perma ban champion.
i think this is the worst lane you can have and until you are level 11 and have some items you cant really do anything.
if you do find yourself in this matchup take D shield and play safe and try to freeze on your side of the lane.
dont get your jungler involved in your lane unless you know you can kill him because if he gets a double kill you can kiss your LP goodbye”
arekij says “Try to hit Q when he casts his Q so he wont heal that much and dont let yourself bleed out. His passive is the biggest problem. Just trade carefully.”
Fiora Pogjet says “Very hard and skillbased matchup. It is hard to prarry his e. Before lvl 6 he will always outtrade you because of his passive. try to afk farm and dont go for trades. With lvl 6 u can try to fight him. You should also buy executioners.”
Ashookaa says “Its a hard match up take glacial augment to be safe but dont build glp go normal dmg/tank build and try to dogde his E and center of Q and than poke him with your E and Q”
megido413 says “His bleed can really fuck you up early game. Make sure to only engage with Grasp and Eclipse up to try and avoid some of the damage. also i really just hate darius”
Teemain says “If you're a good Garen player, you know you HAVE to kill Darius at least 2-3 times before you really gain an advantage.
His Q has a rather short range if he misses his E grab.
Try to bait out his Q and then go in.
Make sure you get CLOSE and PERSONAL, since his Q does the most damage the farther away from the center of Darius's avatar.
His W is annoying because it slows, so when he pulls out his W+E+Q combo, charge right into him with Q+E+W with Ignite to maximize your damage and minimize his.
This will make you win the damage trades.
Unfortunately, Darius will still be a HUGE threat even if you win your lane.
So try to kill him like 8 times throughout the game, or just push their Top Inhibitor, and then force out Darius 1 on 1 by looking at the mini map.
Or just try to kill him first every time during the teamfights.
Your mission is to keep Darius from farming and killing Champions at all times before he gets stronger than you.”
Teemain says “If you're a good Garen player, you know you HAVE to kill Darius at least 2-3 times before you really gain an advantage.
His Q has a rather short range if he misses his E grab.
Try to bait out his Q and then go in.
Make sure you get CLOSE and PERSONAL, since his Q does the most damage the farther away from the center of Darius's avatar.
His W is annoying because it slows, so when he pulls out his W+E+Q combo, charge right into him with Q+E+W with Ignite to maximize your damage and minimize his.
This will make you win the damage trades.
Unfortunately, Darius will still be a HUGE threat even if you win your lane.
So try to kill him like 8 times throughout the game, or just push their Top Inhibitor, and then force out Darius 1 on 1 by looking at the mini map.
Or just try to kill him first every time during the teamfights.
Your mission is to keep Darius from farming and killing Champions at all times before he gets stronger than you.”
Venegis says “Darius players have IQ of between zero to 200. Make sure his passive is not stacking on you. Poke him continiously with your Q as you always do.”
Tranex says “His ult is gonna destroy you, try to 1v1 him, when you got lvl advantage or when he is 2/3 hp, buy morello so his Q will give him no more lifesteal”
Kujis says “Just be sure to not get hit by his Q and you will be aight. After he uses his Q just E to him.
lvl 6 u can fight him easily just make sure you have atleast 50 fury.”
Pats45 says “Darius is the only match-up where this build will not work and as Zac Top there just is no counter play. Zac's trades take a long time in which he heals back up. Darius is built for extended trades and bleeding out opponents. You are given a ban for a reason. Ban Darius 100% of the time if you are planning to go Zac top.”
Flagoony says “Not a difficult matchup. Stay far enough away from him so he can't pull you in. Q him if he walks up and constantly poke him down throughout the lane.”
ModxLoL says “Similar to Tryndamere. Riven wins if she doesn't make any big mistakes. There are a few things to watch out for in the Darius matchup. One is obviously the outside of his q. Luckily it's pretty easy for Riven to juke it with her Q or E. The second thing is be careful of getting pulled back in after you do your combo. You want to make sure you short trade with him and leave while he is stunned. If you stay too long, you're going to get pulled back and he will hit you really hard on your way back to the turret. The other thing to keep in mind is that most Darius players run Nimbus Cloak with Ghost, so you really have to be careful about trading in the early levels when you don't have CDR. If you use too many abilities and you can't get out, he will instantly ghost and run you down all the way to your turret. ”
Nytefall24 says “Major trades will be in Darius's favor but like Morde, if you avoid his pull and poke from afar you can end him before he stacks you to death.”
CptTeemoOnDuty says “Darius is an "Easy matchup" but most darius players won't be that unskilled later on, your only job is to avoid his dmg which with teemo's swiftness should be easy. (AVOID E AT ALL COSTS) Check more info below. ”
Stiwy says “Darius is strong and he will be sure you remember it by constantly bullying you.
Press the attack is a good choice against him, since he can outdamage you in long trades.
If you can keep dodging his E grab and have a decent farm you should be good.
You can start trading at level 9 when your W is maxed but its still risky.
Keep your ult for when the jungler decides to come.
Tabis are vital here and bramble vest is too.
And please, ask a gank only when both you and jungler are healty or else he will get a double kill and then, you will need much more than a gank to stop this angry boy ”
Doktora says “Is not hard to kill darius but if he use Ghost and flash you need to play very save.Just poke use W dont miss it and when he is low hp(under 30%) kill him”
9690 says “D-Blade. Have double armor runes and just give up cs if you need to. You can back for a cloth armor. You really don't want to give him a kill as he will hard snowball lane and the game. Do not be too passive though, as you can still trade with him, but it's a different story if he E's you as at that point it will be VERY bad for you. Outscales you. Take Conq.”
Fourpaws33 says “YOU CAN WIN THIS ONE. BE PATIENT AND CAREFUL OF BLEED. ABUSE PHASE RUSH.
TIP: When you see him try to dunk you, go into stealth, it cancels his ult and can make for a clutch moment where he doesn't kill you.
Try to play more passive and avoid longer trades. Wait for him to make a mistake and step into isolation.
If you die once, more then likely you're gonna die many more times. Just roam if he kills you and be useful to your team. ”
gsaeyx says “What build you go doesn't matter you lose anyways. Disgusting axe baby go fuck yourself. Seriosuly though his entire kit counters Sion. His e cancel's your q and his q heals for a shit ton, making you lose every single trade. Ban this bitch”
Hypnosa says “you have to be more than smart. Let him push don't go agressive and save your E to your escape. Wait for your jungle and taunt him at the right oppertunity ”
Kingarthur720 says “Lethal Tempo Runes and Build. Ignite + Flash OR Ghost + Flash. Dorans Shield start. Darius has very strong all in trades and his passive when stacked 5 times (stacks every auto attack and when he hits his q on the outer edge and his ultimate) gives him a lot of attack damage and does damage over time to you. Darius can use multiple keystones, starting items, and starting abilities. Darius with Q start is strong for early clear to get level 2 first, Darius with W start will look to take trades with you when you walk up for minions. Biggest thing to pay attention is they keystone + summoner spells. Ghost+Flash darius with conqueror has extremely good all in and if you are caught too far in the lane with a pull he can usually burn your summoners and then kill you as well. If this darius pulls you at a bad time for you, your best hope is to turn on him and all in and pray for crits. TP + Flash Darius with aftershock can be abused early if you take ignite, whether he starts q or w is irrelevant because your allin can be stronger then his so look to build fury and get level 2 first and all in him. Ignite + Flash darius with conqueror you basically just let him push you in and only farm don't trade. This is the strongest early game setup on darius to punish early but it falls off later since he can't kite you as well without ghost. The darius matchup in general is a lot about punishing cooldowns on his q and finding spots to take short trades with an auto attack + spin out without being forced into an all in by being pulled. Tryndamere does outscale this matchup in the mid-late game 1v1, but can be hard to dive him 100-0 so if you find yourself in that situation where he is just sitting under turret, then push him in and look for opportunities to outrotate him with your superior out of combat mobility and flank his team.”
Gnarcisist says “Use your higher CDR and range to poke him with short trades. When his E is down, look for a possible all in. This is a skill match up”
Mohid97 says “Darius is a weird one, in most cases he can absolutely dunk you out of lane, but in some cases as he is an engage heavy champ you can use it to your advantage use E to cover distance and try always to come into him rather than go away from him as your E is short then use your Q to start kiting him while moving away. ”
ApraxiaDyspraxia says “Honestly if you play right then he cant do anything. Proc q use e to dash and q to dash again then hit w for that bonus shield, hit maybe one basic attack and a q before hitting e again. Rinse wash repeat. Eventually when hes around 1/3 health you might be able to all in him. But be very cautious.”
Dantheman81 says “From my experience there are some ways to stop the dunkmaster. Darius will almost always play aggressive early, you can take advantage of this by having a strong early jungler presence, or playing passive until you get enough Ghouls to poke him with. If he manages to get all of his stacks onto you do not fight anymore otherwise you will die and not have a fun time. The new thornmail is a wonderful pickup against him as well.”
Twiggymocha says “Probably your hardest match up, does a lot of damage and his e is just long enough to cancel your q and do his combo. Play safe vs him and survive laning phase.”
Fixst says “Try trading him in Early Game and dodge his Q.
In the Mid Game you shouldn't have any problems if your jungle gankes your lane.
Out of Laning phase (Late Game) you could kill him if hes not too fed”
SuPIeX says “A good darius will be a nightmare. Just sit back and farm until you have bami's cinder and bramble vest. Then you can take short trades with your e and disengage with q. When trading, always wait until he uses his e, then you can disengage at any time by using q directly on yourself and backing off. If he takes ghost, he will still be able to catch up after your Q so you'll have to play even safer.”
Xplor says “Darius is a major threat if he manages to hit you with his abilities, in special early games.
I won against him but sometimes, I also lost.
Don't push the lane too much and stay out of range of his abilities. Poke him as much as possible with your Mists and your E. If required, play defensive and farm under the tower.”
Darrkescru says “Bem isto pra mim e perma ban eu sei que teemo tem a fama de counterar darius mas Darius bem jogado acerta o E e consegue te dar o W antes mesmo de tu acertar sua cegueira, use impeto”
SpedIsOn says “Pretty hard but not impossible. When he Q you, instantly R him into a wall, so he cannot get his cd back during the time of your R. Try to R him into your tower is the best option. Bork and Trinity is the needed core items. Early Bramble and Tabi are good. (SW or BP your choice)”
bakk0n says “This is mostly related to good Darius players, that will usually run Ghost + Flash. He can be quite opressive in the early game and will most likely try to engage you and trade with you at every possibility. Try to counter his E+W+AA+Q combo with your E+W+Q. When in this match up, I recommend starting with the shield (W) and playing it safe.”
Magginator says “Ban if Possible. His all in is better than yours and there is a reason he is high in the meta. You can play safe and play for team fights but you don't wanna rely on your team while you tank.”
Colin0224 says “Phase Rush with bami is a free as lane against him. Conq is winable but if you misstep you insta die. Phase Rush makes the matchup easy af”
Tmasb says “He can heal himself with the Q and one shot you by using the R so you may need to keep distance until level 6 or 11 so you can make it sleep and its going to be so easier to kill him”
kurbart says “you totally out range him poke him down to low hp then ult if hes acting him just put him in a cage if he manages to catch you walk into his spin for less dmg ”
Alzeidx says “Skill Matchup, Dash and all in him when you have full rage and he uses his Q on minions or you just dodge it.
You should be able to outrade him if you manage your rage properly.
Go conqueror.
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Delvoid says “If he ever catches you with E you are most likely dead. try to poke with E trade if he misses E or Q. Can easily kite him late game and burn him down”
iTzToniOP says “The best thing is to ask for an early gank to your jungler so you can start ahead. Rush Bami's and Bramble Vest and you should be fine. Die just once against him and the lane is over.”
Alzeidx says “Skill matchup. Quite hard to kill him early, punish him for mistakes, trade with him only after you get Phage and Stinger, then you might have a good chance for trades, ask for ganks early.”
Speed_Fire2 says “A Good skill match-up, a Good Darius can destroy Mordekaiser especially if your still new to him, But this build does help to counter him slightly, the Increased Attack speed and CDR can allow you to survive his damage, Just make sure to save your E for his Q so that he doesn't get to heal!”
Skillaura101 says “THIS DUDE WILL CLAP U EARLY GAME, ONLY DO SHORT TRADES , GET UR PTA OFF AND RUN. LATE GAME WITH ITEMS U WILL OUTSCALE HIM AND RUIN HIS LIFE IN 1v1. I RECOMMEND JUST PLAY SAFE AND FARM MOSTLY WITH E AND WAIT FOR JG TO GANK.
IF HE EVER MISS HIS Q OR USE IT FOR WAVECLEAR THEN IT IS UR TIME TO GO IN AND DO UR E Q AA W COMBO AND RUN AWAY. AT AROUND LVL 6 OR SO WITH MAYBE A PHAGE OR A SHEEN YOU SHOULD BE LOOKING TO ALL IN HIM WHEN HE MISS OR WASTE HIS Q. JUST DO UR COMBO AND IGNITE GHOST, IF HE TRYS TO FLASH ULT AFTER HIM!
DONT BE AFRAID TO TOWER DIVE HIM WITH JG uSING ULT! YOU MELT THIS GUY!!!! ”
Nyx Adachi says “Es darius man, rushea cortacuraciones y ten cuidado con su q, su w la bloqueas facilmente con w al igual que sus basicos asi que atento al usarla”
ForOrion says “Darius is a champ just like Garen who can easily punish misplacement and destroys squishies. Pyke should scream if he encoutners the Noxian brute, this match-up is all in his favor. Stay back and farm, and wait for a potential gank from the jungler or a play under turret.”
darksage1234 says “Darius is just too much of a juggernaut right now. His bleed will always make sure that he will outtrade you at most points of the laning phase. He doesn't have good teamfight potential so leverage that instead. ”
TotallyEclipse says “Save your Q for his Q, and jump in the middle of it. then you can look to all in. Save your E for his W, and you'll win it. Dorans early for extra sustain vs his bleed can be helpful, and Stinger early is good for more DPs. if you get a lead on him, you can snowball and kill him over and over again”
FirstBladeDancer says “it depends on how good the Darius is. For most players Darius is a hard matchup but when u practice Irelia alot it will be easy.”
JuarezLOL says “do not trade him at lvl 2 or 3 its just a pure lose just wait for your ruined king and lvl 6 or above if he make mistakes you can all in him and kill him easily
but remember you need to see him using Q on minions then going in after using E Q R just wait for his second Q then use your W and your second part of R its pure domination on darius with this way of trading ”
Walnut25 says “Great Darius players will stand between you and your minions to deny you CS. When fighting Darius, be aware of the amount of passive stacks he is accumalating on you. ”
OlafSolo says “When playing olaf you cant dive directly to darius to kil him try to give him damage with Q from long range, when his health bar comes below %50 u can try to attack him Tip: Use ghost when attacking, dont want gang”
Wamson says “Survive the laning phase at all costs! Don’t get bullied out of the lane! Freeze creeps on your side of the lane and farm until mid game.”
JuarezLOL says “this is a easy match up if you know how to beat darius which is you need to Q on him when he use Q (ASAP)
and remember to take ignite against him ”
JuarezLOL says “a hard match up if you get close enough to darius to pull u with E so try to have level spacing which is to stay out of his E range but to poke him with Q range ”
EveryMysticLimit says “His all in is very strong and he's too tanky to take grasp against. Play safe and just farm. Also, wait for jungle ganks. (Flash and Teleport)”
MateuszNH says “EASY AS FUCK
You are probably as big counter for him as Vayne or Cassiopeia. I always have a fun when they "counter" my pick with him because it's almost certain win(got 94% winrate against Darius). You can even fight him while his all passive stacks are on you, just don't get kited. Just remember these things below and it's guaranteed win.
Take ignite, as he mostly get's ghost and it makes your win secured
Always buy doran blade
try to trap him in the bushes lvl 1, aa+e when he comes, if he contest the fight he may end up dead, otherwise lose half hp.
Don't use E and W(he can heal from it) until he uses Q, almost always(not if he has wave advantage) punish him when he does it so you deny his dmg and heal and force all in or bad trade for him. Later on you get's ranged Q so just poke him and all in with ult. He may kill you if you are not paying attention but it's rare, just don't get caught without ult.”
ACE4291 says “You can bully and tank this champ early BUT be warned his bleed can hurt and cause you to die after winning. His R is deadly if used right. Recommend early bully. His buff with ghost makes him diffcult compared to patch 10.11 darius. He will likely not have ignite now so thats great for early. BUT yea this boy is fast now ”
DirtyDishSoap says “The problem with this lane is the insane output of his damage and the ability to heal. Your wall prevents his from healing, and he can't kill your minions fast enough. BUT, if you give him just one kill in lane, he'll become a problem.
I personally ban Darius, he has huge snowball potential and it's not really easy to deal with him if he isn't a potato.”
Sugar3 says “Darius's pull will either force you into trades you don't want to take or leave you running away with a lot of damage taken really early on in the game. This becomes less of an issue after acquiring the Blade of the Ruined King.”
Javu767 says “Really strong laner, if he is good he wins, if he is bad probably will win anyway. Play it safe, if you dont win the lane its okey as long as you are able to help your team in teamfights.”
CourtesyD0Prata says “Just don't take his Q and you are good. Don't let him stack 5 on you, you outscale him / Só não tome seu Q e você estará bem. Não deixe ele estacar 5 passivas em você, você da outscale nele.”
report singed ty says “Phase rush is good vs Darius but only if you know how to use it. Darius has been 40% banrate for years now pretty much because his trade patterns are just flat out broken and leave the opponent with practically no recourse.
I just ban him every game, like the rest of the league playerbase does. Simple fix.”
UlisesFRN says “Darius is a well known counter to Garen. He wins all the trades with ease and his passive counters yours. Play defensive, ask for jungle assistance or Ban him”
idadees says “Punirlo sul farm aiuta, evitare di fare trade prolungati, se possibile avere la lane freezzata quasi sotto la vostra torre, in caso diventi opprimente rush di ferite gravi e calzali del ninja”
WatchersGrim says “Darius is a slightly good matchup with tryndamere. Based on how the darius plays can dictate a fight. So farm up with this lane for a bit and try to find a pattern he uses to go in and go based off of that. Get close and makes sure he doesnt bait out your ult.”
Beatport Expo says “Skill Matchup mostly, but slightly disadvantage due to his R and bleed and you're not burst enough to quickly take him down. If he build Trinity Force or Black Cleaver, you'll start to have a problem laning against him due to his movement speed and you're unlikely to outrun him with your fat body”
SabinX says “Your E is good against his Q and when it comes to who goes down first you are stronger at the levels 1, 6+. Between levels 2-5 pay respect to his passive, you can still win trades but don't lose your mind.”
Kingarthur720 says “one of the hardest matchups for any champ in the game except for fiora. if you have the choice for it dont pick graves into him. If you blind pick into him then you need to go for super safe builds and build cost effective items to help you survive such as phantom dancer and RFC. Build fleet or grasp or if you are confident enough a build like hail of blades, you just want to go for quick short trades to not let him stack up his passive damage.”
Laika says “Phase Rush + Second Wind makes this matchup easier. Play around your Phase Rush cooldown. If you're not using Phase Rush: Only engage when you know you can run away from his hook”
MizuPiku says “This matchup is fairly even as long as you can avoid recieving 5 bleed stacks. save your e or w to get on top of darius or escape from his q and pull.”
RivalOCE says “A very cheesy matchup. If he takes ghost/ignite you can't win an all-in unless he misses his E. Same principle as Fiora, short trades but if he hits his E run. If he has TP this lane is much easier. E or Q inside his Q to stop healing. Don't be baited level 1.”
VIP Titan says “Both Darius and Olaf is strong early. However, Darius got his passive and his Q to get your sort really quickly. Try to wait for jg to help. The only time you can fight him is when his Q is on cool down as well as W.
Most Darius will use his W to last hits. So time that and go my boi
Remember MAX E not Q! ”
StraightWhiteMale says “If you have a jungler that is willing to gank you ban darius instead of quinn.
If you're laning against him play safe and try to help your team every now and then.”
ISwearImNotPolish says “Easy as pie to beat using the Tankdyr build. Dodge his q by running straight at him, hit him with the stun and use W, E and R when needed / available.”
ShaharKarisi says “Darius is a really strong champion and has great stats all around, but Bramble Vest can counter his sustain. If possible, take ignite too.”
SirDrPotato says “Darius has a very strong laning phase and is way easier to play than fiora, this means that is very hard for him to make mistakes and it's entirely up to you to pull out (wink) some good stuff: I strongly advise to NOT riposte his Q or W. (Q is the ability where he spins and W is an empowered hit). Riposting one of these often means he'll just grab you after and kill you. If you REALLY need to riposte Q or W make sure you try to dodge his grab with your lunge right after your riposte ends. Riposting his ultimate is also a pretty good option. More details down below.”
Subject3 says “winning and losing against darius is a sweet thin line
you can somewhat out trade him at lvl 1-5 but after lvl 6 expect some high retaliation.
and if somehow darius gets a few kills under his belt and is leading with gold, his bleed will be too much for you to handle especially once he finishes black cleaver.
best strategy? save your swallow until he uses his q, once you swallow him the q will still go off but he will be in your stomach which means the cleaving end wont hit.”
KayleMachine says “Can make your life hell if he freezes and zones you off xp. You can take trades early on to make him push the wave to have a better earlygame, care for his E. After 6 its easy.”
Destroya777 says “Try not to get hooked. Don't trade because you will lose. E away to avoid trades. Use Q to farm. Take unsealed spellbook for defensive spells because you don't want to be in range to grasp him.”
Vodka4Gaben says “Early game he will run you down completely but at level 6 with ignite you should stomp him. Just pull in his E and then ULT. You should never lose 1v1 past Lvl 6.”
Starci says “Really annoying to lane against. It's a pretty hard matchup, as he seems to just deal more damage than you. Before level 6 you can beat him, but after it becomes really hard, since he can just ult you when you are low, and doesn't let you get that ult off in time.”
Echostyle says “Summary - PTA FOR DAMAGE, GLACIAL FOR KITING(YOUR CHOICE). MAINTAIN AA DISTANCE, PLAY AGGRESSIVE EARLY LEVELS, PLAY CLOSE TO WALLS, DODGE HIS Q, TRY TO KEEP WAVE MIDDLE OF LANE, KEEP WATCH FOR ENEMY JUNGLER.
Despite the fact most Darius players run Ghost and that Darius's kit seems like it would fuck up your kiting, it's actually very easy to kite and disengage from him as a Vayne. The goal of this matchup is constantly keeping full AA range against a Darius as his pull range is 535 while your AA range is 550. When his pull is down is when you want to go aggressive and try to apply damage on him. Levels 1, you want to just last hit minions and poke darius when he goes for it, or push slightly, then get it to slow push to you(if he started pull for whatever reason and pulls you in, immediately try to disengage and back off and just last hit). Levels 2 you might still be able to keep this up depending on what he takes next, but levels 3 and on you need to be especially focused on keeping distance from him because if he pulls you in and you don't have condemn up, you are fucked. In the case that he does pull you in, just try to tumble away as fast as possible. If he uses Q after his pull, condemn him away as fast as possible. In this matchup, its preferable to try to keep the lane in the middle or on your side so you have an easier time poking him down or even killing him. However its still okay to push him into his tower. If he has both ghost and phase rush however, you should play the lane closer to your tower or he'll be able to just flash on you, pop ghost and use his whole combo while getting movement speeds much higher than you can kite out even with using condemn.”
Auntbetsie says “The same with Garen he can sit in between the waves to apply pressure and you have to sit back and farm under turret. Some times at level 1/2 you could try and get an all in just for the fact that Darius cant do a full combo and if he misses his Q other than that you have basically lost lane unless your jgl puts on constant ganks and pressure.”
SuPIeX says “Darius is a terror in lane, but he becomes much more manageable with my phase rush build! Force him to use his E to engage then W >> Q >> E with Bami's cinder to proc phase rush to disengage and easily out trade him. In this matchup, you will want to keep trades short and utilize E mainly for the phase rush proc, so I recommend maxing your Q.”
HighSnork says “He is pretty weak against you. However his E range is just slightly shorter than your auto range, so bait his E by walking up to him and casting Q, which is a safe distance away from his E. Then when his E is on CD punish him with your auto.”
Discord Rengar Mains says “Darius is easy early level, but after level 6 unless your decently ahead darius will probably win. A way to play around his level 6 is to Leap + E + Q and save W run away. He will usually pull you and slow you that's when you double W his CC and run away.”
VictorDelRey says “Darius tends to be VERY aggressive. Give up CS and don't push. Farm under tower. What is good about this matchup is that, if he makes a mistake. You can punish him HARD. And they tend to misposition a lot.”
Itreallyhim says “Be careful in lane, Everything you do just makes it easier for him,
Okay so you are here, The game is probably started and youre thinking, what could go wrong. If you E him he will W you then E you when you think you are gonna live, And finish you off with ULT. His passive is stronger than yours, so be wary, If he pulls you with his e, walk towards him to dodge the q.”
NotReiken says “Darius shuts down everything Rengar can do in Top lane. You can't trade with him cause of bleed, and if you do he'll 5 stack and win button you. Just run.”
Circas says “This lane kinda sucks. It is very winnable BUT you need to play it perfectly.
You only win if you get 5 stacks and hit all your abilities and you need to be careful not to get pulled out of your Q or you instantly lose. You stack your passive faster than Darius obviously so use that to your advantage. You do not take short trades with Darius when you go in you are committed and you cannot half-ass it.
A good Darius will know that he can abuse you level 1 and he will most likely try to cheese you in tri bush (if you leashed red side) or he will sit in top lane bush and wait for you to walk up to the wave and try to cheese you with his Crippling Strike (W) and slow you and just out auto you. Start with your Flawless Duet (E) and wait till you are level 3 or 4 to go in on him. Build up stacks near turret because if they wave is past river towards him you CANNOT fight him. You need stacks and you need a lot of lane room to run him down when you go in.
Darius will kill you if you miss something. Can be outplayed but it is hard.”
Tanjiro Kunnnn says “Easy matchup for me :v
Dont do long fights with him you will Surely Lose just do Short Trades against him and All in when he is almost Low”
LycheeMochigome says “Really strong early, relies on darius making some sort of blunder like missing e or q. Play safe and just help your team get ahead”
HeyItsLeemo says “This champion is just annoying as hell to lane against, when you find a good Darius and you don't know how to fight him, just call for ganks 24/7, he can outheal you really well and if he gets 5 stacks on you, you're dead just play safe and maybe take resolve instead of domination for this one if you're feeling indangered.”
The Ryann Kingg says “Darius is an insta-ban for me because he is able to damage you way more than you can regen back, even with this build. Just ban him. trust me. ”
googlemops says “darius is in a similar situation as Jax you can beat him until he gets his passive stacked, when you go for trades fight until you're at 4 stack, then back off until the stacks fall off.”
FoxyGrill says “Even tho you counter him he is the only champion that can conquer you while you have your passive stacked, try to dodge his q and let him push so you can get your passive stacks.”
Doaenel says “Unless Darius is running ignite, you can still beat him. The trick to winning versus Darius is to be more aggressive than he is. Levels 1-4 you outsustain and outdamage him with double summoners even through his 5 stack bleed.”
Asoreth says “Despite what everyone says, Darius isn't really that much of a threat for Shen, I've almost never lost a lane against a Darius player. All you have to do is literally play safe, Shen is good at short trades so if you get a chance of getting him to use his abilities you can start a fight with him. Freeze waves so he can't really farm, your W can counter his W and auto resets. ”
AkaiAsura says “Darius can easily kill you in the first level. He has a good amount of damage and sustain, but if you're able to poke him in the right way, you will be able to kill him without much trouble.”
GamerAtLarge says “When you focus on last hitting your CS and stocking up on Q graves while on your side to about mid of your lane, you'll be surprised how easily you can out bully him and because hell likely underestimate you no matter how low he is hell likely be anywhere between half to low health and still try to press wave into your tower where you`ll have the chance at an early first blood. ”
Anyerlaw says “Contra Darius no te molestes a parkearle su e, ya que no vale la pena. Intenta parkearle el reset w, o la q (aunque se cura igualmente). Por lo demás pokeeale con tu pasiva y rematalo con la r. Aunque te ponga las 5 marcas con tu r le ganas.”
OGIntel says “You can poke him down easily, but when you all-in to finish him off you need to dodge his outer Q at all costs, otherwise he will probably kill you.”
Wolfychu says “Most people find difficult to play against Darius but you can win by not being hit by his Q and by trading a lot with him using the Q W auto attack Q auto attack combo and after doing it going out using EQ to bait Darius E. You can also go with ignite so you can wait for level 6 to go kill him with ignite and ultimate.”
GreeN1337 says “Destroy him with mobility just abuse it as much as You can. Try to predict his E or when he casts it instantly pop W and don't let him stack his pasive. Maxing W insted of E is good in this matchup.”
miniRAGE says “Darius does more damage than Morde early game. His bleed outdamages Morde's passive, so you need to play safe until you scale. However, once you scale, you beat Darius most of the time.”
OakenshieldXVI says “He has too much DPS and imobilization, even if you build too much armor, he will melt you down. Don't trade with him and use your E to escape and not to engange.”
Cats4lyfe123 says “If Darius hits you with Apprehend, you're going to take a fair bit of damage, so either bait it out or use your W right after to avoid his basic attacks. Darius can't easily get 5 stacks of hemorrhage on you, but he can whittle you down in lane until he can go for an easy all in. Try not to take any risky trades, and if you do, make sure you win them. ”
HDlucky says “This matchup is really hard. Try short trades against him because if he get 5 stacks and you lose skarl he just one shot you with his ult.”
SuperPopo7 says “DO NOT GET OFF YOUR SKARLL
In this matchup, as long as you can stay on your retarded lizard and poke with Q, you should be able to all in once you get tiamat. Furthermore, try to roam at level 6 because you do not win 1 v 1 after level 6”
Nicklstherealone says “NORMALLY HE WOULD STAY IN TRYNDAMERES STRENGH BUT IN THE CURRENT META (10.9) HE IS JUST TOO OP. THE ONLY THING YOU NEED TO KNOW IS HIS DAMAGE OR MORE LIKE THE DAMAGE OF HIS ULT. YOU NEED TO PERFECLTY TIME YOUR R. TIP: IF YOURE BLEEDING SPAM YOUR POTS (IF YOU HAVE) AND HEAL YOUSELF WITH Q. ”
Dejuronto says “Darius early game is also one to worry about deeply. If you miss your skillshots, you're heavily vulnerable to his pull and passive. If he has ghost, Darius can make you miss some skillshots even more when he runs after you or running away FROM you. Your best option is to find a safe distance from him and try to threaten him with your passive. If he misses any of his skillshots, you can most likely find that weakpoint and try to win a trade.”
bailey.porirua says “Very hard to beat. He will start W or Q, depending on what elo. You should start E and play safe until you can get Tri-Force. Make sure you rush Ninja Tabis and get an executioners calling and finish it later. It will negate his healing off his passive. ”
ShinyEmo says “Guinsoo's Rageblade is a must-have in this matchup. Dodge his Q with your Q and you will be fine. If you have Guinsoo's, than your Q will be ready all the time he uses his Q's. Blade of the Ruined King works well too. ”
Loki029 says “I personally hate to Play vs a darius, but if you know how to kite, then this darius will itself start playing garen instead of darius.
Ok his passive is abnoormal stong and if you mispredict and Flash too late you still die (already happened multiple times). (Several Hints: 1: Iy you want to trade poke use solence and use w so his first attack won t deal a Thing on you. 2 Don t sty on lane too Long when at 40% hp. even with your passive and w you can t survive a true damage execution./ if he could ult you use silence and hope that you run out fast enough) ”
hephephepeEPEPE says “Darius is very hard to play against play safe you can proxy once you get lvl 3 because if he tries to denie your proxy you are most likley going to die rush ninja tabi and bramble vest ”
Lazmm says “Darius is a cancer champ to play against on anyone in top really but Darius can just run you over while in lane. Make sure to go aftershock if you wan to play into it. Seekers arm guard is a strong item here.”
Death Rusofag says “Es tu peor pesadilla en línea, no le ganas los trades ni cortos ni largos y tiene mucha presión de lìnea. Trata de baitearle la E y aléjate de él con tu E. Trata de farmear y espera ganks.”
PrettyPinkPutin says “The general rule of Darius is: Don't fight him unless you can kill him, CC cancel his E with yours if possible, use your R on his Q, you can try your luck at fighting him once you have Trinity, that's all to be said.”
AkenoSenpai says “This match up can be tricky as it can easly turn into a hard match up if not played correctly, due to darius being a champion that punishes mistakes very heavly. Let the wave push into u, in this match up especially you might want to give up cs, u really do need to keep ur hp. Once you start slowpushing, and Darius gets to close feel free to all in him (lvl 3 or higher). The way to fight darius is as followed: E -> Q -> orbwalk. Keep your second Q for his own Q. Jumping to him once he starts Q animation, cancels his Q dmg as well as his healing and a stack for his passive, which is very important.”
Just a Scarecrow says “His passive is a huge counter to your own and you can't just go to him without poking him with your Q even you third to him he would auto you. you will just see how you are dying if you tried to kill him in full health. Cautious Darius are Extreme Dangerous too”
Nerkas says “It's all about you making a mistake. If you miss a skillshot, he immediately gets a kill pressure on you. Getting close is lethal, Phase Rush required!”
lugzinho says “Hug him when he uses his Q with your E so he doesn't heal and gets a passive stack.
Watch out with his R as it can mess with your remount.”
TrollingSmurfGr says “Representative of the typical BIG JUGGERNAUT TOP, Darius has huge damage when you get caught. This is an example of someone you should probably take Aftershock for. For Darius specifically, use Flay (E) to push him towards you, pulling yourself inside of the Q circle. Pushing him away from you takes too long, and he's likely moving away from you already, perfectly landing you in the outer circle. If you die once, don't try anything funny again, or it won't just be once.”
stratixx says “Your hit and run tactics should completely destroy Darius, who thrives on long term combats. Do your best to bait out his abilities and w when he activates his ghost.”
FadeMini7 says “Fighting a Darius rush Ex and when you fight him always land a Q if not back off because you need kleds Q to reduce his healing and try to time it to E inside his Q so it doesn't do too much to you ”
MagrelinOnFire says “Runas: vs Lutadores
Spells: flash/incendiar
Abuse do Grasp lvl 1, de um auto ataque com a passiva e corra. Fique atento no lvl 2 do Darius, coloque sempre 1 barril atrás de você, se o jogador de Darius for esperto, ele upou o E, tente desviar do puxão, se você conseguir, poderá agressivar e provavelmente o matará. Recomendo comprar 1 doran blade na primeira volta, se o time inimigo tiver outros campeões com curas ou roubo de vida, compre 1 carrasco. Nessa matchup, também séria interessante trocar a sterak por dançarina fantasma, a velocidade de movimento da dançarina deixará sua vida mais facil, além de aumentar sua chance de crítico.”
Average Ahri says “Darius is beatable... but you need to be VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY smart about it. Believe it or not, there is nothing to be afraid of when darius is lvl 1. Fight him tooth and nail for that lvl 2. Then bramble immediately to cut his healing. After sunfire and bramble, you will win.”
VelesemPT says “Darius might be a bigger threat because of his passive reducing your healing from your passive.
If having a bad time vs Darius just play defensive and ask for assistance from either the jungler or mid laner.”
6MillionBreads says “His passive bleed and Q heal makes it almost impossible to out-trade him, and he can pull you out of your E if you try to disengage”
Thr3shPrinc3 says “( NB!!! READ THE "MATCHUPS" SECTION OF THE GUIDE CHAPTER! )
This is normally a lane you can't win. Darius can out bully you early and has more sustain in fights even if you play Fleet Footwork. If you do play vs him in lane always try and flay him TOWARDS you when he Q's. You should be able to catch him off-guard the first couple of times and deny his healing (and a lot of damage) , but it won't keep working. Flaying him away from you takes too long and you will only end up eating his axe. Just try and poke him out and farm up as best as possible. Killing him isn't impossible, but it requires HIM to make a mistake close to your turret. Just be sure to capitalize on the mistake if he does. ”
ForgottenProject says “If he starts Q, use Q to poke him Level 1, and use Vital MS to dodge his
If he starts W, don’t try and fight him Level 1
Parry his W Pre-Level 6 to slow his MS and AS (so he stacks slower)
Take short trades when Parry is Up
Hit all Ult Vitals after Parrying his W
YOU WIN IF: you dodge his outer q, he won't heal, bleed stacks won't apply and its a large chunk of his damage
TAKE IGNITE because he will have ghost 100% of the time, thus you don't need TP to help your team because he won't either. Also take Last Stand”
BDPMate says “If you can stay at range and poke he is fairly easy. But as soon as he hooks you his slow will be enough to ruin your day. It's best to farm out to the late game.”
Gunford says “Darius is very scary with Ghost and Flash for you. If you shove the wave under his tower he will run you down and just kill you no matter what. Farm up, wait for your jungler. Use your dash when you got hooked by him. Throw your E and try to get away.
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Speez says “[BAN WORTHY] So overpowered, with ghost and flash he can run you down if you get to cocky and the only way you survive this lane is if you empowered W his W slow, just so annoying to deal with”
spaceriftmaster says “This match up isn't impossible but it is difficult because Darius's hemorrhage stacks can really cripple you whether you're tank Morde or mage Morde. Also he can catch you out and does a lot of damage and heals quite a bit on his Q blade.”
SirVermillion says “This is a difficult matchup during laning phase, best way to counter is work around his cooldown, try to bait his hook, then hit him with your W to slow him down, run up to him and Q him, then E away. Or if you're confident in getting away without losing the trade, engage with your E.”
superacewolf says “Really hard matchup try to survive lane and wait for ganks. Try to keep the wave right outside your tower. Grasp for short trades since you don't want long trades and Spellbook will help survive in this matchup as Conqueror can't really be activated since he beats you majority of the game. ”
TymekOne says “Darius is really powerful champion now, in order to win with him you need to avoid him fully stacking his passive early game and avoid his Q.”
FlopyWeiner says “You outheal his damage and out damage him lategame. EVEN with full stacks. Honestly its a skill matchup. ALWAYS TRADE IF HE NEVER CAN GET 5 HITS. He has all in combat sustain if you can keep trading without getting super punished then you outheal him and win lane.”
Braddik says “Save your Q for his Q, and jump in the middle of it. then you can look to all in. Save your E for his W, and you'll win it. Dorans early for extra sustain vs his bleed can be helpful, and Stinger early is good for more DPs. if you get a lead on him, you can snowball and kill him over and over again”
Darkseige555 says “Darius is ban worthy while playing poppy. This monster will make you give up lane as soon as he has level 3. Never go past the river against him, especially if he goes ghost or ignite. I personally ban him every game, but if you prefer to ban someone else and have the bad luck to face him, you can build a early bramble vest to punish him and get greavous wounds. Sunfire cape is also a good option. The real challenge is to not die in laning phase: it takes a lot of discipline and do not get cocky if he is playing more passive than usually because he is most likely baiting you. If you do survive laning phase, It become much better in the teamfights because he won't be able to destroy you anymore, but I suggest going for a more support build to let others carry for you since you will be short on gold after that rough laning phase.”
Trial_By_Barrel says “This match up is a tough one. But if you can land barrel combos and poke without getting caught then you should be fine. Be sure to ask your jungle for ganks. If you can't get jungle help for whatever reason. You should probably just defend and play like you would against a tank. Just poke and farm under tower.”
AGKH says “I usually ban this guy
Trade window with lvl 2 adv. (ghost)
Let him push and just farm (ignite)
You outscale him mid-late game
Lethal / Conq Runes
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Pedrokis says “Skill matchup mais disputada na minha opnião. / Cuidado com a cura e a passiva dele, use e abuse do seu Dash (E) pra desviar se ele tiver canalizando o Q ou tiver com 3 ou 4 stacks da passiva. / Se ele for burro perde; se você ficar tomando tudo atoa, incluindo ganks, você perde.”
The Lost Drawing says “A nivel 1 no le tengas miedo sobre todo si se sube la 'W' ya que puedes farmear la 1° y parte de la 2° oleada, trata de que tire su 'Q'/'E' al aire haciendo como que estas a rango pero no.
Cuando gaste habilidades a lo tonto/para empujar/intertar pegarte es momento de que le pegues sobre todo si se gasto la 'Q'.
No dejes que meta todas las cargas de su pasiva ya que te borra con eso
Gasta tu 'E' para salir del filo de su 'Q' o si te engancha salir de un posible intercambio desfavorable para ti”
Joaking says “First blood wins the lane.
His E is the real threat. You can short combo him (Q+aa+WE back) and try to bait his E. After that, you can all in him and kill him if you dodge his Q.
DON'T TRY TO FIGHT HIM IF HE HAS FLASH+GHOST.”
CFCryo says “Your usual suspects of tough juggernaut laners can give Blitz a hard time if misplayed. If played well, you can beat them, but otherwise, you will lose almost all farm since Blitz is so, so melee.”
Daedralus says “This guy is gonna be a pain. DO NOT FIGHT HIM EARLY. He can destroy you with his passive burn. Look towards baiting him under tower. His passive is very likely to get tower aggro. If he is under your tower, and you have less than 4 stacks, ult him once he is around half HP, and make sure to dodge him until then. If you can Q then ult, its even better. This way, your tower should deal with him along with your, while granting your full HP back, and preventing him from having enough stacks to even do a fair amount of damage with his ult. With an additional fear prepped, the kill should be easy, but only with the towers help of course as this will give around 4 shots guaranteed at him. Other than, avoid fights unless you get really fed and can one-shot him before he can stack enough. It is very possible that you can =)”
Askio says “He has DOT, pulls, natural healing, an execution ult, and in general can combo you more than you can combo him. Should be one of your top 3 bans up top if you go Naut Top. ”
MrLewie says “I ban this champion about 90% of the time (the 10% of the time I don't is when someone on my team bans them.)
If you find yourself forgetting to ban Darius, you're honestly better off dodging.”
VahitcanT says “Dont trade with him his passive gives true damage same as fiora you cant 1v1 with him,farm until late game Dont make 5 stack on you and will auto the game win.”
benisking says “Not the best matchup. Never e into him unless you win the all in. If you get good enough you can negate his e with your e by timing it so he pulls you right before your e attaches to the wall and pulls you away from him.”
BlackJusticeSupreme says “This clash of clans looking man will stop at nothing to defend women, no matter how thotty they are. He will relentless fight you off any time you approach a women. Kill him quickly and swiftly so his virginity can evaporate away from the mortal coil.”
VicGal96 says “Just permaban this champion. Darius already screws over most melees in the game, but in the case of Rengar he can just obliterate you so easily that the moment he gets ahead you are pretty much done. You need to put in at least 10 times the effort he needs to beat you in order to go even in lane, and, taking into account he is very popular nowadays... banning him is just the better option.”
TheRevenantsHand says “His passive will outdo yours. His Q will also give him more sustain than you. Land your E when he's trying to Q and stay close and personal so that he will have a hard time healing. ”
Split King says “Darius is tough. His kit is made to kill anything that comes into melee range. Do not try to fight him unless you know you can outplay him. It is easy to stay alive and farm however. Use q to activate passive when he uses decimate. You will take no damage and he will push lane. Use your taunt to disengage when he uses apprehend on you. Focus on buying early health, His true damage and armor penetration greatly reduces the effectiveness of armor”
ozmankaan says “2nd built with aftershock goes good against darius, u can out dam him with that built. plus darius is too common nowadays, just keep in mind never take a darius easy, never follow him in bush, dont think u can over power him when he is low on health, dont give him early kills if u do u lose ur lane prolly game too, concentrate on CS at strt not on champ kill, not giving kill to darius is a win, dont stand n fight him u have to kite him, if u dont give him a kill he is useless mid n late game.”
Split King says “If he does manage to Apprehend you, you are going to have a bad time. But most of the time he never lands one and then he is just fucked completely. Keep your distance and the lane is easy”
Valorkyrie Quinn says “Bully him with your longer attack range. Kiting with W+Passive really helps a lot. Try dodging his E with your range advantage and movement speed, also avoiding your E getting interrupted by his E.
Be aware of some Darius players who bring ghost to run you down.”
BeautifulWinter says “This is a very even laning phase. HOWEVER DO NOT PLAY AGRO PRE-LEVEL 6!
He is designed to punish melee champions and he will destroy you should you play to agro prior to having your ult.
POST-LEVEL 6: Poke with E and wait until he is half or so health before trying to all in him. If he pushes you at level 6 even if he is full health you should still win.”
Split King says “This matchup goes in favor of Darius in the early game and favor of Garen in the mid to late game. Don't force fights early just farm, you will start winning lane at level 7-9”
Ikewolf says “Skill matchup. Avoid him at all costs when mini, try trading once he uses his grap. Don't go close if you don't have your jump.
Once mega, you can trade him if he uses an ability for the creep wave.”
Devcon says “You won't beat him at an all-in until the mid-late game. Try to bait his E and poke for Grasp procs when you can. Don't let him capitalize on phage procs.”
Dominicanos says “Ο Darius είναι lane bully και κερδίζει τα trades πριν τα Power Spike σου.Έχει Armor Pen με το E του και True Damage με την Ulty του που κατακερματίζει κάθε Tank στο διάβα του.”
YukariYumia says “If Darius lands his grab try to get out of it by landing your root. Don't let him get as many stacks on you or you might end up being dead meat.
Use a more semi-aggressive play style, poke at him and let some minions die to collect the required amount of souls for your maximum crit chance and increased range”
XRVG says “Darius and renekton is skill matchup but as long as you dodge his Qs and bait his grab properly you will win. Ignite makes darius a lot easier.
If you all in make sure to hug darius so he does not heal.”
IvaoManeirao says “i'm only putting Darius on "major" since he can and will kill you in every single trade - however, this matchup is really simple if you take into account that your "E" animation is unstoppable akin to Ezreal's - that means that if he pulls you in you just need to anticipate that and E beforehand and he'll not be able to do anything at all. That along with the fact that you're ranged means that if you don't push your luck it should be a really chill farm-based lane; something that Darius never wants.”
K1M0CH1 says “max w just ban him or use headhunter red chroma to scare him away ask jungler to gang early he as no escape take hard matchup rune page just flash ur level 7 emote to scare him away”
Big Belly Bop says “This match up is one of Senna's hardest. She can poke him early on but once he gets level 3 onward, he can just run at her with ghost, and start hammering away. Keep the wave at your turret and ask for ganks. E and walk away if he gets close enough to pull you in, try to land W as well. Flash + TP, Boots + 4 HP, Gotta Blast! rune page.”
ExfIamed says “Now this can go either way, Garen has the early game advantage and does outscale Darius, but if you overstep or make one mistake it's all over from that point unless he makes a mistake. You wanna bait him into pulling you and then you E as hes pulling you, Q cleanse the slow and stay on him to avoid his Q heal, if you get hit by his Q heal you instantly lose the trade and more than likely just killed yourself. But you keep doing that, hit 6 and pull the uno reverse card and DUNK HIS ass.”
ElementalZyrus says “Darius is a little difficult based on my times fighting him. If you can kite out his E and Q, then you can all in him and force him out of lane. Ignite and Mortal Reminder will help a lot.”
Tryptic1 says “Darius is a very annoying champion to face with. Don't try to fight him 1v1, call teammates to help you fight him.
Try to kite him if he try to reach you.
Keep distance from him because he can pull you with his E.
If he Q, stay close to him and use W to run away or stay out of it range, E him if he near the wall then Q him.
Try to buy the ninja tabi as soon as possible because it can reduce the damage from his W a lot.”
Valkymir says “Bringing ignite and playing extremely aggressive early helps, however, Darius with flash and ghost or flash and ignite is just not killable. ”
9690 says “Hard lane early levels, do not go for extended trades with him. Once we are 6 we can all in and win if lane has not gotten out of hand. Ignite is very good in this match up because snowballing is critical. Don't get behind in this match up or we won't win.”
Verdehile says “You cant all him early unless you see him start q first and misses it. You need full fury first but if it looks like youre not hitting crits, get out or you will die. Other than that you will beat him with ghost ER later.”
Loevely says “Can I go past extreme? Darius is the single worst matchup for Rengar. It's a matchup that can only be won through lots of jungle attention and fuck ups by the Darius. If you find yourself playing against a Darius, go Grasp and max W and pray he sucks and doesn't start W. ”
Citrox says “One of my main bans. When he brings exhaust you are pretty much dead, You dont need to ask your jungler to come and help you. Just stay at your Tower and wait for him to push”
Gospodin Bure says “You cant pick fights with Darius and thats period, but he cant fight you either if youre careful enough, so poke with grasp-Q and only go for farm if you have passive up and use the bonus speed to run to safety. If he uses E you can poke him more.”
Luthy2278 says “He wins all trades. Basically his healing from Q and the CC from his E makes it impossible for you to win any trade or escape any ganks. You are doomed. I always dodge against Darius.”
LoganGarnett says “No tricks, no dashes. Don't get careless while getting stacks from him to not get caught in his Pull, because that will result in your untimely demise”
Noc7urnalz says “Not THAT much of a difference between aatrox and him. In the early game after reaching level 3 you can really go for really good trades vs him. Save your W For when he Q's you during the trade. Can be pretty hard to come back if you fall behind but vs Darius you can also go pretty safe if you feel like it. He has the advantage vs in the the mid game , but you win early/late.”
LuxIsMyCrush says “Darius can be a pretty hard match-up to farm in, but as long as you play safe and accept you will lose some cs you will win the lane, usually leave him to push you and farm under turret, while poke him with Q every ocassion. Also rush luden's echo as it will increase your poke and give a lot of sustain (do lost chapter first if possible), after your luden is done you should be able to Q him to death, be always ready for a flash auto q ignite play to finish him if he do a mistake.
ALWAYS TRY TO KEEP DISTANCE OF HIM, if you try to use bascis for trade there is a high chance that he will be able to grab you with his E and then do his combo on you, that is why i recommand you to poke only with Q, also you can use W to chase or disenage him, but there is again a small chance that he will be able to play around any extended poke.”
Defensivity1 says “Darius, a huge threath before level 6, always let him push you in under tower and give up all cs necessary to not get in to a trade with him, against darius the conqueror page is recommanded at level 6 you can look for an all in on him with your maiden, and if the opportunity arises poke him down with your ghouls during laning phase, tell your jungeler to not gank you before 6 as you cant 2v1 him before 6 and he can heal off of both of you with his q, turning the lane in to a blood bath for the rest of the game.”
ygtmacks says “Surviving till 6 is the key to this matchup. You must not raise ghouls unless you hit e first. Hold w until dar pulls you, or you hit e.”
Quezel says “Heavy skill matchup play early game VERY safe try to farm with q at max range without pushing the wave and ideally poke him while you farm after 6 and seekers you can start winning fights unless darius stacks MR make sure you don't give him q heals or its significantly harder to win try to stand on top of him to make this easier although a good darius will be able to use e and w to guarantee a q your shield completely nullifies his level 1 ult but after level 11 it becomes much harder to 1v1 him without a lead if you fall behind this lane becomes impossible so try to be as cautious as you can.”
GokuBurakku says “Go Conqueror, spam barrels and PLEASE. HUG HIM. HUG HIM WHEN HE USES Q IT WON'T HEAL HIM, DO MUCH DAMAGE AND IT WON'T STACK HIS PASSIVE.”
Ends says “You win against him early game which is when he is usually most threatening but be careful mid to lategame against him because if he gets 5 stacks he can 2 shot you”
SNOBOY says “If you get pulled he will win the trade, especially early game. Build an early Iceborn Guantlets. Use abilities to farm. Try to poke with your Q if he ever misses his pull on you. Also his passive counters your because the bleed keeps your shield from coming back for awhile.”
ProgettoYorick says “Everyone is afraid of darius, his passive is DEVASTANT, hit him every now and then with the usual "combo". During level 6 you will make the difference.
Advice from OTP: Give priority to the Ninja tabbi, they will help you a lot during the lane phase, try to block it with the E, closing it with the W. During that phase try to hit it with the Q and moving away a little so as not to make them recover their lives thanks to its Q.”
ScythedS says “Biggest lane bully ever!!!!!He can force trades even if you don't want to trade early on.When going for an all-in bait out his hook first.If you don't kill him with your full combo and you try disengage,he can hook you back and probably kill you.Take double armor in your rune page and buy a Morellonomicon to reduce his dumb healing.”
Ga44moker says “I think Darius is one of the hardest to lane with Rengar. He just trades you everytime. Only chance to win lane vs him is your jungle is going to camp you well in early game.”
Greekamol says “You will lose the trade if you let him get to 5 stacks of his passive so take a mid length trade. Parry his w as it's a big party of his damage. If you parry his e, he can still w you then q you after which will result in you losing the trade. You will beat him mid game so try to farm.”
ThisIsJustSad says “1. W his pull or his slow. It doesn't matter which, both are just as good. If you do that, you will always win a fight against a Darius post level 3 if you also Q his q.
2. You can W Darius R, but usually it's more worth to use W earlier to slow his attackspeed and slow his stacking process.”
Neos00543 says “skill match up, take ignite to kill early if you know what your doing.
if your beginer he has the advantage but you outscale later on so take tp and play safe make sure you get MORTAL REMINDER to counter him, bork is also good but only take it if you dont need the other LS items”
Gedi says “I always ban him because his Ult is pure dmg and ignores your armour. He can cut your Q with his E and can run you down. Also he gains health back on his Q which makes him pretty hard to play against. Try to avoid this matchup.”
linsher19 says “If he freezes the lane, you're doomed I suggest you max out your e instead of dealing with this champ unless you believe you can stack your q with much sustain”
Xelaadryth says “Auto-attack kite from outside his Q range if possible, and force him to last-hit with Q to avoid taking harass. Your auto range is only slightly better than his pull range, so if you have low ping you can cancel your auto if he moves forward. Don't be too afraid though; if you get pulled in by his Apprehend, save your E since you'll get hit by his slow. Point-blank him with a Q auto, and as soon as the slow wears off tag him with an E and you're out. W at any point during the trade, and once you're out of range, follow up with repeated auto-attacks; his gap-close is gone. Just don't get tipper'ed by his Q or the bleed will really hurt.”
Skarner Main says “Darius i dont really have a problem with playing against darius you have to respect him you cant go for long trades with him
and if he runs to you just run away if he E,s you just e him and wait til hes w slow falls off and just stun him and walk away and if you get attacked and he gets a bleed on you, you can ult him under turret with the e r combo AND NEVER EVER ULT HIM when hes e is up if you want to get him under turret his e litterly chancel you from walking so you're litterly wasting your ult just bait him to use his e then e ult him under turret”
Fluddah says “You might be able to 1v1, if you get the jump on him and just kite him a bit, but other than that he out duels you, so just try to outlast to late game!”
Karnan says “Scary fucker. Since Urgot has the worst of the worst ranges of ranged champions, Darius can hook you in your auto range. Nasty stuff.
If you are gonna fight Darius you wanna bait out his hook and his Q. Make it look as if you are going for a creep and then just leave it. taking damage for a minion ain't worth it. You outscale him hard as the game goes on so just sit tight and take what you can. ”
LaughtOfLol says “He can always kill you . avoid trades with darius at all cost he can kill you very fast . in this case rush phage then sterek . ITS OK! to lose cs when playing against darius . play safe . level 6 he is no match to you.”
just000jay says “Wait for him to push the wave to your side and try to freeze the wave. you can beat him if he misses his E and you land a Q, but it's dangerous.”
NasusIsMyBoy says “Can be really annoying early game stay at tower and farm and watch out for his blood stacks as they allow him to use his ult with full damage so try to stay away from him early game and tower hug until 20m”
AlienMV says “Watch for his E range. Do not overpush his lane if he has Ghost.
Getting grabbed by Darius is basically a death sentence. However, it makes it very predictable what he wants to do, so just stay out of his E range and you'll be fine. The lane will begin reversing in your favor once you get range at lvl 6.
Be wary if he has Ghost. If you are overpushed, he can simply run you over with Ghost and no amount of slows and speed ups from Q/W will save you.”
Lasoor says “[Top] Yorick and Darius are very closely matched. Yorick is considered a counter to Darius, however that doesn't make the match up easy. It is actually one of the hardest match ups Yorick gets in top lane, despite his advantage, because of how Darius players build and how a Darius main plays. Once Darius gets a grip on you all you can hope to do is run before you are killed. You can't out trade him at melee range, you will lose especially if Darius has his ultimate. The way to counter Darius is to kite him and push him out of lane with your mist, maiden, and ghouls. Once he is low enough you can look for opportunities to trap him and finish him off. Always go in-and-out with your Q to burst him down, never sit there auto attackin him. You win if he can't build enough stacks on you. Keep in mind rushing high health items in ideal for this match up as Darius does a lot of true damage.”
CrimsonAngel1 says “Well, if you play top lane, you will know how this guy works. But, he has a few exploitable weaknesses. If you wait for your Grasp-Passive proc, you can chunk some of his health and get some back. ”
JuiceMoose says “His Ult will decimate you if he get stacks, don't let him auto you in trades. His Q lifesteals, so be careful about getting close when he has it. ”
Asothin says “He is a strong early game champion however if you can kite and poke him well without getting grabbed you will be able to beat him. Frozen Heart is very useful on him. Since his recent change he is quite a particular threat and avoiding getting into melee range with him is quite crucial.”
Generally Break says “If he doesn't run ghost and phase rush this is basically your easiest matchup. If he does run both, be very careful. Take Glacial Augment. Hold your vault until he uses his pull. If he ever ghosts just disengage. Try to never let him auto you.”
yetusek says “Lethal Tempo Runes. Ignite + Flash OR Ghost + Flash. Long sword refillable potion start. Darius has very strong all in trades and his passive when stacked 5 times (stacks every auto attack and when he hits his q on the outer edge and his ultimate) gives him a lot of attack damage and does damage over time to you. Darius can use multiple keystones, starting items, and starting abilities. Darius with Q start is strong for early clear to get level 2 first, Darius with W start will look to take trades with you when you walk up for minions. Biggest thing to pay attention is they keystone + summoner spells. Ghost+Flash darius with conqueror has extremely good all in and if you are caught too far in the lane with a pull he can usually burn your summoners and then kill you as well. If this darius pulls you at a bad time for you, your best hope is to turn on him and all in and pray for crits. TP + Flash Darius with aftershock can be abused early if you take ignite, whether he starts q or w is irrelevant because your allin can be stronger then his so look to build fury and get level 2 first and all in him. Ignite + Flash darius with conqueror you basically just let him push you in and only farm don't trade. This is the strongest early game setup on darius to punish early but it falls off later since he can't kite you as well without ghost. The darius matchup in general is a lot about punishing cooldowns on his q and finding spots to take short trades with an auto attack + spin out without being forced into an all in by being pulled. Tryndamere does outscale this matchup in the mid-late game 1v1, but can be hard to dive him 100-0 so if you find yourself in that situation where he is just sitting under turret, then push him in and look for opportunities to outrotate him with your superior out of combat mobility and flank his team.”
OneMustFall says “Easy matchup. Just don't get pulled and you can poke him all day with no reprocussions. Just watch out for enemy Jungle ganks if he's running Ghost as if be all over you like white on rice before you know it.”
Kalrex says “Tough to trade against. Save your E to run away if you get pulled or you want to block some of his spin damage. I like to play cull and farm until level 9 in this matchup, as you outscale Darius in the midgame unless he's really fed. ”
The Apex Dealsman says “if he can use his E to catch you then he can get you with no escape. save your E for when he Es and then punish him on the stun.”
T_ired says “Darius pode ser bem chato jogar contra, não deixe ele usar o Q em você, use o W para te ajudar e não deixe ele chegar perto após o level 6”
Aquatictheft says “I ban him everygame he straight up counters you in like 10 different ways wait for you jg or do small trades with him don't let him stack up his passive ”
Rantax says “you cant do annything about him good darius is pain in the ass for yasuo build two dorans(doran shield doran blade) and wait for you jungler gank”
Ze mentira says “Max: Q-->W. Comet page.
start doran shield and back with glacial shroud.
//Try not fight him early game, you dont have much mana, but when you have your first item, you can fight better with him.
//bramble vest is a good item to cut your heal.”
BearRider says “His passive (bleeding) is annoying. Beware if he has Ignite or Ghost as Summoner Spell. Play safe and do not let him stack his passive on you. But you are more useful in teamfights. He is unable to kill your ally if you are in front. Your E and W and also Randuin´s Omen can save many lives. ”
DanteAyagawe says “Due to Darius' SLOW abilities, Mordekaiser stood no chance against this b*stard, best keep in mind to stay out of his reach, he can heal using his Q be mindful of it not to trade.”
Hamstertamer says “Very tough early game, and still slightly favors him at level 6 if you choose to fight him even though your ult is better than his. You can't do much to avoid his pull, you can do short trades and slow him to disengage but you won't dodge his Q. Let him push, and farm under tower. If he freezes the lane, break it with E. You outscale him hard if you build HP and armor, but you won't do much if you can't farm since you can't go near the guy without getting into a fight. Call for early ganks, the best counter to Darius is to gank Darius. Going ignite is IMO the best way to win this lane, since it will shift the ulti vs ulti fight in your favor and it gives you a raw power advantage since he usually runs ghost. That, or just ban him.”
ineptpineapple says “This lane can be really tricky say well back and do not underestimate him or the range on his pull it will surprise you. AND HE HAS JUST BEEN BUFFED ARE YOU FOR REAL RITO”
Atlascrower says “Darius is the Lanebully himself. Never fight him early, later you can duel him pretty easy if you do it well. A Tip: His E has a Range of 535, GP´s Q 625. You can Q him fast and run away, thats a bit risky, but you are able to do it.”
Pacal Votan says “This is one of the hardest lane... Max E and farm what you can. If it's a good Darius, he will combo you when you try to stack. However, just like you , he has no escape, so it's an easy target for ganks. Abuse it!”
Guantecillo says “Si ves que el rango de su E te alcanza, debes reaccionar rápido para utilizar tu Q y que no pueda ralentizarte con su W, aprovecha ese momento para escapar y re posicionarte.”
Jezzzir says “Darius falls off but is a serious threat at level 6 and after if he can land a full combo. Trade hard after he misses his abilities and try to either ignite him before his big spin Q or stand on the interior of it. He's easy to poke out levels 1-5. Prioritize movement speed items to keep the space.”
Polkadog says “You are his counter. Early-game his job is to harass your farm. If he comes close, punish him with one hit of Q but right after that you should back off a little. If he pulls you in, W him and get out of his Q's range. After he uses his Q, use your Q and if you can go with the whole WREQ combo.”
Chromuro says “The bleeding and the execute are the real problem, you can't heal fast enough to compensate all the damage. If he's smart enough and buys an executioner calling, the lane is over.
Try to trade with him pre-6, if you get some kills it will help you immensely.”
P1Legend says “This is usually my go to ban, Darius is impossible to duel. Normally, AD Rengar can trade with Darius pre 6 because he has the damage to keep up, But in AP Rengar's case, gunblade is the major power spike, and by the time you get it, Darius is probably around level 7. Roam after 6 and try to avoid him, or play under tower until mid game”
blunderr says “Darius is too tanky for you to be able to kill him, just keep poking him until hes low enough for you to all in him. Stay out of range of him so he cant pull you in and pop all of his abilities. Doran's Shield as a starter's item for sure.”
Essela says “Darius is an hard matchup for trynd.But if you dodge his abilitys you can win this matchup like if he misses his e just go for an all in dodge his q with your e.Be careful darius can pull u with his e while you are spinning with your e so if you get caught like that you are most likely dead”
EpicDan01 says “Has a very strong early lane. Farm with Q until you have Sunfire, then you can poke him down with Cleavers and then all in, but you MUST dodge his outside Q or he will win.”
HKRV says “He's a real bully. Second Runepage, Cleaver rush. DON'T TRADE TOO MUCH! Most Aatrox player makes the mistake of doing an all-in or trade too long than needed on Darius. His bleeding will gut your healing. Poke with first Q and E out. Short trades and farm passively. Only go for an all-in with ultimate. ”
Hellan says “O darius ainda é um counter de peso contra o garen mesmo depois do rework ele tem um dps que é superior ao do garen, graças a passiva dele que ajuda no dano e cancela a passiva do garen.”
-ALR- says “this is a 50-50 match ...bcz you don t know when u get a good Darius who can easy beat you or a bad one , but no matter how it is , i recommand to play safe vs him”
sir monsieur says “Darius is a major threat if he has Ghost. Without it, if you're playing well, he'll not be able to reach you except all-in with Flash (still you have Flash either). Most probably you'll not be able to escape Darius with Ghost on even if you land a Power Chord E.
Read matchup details below.”
Poppu says “Darius is a lane bully. He is really hard to deal with unless ahead, I would not suggest engaging unless you have ganks ready. Save E to disengage, play safe under turret. You scale better as a tank vs him mid-late game, just don't let him get too fed.”
Aizo says “Darius is a matchup that if you don't know your stuff you are going to have a very hard time. However in saying that I have developed my build path and general laning strategy to be able to beat darius most of the time.
Make sure to save your W for dodging his Q if you can and to kite him through your bush saplings so that he can't get 5 stacks of his passive onto you”
litboijustinx says “Darius is one of the easiest champions to lane against as a Jayce. If you go Phase Rush against him, there is no way he'll be able to kill you (unless you get hooked). In this matchup, I would recommend that you build Phage as soon as possible as most good Darius players will time their hook to grab you as soon as you trade. Going phage ensures that you move out of hook range as soon as you finish trading.”
SoulHero says “Pretty disgusting matchup, (I permaban darius) (also used to be darius main), MY BUILD SHANKS HIM if you get a lead, you beat him if you get deaths dance before he gets too ahead. You're e can override his hook, if you slightly delay it. Sadly, you don't win lvl 1 unless you flip into his q. Play safe, all in at lvl 9, he will be surprised and you sht on him. If you make a few mistakes you're basically done for.”
Mavelion says “Really hard to trade against, has options to beat you in lane but if played correctly you can exploit his options and go in for burst while getting out with a fair trade in health.”
General Cougar says “Can grab you and out trade you. Poking him and playing passive is a good idea, and make sure not to push in, as his grab can make sure you can't escape.”
superkind says “Don't get poked down by his W. Use your spin offensively if he uses his Q to avoid giving him stacks. He is also a free kill if he has his E on CD”
ProdegyGamer says “Darius is just all around strong in the current meta. His apprehend can pull you into a dangerous place quickly and your flame spitter makes it that much easier for him to hit you with q”
9loveyouverymuch says “DARIUS IS TOO OP in early game,
just ask for gank or keep distance and poke him near the tower the last option you can have is max your third and damage him by the AOE damage dealt by the third”
notlmaze says “Darius can stomp you or you can stomp him. I'm not saying it really depends on the player, this matchup is one of the most even and balanced one for Camille. His E can destroy Camille's E where if he pulls you out of the first E, you may need to choose to run away. Beware of his Q healing and poke him down to win the lane.”
smurferrefrums1 says “Darius can be quite hard to deal with. The only chance that you've got to do something is if he uses his Q to farm minions or if he misses it. Then you have 4-5 sec. to go in for a quick trade and get out before you lose too much HP because of his passive. If you don't manage to kill him before level 6, try harassing him with nados and when he gets below 40% HP, you can go for the kill. Also he will probably try to zone you away from the minions so if you are in danger of losing the trade, just stay within the XP range of the minions and wait for the wave to push to you.
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Dalbas123 says “Darius is a well known threat in the top lane, his bleeding is one of the most fustraiting laning face, I suggest you don't play aggressivle, just do it when your jungler is ganking you, other wise his bleeding will cut your ultimate, passive and items.”
Petethebossch says “Takes a long time to outscale and can punish you stacking with his e if he is in range. Pray for jungle assistance or ban him like i do. If you do manage to get ahead though he doesn't have much he can do in the 1v1”
HarryCao says “This matchup is very snowbally as you will either dominate or get dominated. In this matchup the only time where you should engage is when your in melee range of darius as you when you pop out your E, he will use his pull to try to cancel out your E but you must quickly jump on him before your E expires and get a auto + W in and walk away. If you're fed enough then feel free to just keep jumping on him but be aware of how many stacks he has on you as you most likely won't be able to beat him if he has 5 stacks on you.”
Dorwu says “Its really hard to do anything against darius once you got pulled by his E
Darius' w makes you barely able to move so its really risky starting a fight with him, better not tho.”
homxr says “Darius is a very hard match-up, the way you can do something against him is if you do not take any long trades. Pick up Bami's Cinder (HP counters him, not armor), take Phase Rush, and focus on CSing and not dying. Alternative counter: ban him.”
Jnewbringspain says “Most people hate playing against Darius, but I find this matchup to be very winnable. The important thing to do is bait his decimate and avoid it. This will allow you to farm a bit without much danger. Always back off if you end up with a lot of hemorrhage stacks. Later in the game, you need to stay very close when he uses decimate. If you stay inside it, it does practically no damage and he won't heal. A slight misstep in this matchup will likely leave you dead, so make sure you're comfortable with Jax if picking into Darius.”
Necrops says “His damage early is bigger than you and even bigger at level 6, but you still can counter him. When the tries to Q you jump in him with W, Q him then retreat with E. If the drags you back just slow him with your Q and retreat. Your E blocks his passive damage.”
ThomasRemastered says “matchup défavorable mais qui peut encore se gérer, quand sion fait son Q, darius va pouvoir le cancel facilement avec son E, dans ce genre de matchup il faut juste essayer de farm et d'attendre le late game”
LiquidBlyr says “There is little outplay against this champ. You should not fight him ever. Darius wins long fights. If you absolutely must attack him do short trades. Q>W>AA then E away. never use your E to engage on him but only to escape. If you are a god time your W on his hook AA and walk away. Farm/Poke with your Q, Freeze wave and farm under tower. (NEVER let him get 5 stacks on you if you get 3 stacks you should stop fighting)”
CuziTR says “If he Qs into you dash in with your E to dodge and make a short trade. You will outdamage him.
If he gets 3 stacks on you flash away immeadiatly.”
Smartest2 says “Can be really rough if he takes ghost + phase rush. I recommend buying tier 2 boots early, potentially even buying swiftness boots to kite him.”
WTMudkip says “Darius is still a dominant top lane pick. His passive still stacks on you in E so he'll still do more damage than you. Try not to get within E range.”
Pycelon says “Darius and champions similar combo pretty well against Taric, despite his shield and invincibility, making bleed champions like this Taric's biggest threat.”
Zofia the Fierce says “Darius' trades are very- very powerful. A dumb Darius will lose to you of course- if you can identify one- beat them! However, with the bleed stacks and massive healing in his kit, he's likely to win over you. You may try going for short trades, but he can use his catch spell to force you into taking lots of damage, or even end you straight away.”
Sukay says “Avoid getting hooked above all. Use W everytime he hits you with Q, and avoid to get hit by the outer part of the Q, better to go back into him, and then run.”
The Jhin Cena says “Don't let him get his 5th auto attack on you or else you'll die instantly. A good way to fight him is W at around his 3rd auto attack so you can back away and wait for his passive to wear off on you, and then re-engage.”
EvilOranges says “D-Shield. Melee matchup with no escape or mobility? Easy. Just don't get E'd or Q'd and you should be fine. If he takes Ghost you should take D-Shield, but if you are good at kiting D-Blade works fine too. Poke as much as you can, and stay out of range of his Q and E.”
PandaSenpai101 says “If the Darius goes Ignite, it will be very difficult to win lane. You do have early kill pressure against Darius, levels 1 and 2, but his Ignite can make it very hard. You should parry his E, but it's better not to predict it. His W is an auto reset plus a bleed stack, so aim to parry that, as most Darius players do an E,W,Q combo. After 6, look to parry his R, but if not parry his W. This is a must to start Doran's Shield against his bleed. ”
uk Orca says “quite a hard lane because when u get into melee form he gets free damage, just try to poke down in ranged and hope isnt good and doesnt flash on you.”
Devitt45 says “Ban him. Just ban him every time. He can easily out damage Garen in level 2+. Darius can easily put you out of the game, which is horrible for this build.”
KlTTEYN says “I played against him a bit when I wasn't that skilled with Irel, and struggled pretty hard. Just stay under turret, try and get a CS lead, look for openings when his ult is down.”
Zestysquid says “Very obnoxious lane. Winnable, but obnoxious. If he get's a slight lead early game he'll probably kick your shit in the whole lane, so try not to die early on even if it means sacrificing lane pressure or even farm. It's difficult to get him to low health because of his heal, but the biggest threat is if he manages to hook you out of the safety of your boxes. Be careful about baiting by burning your Q. You can ult out of his ult, but be aware that it will reset his cooldown unless he ults your clone so get the hell out of there after you do.”
best teemo says “Start: Doran ring, armor runes.
How he will try to trade against you:
Darius will try to pull you then hit your with the edge of his bladed q, then auto w to slow you and auto you to death
How to win trades pre6:
max e, your goal here is to slowly get him to half hp so that he isn't able to all in you, pre6 if darius is half hp or lower and he grabs you, you can kill him with ignite. the hard part is getting him to half hp without losing your hp, which is easy when you know what to do,
so this is how you do it:
lvl 1 is the only time that you can poke hard with your e so use that opportunity, poke him a lot lvl 1 but becareful not to get in range of his q, so poke, then walk back, then poke again.
after lvl 1, your q is the only thing that you can poke safely, so keep poking with your q on cooldown, but every time darius tries to kill a minion, that's when you poke with your e at a distance, darius won't grab you if he's focused on killing a minion, just poke with e once then walk back. you will know that darius is trying to kill a minion by looking at whenever your minions are about to die, if darius is walking up to that minion, that's when u know he is about to kill a minion, pay attention to his movements, you can kinda tell when he wants to grab you or when he wants to kill a minion.
again, your goal is to get darius to half hp without losing hp, after that you can even let yourself get grabbed and kill him, or you can keep playing it smart until he dies. when darius all ins you, if you can dodge his q, you'll dodge a lot of his damage. If you're caught in his e and are able to die, flashing out of his q then poking him will give you more confidence in the match up and you'll learn when you can outdamage him.”
Prince Afghan says “Darius is a feast or famine lane. If he kills you once, he'll have a field day with you. Levels 1-6 he can zone you off to cs and all in you at any time. Be careful throughout the lane and hope your jungle comes and helps you. As long as you are the one engaging and not being engaged on, post level 6 you have the advantage against Darius in an all-in. ”
vosak25 says “This one is little bit tricky. Good darius knows how to play against aatrox so if you are both skilled with champs it is going to be even.”
Ryako the Exile says “Only do something if you are lv 3, go for Trade like: E - AA - W - Q - AA, after that go with your second and third Q away, if you arent practised in doing fast trades or doublecast combos, you shouldnt do the last autoattack”
Solink says “His bleed counters you. Be careful, big damages in lane. Just farm and outscale him. He can't beat you in lategame 1v1's unless he is too far ahead.”
Bombabo says “DO NOT FIGHT HIM EARLY! you can poke him with the first or 2nd cast of your Q, but only if you are sure that he won't be able to pull you in, which will cause you to lose”
MadMaster523 says “He can cancel your e animation with his pull. Right when he does that your pretty much dead cuz he also has a slow. You can't get close to him cuz he will just pull u and slow u down. Pretty similar to riven but it's harder to auto him when he has his pull up.”
adzzb says “This is one match up that is winnable but it's going to be done early. Otherwise it's pretty much gg. Dodge his q and trade with your q and the second proc of your passive.”
0mega best says “He is hard to play against, play safe and try to bait his Q and E, if he is a good darius just farm and call for ganks, there isnt much you can do here.”
Onwego317 says “Some people will have a terrible time facing Darius. He is rather easy to lane against. The Key is to Poke him while stepping away from him. Kinda like hitting him while you retreat. Listen to his sounds because they are clues to his movement either for or away from a fight.”
JosEffigy says “take second wind instead of bone plating and buy a doran's shield. it mitigates his bleed, and u can trade without losing much hp.
If he has GHOST, DO NOT TRADE.”
RainbowNova says “Darius is not a fun lane to play against. You'd think that since you can blind him, he would be doing less damage, but nope. Darius' slows and ultimate are very annoying. I usually ban Darius, just because I personally can't play against him.”
Lil Tidepod says “One of Sion's worst enemies. He can pull you with his E out of your Q, which cancels it, can sustain almost indefinitely in lane off of you with his Q, and his passive basically makes him almost impossible to 1v1 unless you can burst him down within approximately 3 seconds. Under no circumstances should you fight Darius on your lonesome, no matter how fed you are. His 5 stacks will shred you.”
THISISGGEZHAHAXDDD says “Take grasp and use bush speed to poke with aa. If he manages to pull you then q aa e r e (aa if possible) q then pounce away.”
zygiux says “Hard but not impossible, Get ninja tabi's, this is not super really hard but you need to smart to win vs him, your E is perfect because Darius doesn't have alot of mobility so your can escape, but stay out of his range of E, because when he pulls you in then W its going to be hard to escape.”
Tior123 says “If you get even slightly ahead of Darius he becomes useless, and I mean slightly. Like you could get him to back at level 3 and get one level on him and that’s enough to destroy him. Darius also cannot kite so Volibear makes quick work of him.”
BrvndonLmao says “Darius isn't a problem whatsoever. Just play around his Q, go for small burst trades with Q-W-AA then QEQ away before he can pull you in. If he does get the trades, try and Q into his Q to negate healing and damage.”
naejshaw says “Campeões Melee em geral e sem gap closer são bastante punidos pelo Jayce na forma ranged.
Abuse da vantagem de alcance e dos pokes constantes. Quando o oponente se aproximar, mude para a forma melee e o afaste com seu E”
ARandomizer says “Ornn and Darius are both tanks and they both do a good amount of damage, but Darius has all the favors in game against you. Use your living forge to outbuild him and win the lane.”
LighterDay says “Darius thrives well in solo fights. Since Morde's ult puts him against a solo opponent, Darius can overpower you. However, that does not mean he is unstoppable. Use your shield when it's full and remember that you also thrive in solo combat due to your passive.”
GameRage20 says “You totally counter his kit with your E. It is impossible for him to all in you even with lvl 6. You can fully counter his 5 stack ult with your E. Just all in him as early as you can.”
ImpossibleLogic says “Darius has very good all in potential as well as soft and hard cc in his kit which means if you get hooked by him you are just dead because a slowed Aatrox is a dead Aatrox. However you do better in team fights if you play them right even with the new buffs to Darius' team fighting potential. Keep E until he has pulled and slowed. Due to the recent update (9.12) Darius is a much larger threat, would recommend banning in lower elos.”
Luki7776 says “Pretty skill-based matchup. Darius is a powerful champion with Ignite because he gets so many damage. Avoid getting pulled to him and try to kill him when he has his abilities on cooldown.”
LighterDay says “Darius' Q has the same range as Illaoi's Q, but his heals and does more damage if hit by the edge. This also gives him a chance to dodge since it has the same range. Using her W will help evade the Q, but this puts you close enough for Darius to use his W and to apply a stack of his passive on you.”
LighterDay says “Darius is a rather even match. While his bleed makes Garen's passive useless, Garen has higher damage for his E and Q. Using this when Darius goes in will make an even trade or give you the advantage at least. Just keep in mind that Darius has two slows and both of those abilities apply armor penetration.”
Prezibogen says “- Do not get caught to early, if he grabs you, you have to flash instantly
-Do not poke him with your e+q combo early, he will grab you
-If he is 2/0 and reached 6, he can already 1v2, so stay under tower”
Hunterlogic says “This needs to be explained a little.
While Darius is not a real hard matchup, he is until you get Gunblade. Also his level 6 is stronger and he will beat you, after level 6 you have the advantage as long as you have Gunblade. Just make sure to avoid his Q's or stand right inside them to negate damage and his passive stacks.
He also has a power spike at level 11 and depending on if your ahead he could beat you if you are even.”
FunkySoul says “It took me a while to figure out how to beat him, but I realized the only thing I can do is freeze under turret and ping for ganks. I've won majority of my games versus Darius just by being patient!”
Scuz Rat says “Simply put, Poppys worst matchup, his pull makes trades impossible and his high damage + armor shred makes even a fed Poppy lose in any fight vs this guy. New Poppy players should probably ban him”
CoffeeDog says “You can't wintrade against a Darius early, when he reaches that juicy level 6 you need to change your play style and play in a safer way since his damage also comes from abilities.”
TechnoRenekton says “Avoid fighting Darius on lvls 1 and 2.
Get in short term trades so he cannot stack his passive. Poke with Q.
Dash in on him if you are going to get hit by his Q. Be carefull when lower than 40% HP.”
Brentard says “I mean... He is Garen 2.0 just better in every way. You aren't meant to win this match up. With that said. Farm under turret until 6 and then roam. ”
GrGamingTeo says “Almost impossible to beat. Look for opportunities for smal trades with q spam in and out of the brush. Avoid geting to the outer circle of his q. Never try to do big trades with him because you will be screwed. Try to bait his e and when both his health and his mana are low try to kill him with ignite.”
BubbaStudmuffin says “Darius is basically free kills for you and here is why.
1) You both benefit from long fights but you just do it better. He wants to hit you multiple times to get max stacks for his bleed and then ult you. Thats fine tho, as he is hitting you for bleed stacks and what he thinks will be a KILLER ULT you will be building up your W's shield passive. When you are a good ways into your 1 v 1 just pop your W. He will ult and it wont kill you. Then just finish him off.
2) His "bonus" bleed damage from long fights doesnt give him the edge in the fight that he is use to. While yes you will be taking bleed damage from a long fight, he will be taking Magic Damage from your passive circle so you two break even on that.
3) Positioning. To beat him this is the only thing you really need to worry about. First, bait out his pull, yours is longer so if you can bait his and use yours you'll have the upper hand. Secondly, just be sure not to get hit with the edge of his spin. That heal is nasty and you can easily avoid it. Either pull him in and stay close on him or keep some distance and poke him down with your Q. It out ranges his Q.”
0mega best says “Very hard, darius counters your passive which is pretty bad, he does more damage and has a hook and a heal which makes him even more hard to kill, call for ganks and play very safe.”
DrMoneybags says “Darius can be very 50-50 depending on his skill, but a good Darius is scary(especially if he takes Ghost). After constant buffs to his kit, he pretty much beats most melee toplaners. Using E to enter his inner Q circle can help win all-ins, but he will still beat you in most extended trades. Just ask your jungler to gank early since he has no escape. I suggest taking Conqueror and ignite to snowball early and bypass his base-stats.”
Arcthunder says “For any starting Kled player, this matchup with be a pain to play against. However, you just can't be afraid of him. The key to playing against him is when he uses his Q, make sure to stay on the inside of the ax. It just takes practice.”
Big Boy Matty D says “Haven't actually played this match-up but would imagine it's difficult.
Consider maxing Q and trying to poke him out?
You can probably fight him after 2 items completed given that he hasn't snowballed.”
Mitil says “He just beats you in every single way sit back farm with your q. Your main goal is to sustain lane and punish any major mistakes he makes. You will probably never be able to 1v1 unless you are extremely fed.”
Qubert64 says “Pretty huge threat. Sunfire Cape into a thornmail. Should deal with him decently. Going in for short trades is the best bet against him.”
kubsak26 says “Playing against him is actually simple but boring and tilting. His early is crazy good. It's not worth to fight him he will just kill you. His passive is very powerful in early and his kit is stronger then your on 1v1. For example if he know what he is doing he will never let you stun him with your q besause of his e. But if you gonna play safe under your tower and farm minions from range you will be ok. Because on late he suddenly becomes absolute trash. Really I think it's because of his lack cc and only one damaging range ability. So yeah if you not gonna feed him hard he will fade away. And don't worry to much even if he killed you 2 or 3 times it's not that much of a deal he still fades.”
Shinxsage says “You can't do much without your jungler in this matchup. You can poke all you want, but then he trades much more damage back. I would recommend BC+Lethality and go snowball other lanes.”
OnionMilkshake says “Darius has very good all in potential aswell as soft and hard cc in his kit which means if you get hooked by him you are just dead because a slowed Aatrox is a dead Aatroxx
However you do better in team fights if you play them right even with the new buffs to darius' team fighting potential
(Recommended: Electrocute)”
TheNinjaRoid says “Hard lane, Avoid fighting him as much as possible, ask for ganks from Jungle and/or Mid. His passive does magic damage, so get Mercury Treads. Can't really stop you from farming, outside of killing you. You should win late game, if you haven't fed him to oblivion.”
Jomppe says “ [Top] Yorick and Darius are very closely matched. Yorick is considered a counter to Darius, however that doesn't make the match up easy. It is actually one of the hardest match ups Yorick gets in top lane, despite his advantage, because of how Darius players build and how a Darius main plays. Once Darius gets a grip on you all you can hope to do is run before you are killed. You can't out trade him at melee range, you will lose especially if Darius has his ultimate. The way to counter Darius is to kite him and push him out of lane with your mist, maiden, and ghouls. Once he is low enough you can look for opportunities to trap him and finish him off. Always go in-and-out with your Q to burst him down, never sit there auto attackin him. You win if he can't build enough stacks on you. Keep in mind rushing high health items in ideal for this match up as Darius does a lot of true damage.”
TheBoltLord says “Darius is a pretty big threat as well. His bleed does so much to you its like teemos poison but hes a tanky champ. He can pull you when you dont want to so 9 out of 10 times you have to play passive or only poke him down with your shield until you feel like you can go in.”
Aulenza says “Don't use this build against him. Build full tank. He will rip your head. Play as deffensive as you can and trade him when he misses any skill. ”
MediocrePolk says “Darius can E you out of your jump which makes trading hard. D shield second wind revitalize to sustain in lane. Bait his and go from there. He can q when you jump which makes it hard because of his heal.”
Khazem says “How threatening Darius is will depend on his choice of summoner spells. If he goes Teleport his threat is minor, if he goes Ignite, his threat goes up considerably and if he goes Ghost, he will become one of the biggest threats out there. The main thing to look out for is to never allow him to catch you with his E. Proper kiting will make this matchup a lot easier as you can punish him very hard whenever his E is down.”
Nio161 says “When he gets his tank Items before you get yours you have a problem, because he als deals much damage. Play safe and try to hit E & ult. He can't dodge your E easily.”
qtANG says “also a skill match up. Darius damage is almost even to wukong, except darius has more cc and he has a strongest passive among the game. During early game, try to not take too much damage by E in to him whenever he Q. Then disengage with W. In lvl 1, most Darius will start W (Crippling Strike), and take Ghost. Don't fight him during lvl 1 or 2. Just do short trades and farm.”
Maverickov says “Stay out of melee range and max Q. Darius rushes a black cleaver making him nice and beefy for your Q. Kite him and poke him until you can all in and massacre the menacing executioner. At that point he'll lose all trades against you and gets zoned. Late game your dumbass team might feed him and his 1k true damage can be a real bitch.”
TheChairmanJr says “Not that much of a threat, just need to be wary of his haemorrhage stacks so he can't kill you. But other than this Morde doesn't struggle against him”
TrymeonAlcohol says “he is strong early and can q you every 5 sec and dont always give you to farm,just be safe and wait jg to come but make the jg kill him before 6lv”
LosAngeloser says “The main reason this matchup is difficult is because it has a very low margin for error for GP - if you make one mistake, you're dead and the opposite is definitely not true. You can go grasp and build early armor or go comet and support other lanes.”
Champ Nasus says “Lane bullies like Darius and Renekton are tough, but if you play safe and only farm under turret you can come of out lane at least equal, after which you will outscale. Be sure to pay close attention to if they leave lane, and mia ping like crazy if they do.”
AGENTMYRIE67 says “THIS GUY IS YOUR HARDEST MATCH UP SO.... JUST BAN HIM AND IT SAVES YOUR TEAM FROM ALSO DEALING WITH HIM BUT IF YOU DIDN'T AND GOING AGAINST HIM RN, MAKE SURE TO TAKE 3 REJUVENATION BEED AND ONLY FOCUS FARM AND BUILDING TANK AND ASK FOR GANKS AND IF YOUR AHEAD ENOUGH YOU CAN SOLO HIM BUT MAKE SURE YOUR REALLY AHEAD AND AVOID HIS Q HEALING IF YOU GONNA SOLO HIM. AND MAKE SURE TO W HIS W .”
GalathBoiz says “If he knows what he doing, he will dunk you and snowball you hard,play really safe from 1-3. Save your E for his E, dogde his Q u win the trade”
ApexDresden says “It may be a difficult match up because Darius is able to deal a lot of damage, however you can attempt to trade with him and make sure you counter his Q by standing in the middle of it. You also counter his R. Make sure you poke him with Q + W and all-in when he's relatively low, you don't want him to get 5 stacks on passive.”
ElleryTheViking says “If you don't ban this champion, you will not be in for a fun time. I wont elaborate any further, but should you end up against him, play safe, farm it out and call for ganks. Do not try fight him one on one, you will lose. ”
The Lost Drawing says “Tu 'counter' mas basto y asqueroso, porque aunque el este 20 'súbditos' por debajo tuyo y ya haya muerto 3 a 5 veces, y tu tengas 1 a 3 'kills' tienes una probabilidad considerable de que te mate en un 1 vs 1 (mas aun si el lleva conquistador). Puedes jugar de 2 maneras seguras y 2 medias 'raras'. La 1° es con 'Aliento del Agonico'; 'farmea' con tu 'Q' para activar tu runa y pegale con tu pasiva, usa tu pasiva para el 'gordete'. La 2° con 'Inrrupción de Fase'; para correr cuando el te atrape con alguna de sus habilidades. La 3° con 'Aunmeto Glacial'; simplemente le quitas movilidad a el. La 4° 'Conquistador' ; la mas arriesgada pero la que te recompensa mas si le sacas ventaja de sus errores de posicionamiento y de vision.
Como jugarle:
>>> Juega Darius para conocer sus enfriamientos, su rango de básicos y habilidades, combos y acostumbrarte a su velocidad de ataque
>>> En 1 vs 1 no ganas (a menos que seas una pistola o el malisimo)
>>> Compra 'Poción de Corrupción' para poder responder a su empuje y si te engancha puedes responder un poco ya que este objeto te da una pasiva de 'Quemadura' que es daño mágico y te curas de paso
>>> Espera los 'ganks' de tu 'jg'
>>> Compra visión (Centinela de Control) para que cada vez que el se vaya a base y tengas tus jg cerca te haga un 'gankeo' beneficioso para ti y para el (ya si no lo hace y te quita el Centinela pues ni modo :,v)
>>> No gastes tu TP de maneras tontas, con el puedes hacer ganar a tu 'botlane' o al menos si te baja mucha vida puedes regresar para no perder nivel
>>> Trata de no perder experiencia pero el no perder oro es muy difícil
>>> Tu 'E' no la gastes para pegarle a menos que ya lo tengas a un toque de vida. Tu 'E' es como la 'E' de Yasou, pudes esquivar daño de su 'Q' y de su 'E'.
>>> Trata de hacerle gastar su 'Q' y su 'E', cuando lo haga pudes hacer intercambios limpios y sin riesgo (en este caso ya te debes de saber sus enfriamientos
>>> ERES 1 VS 3; Los 'jg' de tu equipo rara vez 'gankean' a un Darius (es altamente recomendable un gank antes del nivel 6 o se hace una doble), los 'jg' enemigos hacen 1 o 2 'ganks' para ponerlo mas fuerte contra ti, si mueres pierdes la linea automáticamente (esto solo en caso de que sean 'main' Darius)”
Mr Gothenburg says “Since Darius wants to get Close to you he wants you to hook him to engage, try to harras him in early game to let him have a hard time in late game.”
LonerFKS says “If the Darius is well fed then be sure to auto him and Q him make sure he is alone. Else he is weak if you keep auto-ing him to farm for soul.”
kingkang2 says “Darius is one of the easiest matchups in the game. Just play safe levels 1-3, and if he's running ignite, play even safer. Hit 6, and run him down. Darius needs a lead to win the lane. Deny him this lead and he won't be able to escape the rape cage.”
SynergyXO says “Pretty easy, short trades with darius. walk up, auto, auto animation cancel with spin to disengage. until you want to all in. if you all in, besure to save your spin and flash if you have it to stay or get inside of his Q. He doesnt land a Q on you, you win easy. dont miss ult due to his ult”
Samas says “Same as Garen, block his W with E, trade, and get out when he starts using his Q since he wont be able to interrupt your Q with his E while he is in the middle of the animation, requires fast reaction since you might still get chipped by the Q while you are jumping away. Dont go for all out fights when close to even health unless you are sure you can win.”
Naniboi101 says “Really good at long term fighting which is also what Fiora is good at. Can take bramble vest to stop the healing and his only form of cc is really fast. If you parry his q you won't take any dmg but he still heals. Try to parry the w or ult if you can hold it that long. Also go executioners to stop his healing and try to poke out then all in.”
blue_cat says “Try not to fight him too much at all, his bleed makes you lose pretty much all trades early. Sparingly proc grasp and just get through the laning phase.”
francodm says “Conheça o range do Darius, se você não tomar nenhum puxão será uma matchup fácil. Cuidado com allins de Darius que usam Flash/Ghost.
Use Aery ou aperto dos mortos vivos.”
SwiftOblivion says “Strengths: Extended Trades, Tanky, Sustain. Weaknesses: Low Mobility, Out-scaled. Start Doran’s Blade and play aggressive. You have complete agency over how the lane plays out. He lacks the mobility to catch you unless he takes Ghost or Phase Rush so it’s all dependent on your spacing and how you approach the matchup. Bully him by using your passive movement speed to your advantage by taking short trades and poking him down. When he Q's, decide whether to run outside of its range or to step closer to not take the brunt of his damage. If you get far enough away, disengage far enough from his pull, if you step inside close to him, start attacking to get some damage off at least in the early game. Use your Riposte primarily for negating his W or an auto attack because the slow and damage on his W and the passive stacking are the biggest threats to you in the early game. When going for trades, typically don’t let him get more than 3 passive stacks on you, at the most 4 when prepping for an All-in. His ultimate is also negated by your W so keep that in mind. Lastly, if you Riposte his Q, although not recommended, if he hits you with the blade, he still heals and procs effects such as Phase rush even though you take no damage from it.”
Miracle Matter says “WARNING: NEVER WALK PAST THE FIRST BUSH AT LEVEL 1 until he reveals himself. Most Dariuses will sit in the bush and wait for you to walk forward.
If you've avoided that cheese, congratulations: you win the lane. Zilean top hard-counters Darius. Just don't ever let him close enough to pull you, and you can consistently harass him (and deny his Ulti.)
Don't be overconfident. Good Dariuses will rush Mercs or Swifties and Ghost/Flash you down repeatedly. Don't let him anywhere near you unless your double-bomb is up in order to stun him and escape.”
Suthafru says “Darius - Darius can be easily poked and zoned, but will 100% win any melee range trades or fights against jhin, it is best to play as safe as possible while still trying to poke him away from going at you with full health”
NOH giel says “Darius just outdamages you, when he grabs you, there is almost no way out. Usually you can use your E to get out of the threat. Darius just pops ghost and togheter with the slow on his w he can easily run you down and get 5 bloodstacks with ease.”
Saiyan02 says “For some reason I find this matchup pretty easy. Just all in him before level 6 and get some easy kills. A tip could be E into Darius when he Qs.”
MedicineBall says “Early game, Darius is extremely dangerous at top lane. Kayle starts off pretty fragile, therefore you should stick to poking and playing passive until you start getting more range under your belt.”
drunken hunter says “Darius is very strong against Rengar, because he got the auto hits with extra bleeding dmg already in lvl 1.
Darius is a lane bully who doesnt need much mana for his abilities, he is very tanky and his (Q) with low cd heals him for every single champion (from his enemy team) in his range.
My tipp: do never try long trades, he will do every thing to get his 5 bleeding stacks on you - he will pull you, he will slow you, and if you have the 5-hits-mark over your head Darius will use his ult and deal true dmg and you will get more dmg by the bleeding stacks. Darius got only one good thing - he has no escape. Wait for your jungler to gank and kill him.”
kkiskk says “This match up is a piece of cake for you because conqueror reworked. Use your E to dodge his outter Q and punish him hard when he tries to poke you with outter Q. He is nothing without 5 stacks passive. Be sure to outdamage him before he 5 stacks you, else things will get ugly.”
Daniloooo says “If he lands his Q and E on you then you are dead 100%
On the bright side your Q blinds his W so he cant slow you. Dodge his Q by running towards him. His E has good range so try to poke him only when he goes for cs. Play safe and build Tabi.”
Pancaku says “Extremely easy to beat early laning phase, but as time goes on you will more than likely end up dying to him especially if he pulls you and runs ghost as there is almost no chance of escaping,”
SeaWeeb says “Has a good gap closer but if you manage to dodge then you can poke him fairly well. Don't push to far so you can escape under tower in case he has boots or ghost.”
Sion says “He outscales you and outdamages you in later stages, while also being a massive bully in lane. If you find yourself in this matchup, either dodge it or sit under turret, farm and roam.”
TSA_Exotic says “Darius has the potential to destroy you in lane, but if you keep yourself as far away from him as possible and only poke him when he's going to cs or right after he uses his Q then you can bully Darius with no retaliation. When he goes to move in and pull you towards him Tumble away from him and get poke on him as he's turning around. Once you chunk him enough you can all in him with your ultimate and ignite for a very easy kill.”
SkullNatoR says “your hope is to see darius not punishing you while you are eq him or the minions
your window to trade is when you see him wasting his e, which has 20 seconds cooldown if not more during early game (before he starts maxing it or buy any cooldown items) also e him before his q hits you while trading so he doesn't heal from his q”
Moccamasterpro says “Maybe the hardest champ to play against as Olaf. He is one of the few champs that have a better early game than you. also his ulti is a lot better than your. Rush tanky and try to avoid trades.”
SunKnight116 says “Darius can execute huge amount of damage, if at max "Darius Stacks":, be careful of their Ult that finishes you off, be sure to camp tower”
TheNecromancerr says “Like for the most champions, it's scary matchup, but also very winnable. If you see him Q and you can't dodge it, Q on him so you don't get stack of his passive and makes him heal. Play safe until you get at least Tiamat or Sheen, level 6, after that go with shorter trades when you have 2 Q resets and make sure your passive is fully stacked once you all in him.”
n41L1L says “Darius can easily be shut down early game if your jungler comes top once or twice. With how hard Camille can snowball and how hard Darius can be set back, you should be fine as long as he doesn't roam and get kills while you're just farming or split pushing. But I will say, if he's fed, you're screwed beyond belief.”
Proxxecube says “He's also stupid and I hate him, but he can be countered. Granted it takes a lot more skill on your part as well as a good jungle presence. As long as you let him bully you under turret for the first 6 levels, and you get a good gank, you can beat him w/ your Ult. You scale significantly harder, so you should do significantly better late game.”
WhySoRengar says “Ok , kinda hard matchup. You can kill darius doing lvl 1 poke and lvl 2-3 all in, but after 6 you will have hard time if you dont get ahead early. When he uses Q jump on him to not get hit by outside circle. It will deal so much dmg and heal him”
VdeathSpartan says “Can out damage level 1 when avoiding the outside area in his Q. Easy lane until level 6 when he gets a massive power spike, even then you can kill him if you start the fight without using Q until you need to.”
lxl1Mago1lxl says “You cannot trade him at the begin, Play with your W and let him try to complete his stacks inside your [W].
Carefully cuz he can still kill you in 6 moves.”
mcasterix123 says “Of course not all of CertainlyT's tomfuckery can get nerfed out of existence, presumably because he's shit himself during a hissy fit. Darius is indeed, still scary. However, if you can farm with Q, time your W with his E, and use E gratuitously, you can survive to the mid game. However, you really need to make sure he does get his dirty little fingers on your backline.”
shlemvem says “Playing against a darius is hard in general, but what singed has that other champions dont have is the MS to run away from him, and the fling to dodge his Q, time it perfectly and be careful.”
Ozymandeous says “Darius will heal through all of your burst. He is the most dangerous champion to have against you as Sylas in my experience. Ban him 100% of the time.”
WhatsLeft4Dead2 says “Darius is in the business of dunking, and business is lethal af. Stay out of this dudes poke, it's nasty business. You will need a full team for this guy just to max rage his ass.”
Ghostwalker562 says “Poke him from a far and you win ez. But early game I'd just be a bit careful, he's easy to burst later on but not easy to burst early.”
polarehare says “He's got a gap closer (hook), BS poke the practically the same size of the Q you won't use. Won't survive trades but will survive your combos and 1v1's due to BS somehow and will eventually tire you out and dunk on you.”
Zahkar00 says “Take Glacial.
Darius is a difficult but not impossible matchup. Give him space and engage when he uses abilities on minions. If he pulls you press E and AA and pop a pot before stun goes off while moving closer to him. You want to stick to him as much as possible. Try and predict or bait his pulls, so you stun into it.”
I Love Thighs says “Never fight a darius full on early. When he q's you can dash inside it and trade that way just be careful and make sure you don't get pulled. If you dont let him get his lead on you, uou just scale and win”
Bakiraka says “Ouch my bones. You don't have to play under tower, but stay far away and use Q to CS. Stay far away from melee range. Never look to 1v1 him.”
Joxuu says “Matchups depends a lot on if he has ignite and if you are able to dodge his Qs. Don't go for extended trades in his auto range, use your mobility and fling for trades and avoid Hemorrhage stacks to ultimate with your movement speed.”
Tvoi_clop says “Сложное противостояние. Не используйте свое E на него. Вместо этого ждите когда он использует своё Q и сразу жмите E в него. После этого у вас есть секунд 6-7 чтобы его побить. Также старайтесь не делать долгих разменов из-за его пассивного умения.”
Trixelkour says “Breaks you in every stage of the game, dodge would be the smart move, but if you like the challenge, take Grasp or Phase Rush just to play it safe. Get plenty of HP early on and play around teamfights. Should be an easy win if you don't mess up early or get picked off while roaming. BE EXTREMELY CAUTIOUS IF HE BRINGS GHOST FLASH.”
Swagus says “He's extremly easy if you avoid his healing, because sometimes it feels like a welcome when he hooks you. Just be careful of his stacks and don't overtrade with him.”