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Darius Jungle build & stats

FighterTank C 263 games · patch 16.18
Win rate
47.9%
Pick rate
1.0%
Ban rate
10.8%
Division
Master
Build, runes, spells and skill order are from Master games only.

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.18

Built from single items

Best three items so far

Dead Man's Plate
Dead Man's Plate
2,900 gold
Jak'Sho, The Protean
Jak'Sho, The Protean
3,200 gold
Randuin's Omen
Randuin's Omen
2,700 gold
8,800 gold
33.3% WR each item separately

Boots

Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps
1,200 gold
62.5% 8 games

Runes

Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
16.7% WR
6 games · 2% pick
Stormraider's Surge
Stormraider's Surge

Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist.

Sorcery Sorcery
Summon Aery Arcane Comet Stormraider's Surge Deathfire Touch
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Precision Precision
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Flash Smite
37.5% 24 games

Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Not enough players have finished the same three items yet, so the core above is the three strongest items measured one by one. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.

Tips for Darius

Generated from this patch's numbers

  • Darius wins 47.9% of games as Jungle on patch 16.18 (263 games).
  • Most common core: Sterak's Gage → Youmuu's Ghostblade → Dead Man's Plate — 57% win rate over 42 games.
  • Take Stormraider's Surge as keystone: picked in 76% of games with a 51% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Master Yi (67% over 9 games). Hardest: Wukong (22% over 9 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
  • Darius is an early-game champion: 55% win rate in games under 25 minutes but 41% after 35. Snowball your lead into towers and objectives.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Sterak's Gage
Sterak's Gage
Youmuu's Ghostblade
Youmuu's Ghostblade
Dead Man's Plate
Dead Man's Plate
75.0% WR
4 games · 2% pick
Youmuu's Ghostblade
Youmuu's Ghostblade
Randuin's Omen
Randuin's Omen
Dead Man's Plate
Dead Man's Plate
33.3% WR
3 games · 1% pick

Boots

Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads
18.2% WR
11 games · 4% pick
Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps
62.5% WR
8 games · 3% pick
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness
66.7% WR
6 games · 2% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
43.8% 6% (16)
40.0% 10% (25)
37.5% 3% (8)
36.4% 4% (11)
33.3% 1% (3)
33.3% 1% (3)
30.0% 4% (10)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
16.7% WR
6 games · 2% pick
Stormraider's Surge
Stormraider's Surge

Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist.

Sorcery Sorcery
Summon Aery Arcane Comet Stormraider's Surge Deathfire Touch
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Precision Precision
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
40.0% WR
5 games · 2% pick
Stormraider's Surge Nimbus Cloak Celerity Gathering Storm Legend: Alacrity Triumph
Sorcery Sorcery + Inspiration Inspiration
50.0% WR
4 games · 2% pick
Stormraider's Surge Nimbus Cloak Celerity Gathering Storm Magical Footwear Approach Velocity

Keystones

  • Stormraider's Surge Stormraider's Surge Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist. 41.7%9% pick
  • Conqueror Conqueror Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions. 66.7%1% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Smite Flash + Smite 37.5%9% pick
  • Ghost Smite Ghost + Smite 100.0%1% pick

Abilities & skill order

  • PHemorrhage

    Darius' attacks and damaging abilities cause enemies to bleed for physical damage over 5 seconds, stacking up to 5 times. Darius enrages and gains massive Attack Damage when his target reaches max stacks.

  • QDecimate

    Darius winds up and swings his axe in a wide circle. Enemies struck by the blade take more damage than those struck by the handle. Darius heals based on enemy champions and large monsters hit by the blade.

  • WCrippling Strike

    Darius's next attack strikes an enemy's crucial artery. As they bleed out, their Move Speed is slowed.

  • EApprehend

    Darius hones his axe, passively causing his physical damage to ignore a percentage of his target's Armor. When activated, Darius sweeps up his enemies with his axe's hook and pulls them to him.

  • RNoxian Guillotine

    Darius leaps to an enemy champion and strikes a lethal blow, dealing true damage. This damage is increased for each stack of Hemorrhage on the target. If Noxian Guillotine is a killing blow, its cooldown is refreshed for...