Darius Top build & stats
- Win rate
- 51.6%
- Pick rate
- 8.1%
- Ban rate
- 16.8%
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Recommended build
Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.17
Start with
Finish these three
Boots
Runes
Sorcery +
Precision 
Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist.
Sorcery
Precision
Summoner spells
Max order
Q
E
W
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 51.6% of games as Top on patch 16.17 (608 games).
- Most common core: Youmuu's Ghostblade → Dead Man's Plate → Force of Nature — 66% win rate over 50 games.
- Take Conqueror as keystone: picked in 65% of games with a 51% win rate.
- Best matchup: Tryndamere (70% over 10 games). Hardest: Ornn (30% over 10 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
- Banned in 17% of games — have a backup pick ready.
Items
Most common sets of three completed items
Core build
Starting items
Boots
Legendary items by win rate
| Item | Win rate | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| 65.2% | 4% (23) | |
| 60.9% | 11% (69) | |
| 59.5% | 35% (215) | |
| 58.7% | 57% (344) | |
| 56.5% | 54% (329) | |
| 55.4% | 29% (177) | |
| 54.0% | 31% (189) | |
| 50.0% | 6% (36) | |
| 50.0% | 5% (32) | |
| 47.6% | 10% (63) | |
| 44.8% | 32% (194) | |
| 35.7% | 2% (14) |
Runes
Most played full pages and keystone win rates
Precision +
Sorcery 
Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions.
Precision
Sorcery
Sorcery +
Precision
Precision +
Resolve
Keystones
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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.
51.1%65% pick
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Stormraider's Surge
Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist.
54.5%33% pick
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Hail of Blades
Gain a large amount of Attack Speed and bonus true damage for the first 3 attacks made against enemy champions.
12.5%1% pick
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Electrocute
Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage.
100.0%0% pick
Summoner spells
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Flash + Ghost
49.6%69% pick
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Flash + Ignite
62.0%23% pick
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Exhaust + Flash
46.7%5% pick
Abilities & skill order
Which ability to max first, from match timelines
Q
E
W
55.6%9 games
Most common first three levels: W → Q → E (60%), Q → W → E (33%).
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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...