Darius Jungle build & stats
- Win rate
- 41.4%
- Pick rate
- 0.7%
- Ban rate
- 8.5%
Recommended build
Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.17
Start with
Build in this order
Boots
Runes
Sorcery +
Precision 
Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist.
Nimbus Cloak
Celerity
Gathering Storm
Legend: Alacrity
Triumph
Summoner spells
47.1%
17 games
Max order
Q
E
W
40.5%
37 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. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.
Tips for Darius
Generated from this patch's numbers
- Darius wins 41.4% of games as Jungle on patch 16.17 (174 games).
- Most common core: Youmuu's Ghostblade → Dead Man's Plate → Death's Dance — 62% win rate over 8 games.
- Take Stormraider's Surge as keystone: picked in 95% of games with a 42% win rate.
- Best matchup: Lee Sin (50% over 8 games). Hardest: Qiyana (25% over 8 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
Items
Core build in purchase order (from match timelines)
Core build
Starting items
Boots
Legendary items by win rate
| Item | Win rate | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| 66.7% | 3% (6) | |
| 53.2% | 27% (47) | |
| 50.0% | 3% (6) | |
| 50.0% | 2% (4) | |
| 48.2% | 32% (56) | |
| 47.1% | 68% (119) | |
| 43.1% | 29% (51) | |
| 42.7% | 94% (164) | |
| 40.0% | 9% (15) | |
| 33.3% | 3% (6) | |
| 25.0% | 2% (4) | |
| 20.0% | 3% (5) |
Runes
Most played full pages and keystone win rates
Sorcery +
Precision
Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist.
Nimbus Cloak
Celerity
Gathering Storm
Legend: Alacrity
Triumph
Sorcery +
Precision
Sorcery +
Precision
Keystones
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Stormraider's Surge
Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist.
42.4%95% pick
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Conqueror
Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions.
33.3%3% pick
Summoner spells
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Flash + Smite
40.9%91% pick
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Ghost + Smite
47.1%10% pick
Abilities & skill order
Which ability to max first, from match timelines
Q
E
W
40.5%37 games
Most common first three levels: W → Q → E (40%), W → Q → Q (25%), Q → W → E (29%).
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PHemorrhageDarius' 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.
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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.
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WCrippling Strike
Darius's next attack strikes an enemy's crucial artery. As they bleed out, their Move Speed is slowed.
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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.
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RNoxian GuillotineDarius 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...