Darius Top build & stats
- Win rate
- 49.5%
- Pick rate
- 7.7%
- Ban rate
- 18.9%
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Recommended build
Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.16
Finish these three
Boots
Runes
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
Summoner spells
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 49.5% of games as Top on patch 16.16 (107 games).
- Most common core: Youmuu's Ghostblade → Dead Man's Plate → Force of Nature — 67% win rate over 15 games.
- Take Conqueror as keystone: picked in 64% of games with a 52% win rate.
- Banned in 19% of games — have a backup pick ready.
Items
Most common sets of three completed items
Core build
Boots
Legendary items by win rate
| Item | Win rate | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| 80.0% | 5% (5) | |
| 66.7% | 6% (6) | |
| 60.6% | 31% (33) | |
| 56.4% | 51% (55) | |
| 55.3% | 36% (38) | |
| 54.5% | 10% (11) | |
| 53.6% | 52% (56) | |
| 47.2% | 34% (36) | |
| 46.7% | 14% (15) | |
| 40.5% | 35% (37) | |
| 37.5% | 7% (8) | |
| 28.6% | 7% (7) |
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
Precision +
Resolve
Sorcery +
Precision 
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.
52.2%64% pick
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Stormraider's Surge
Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist.
44.4%34% pick
Summoner spells
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Flash + Ghost
48.7%73% pick
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Flash + Ignite
50.0%24% pick
Abilities & skill order
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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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QDecimateDarius 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 StrikeDarius's next attack strikes an enemy's crucial artery. As they bleed out, their Move Speed is slowed.
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EApprehendDarius 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...