Darius Top build & stats
- Win rate
- 49.0%
- Pick rate
- 6.1%
- Ban rate
- 9.8%
Master
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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
Build in this order
Boots
Runes
Precision +
Resolve 
Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions.
Precision
Resolve
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 49.0% of games as Top on patch 16.17 (2,554 games).
- Most common core: Youmuu's Ghostblade → Dead Man's Plate → Death's Dance — 68% win rate over 28 games.
- Take Conqueror as keystone: picked in 53% of games with a 48% win rate.
- Best matchup: Heimerdinger (73% over 11 games). Hardest: Varus (0% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 58.5% | 13% (330) | |
| 58.1% | 12% (301) | |
| 54.8% | 5% (126) | |
| 53.4% | 19% (496) | |
| 53.1% | 5% (130) | |
| 52.6% | 10% (253) | |
| 50.8% | 2% (61) | |
| 49.3% | 24% (608) | |
| 48.0% | 11% (273) | |
| 47.8% | 1% (23) | |
| 46.7% | 1% (15) | |
| 36.2% | 2% (47) |
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.
Sorcery
Precision
Precision +
Sorcery
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.
49.5%21% 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.
48.0%21% 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.
22.2%0% pick
Summoner spells
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Flash + Ghost
47.8%25% pick
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Flash + Ignite
51.5%13% pick
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Exhaust + Flash
44.3%5% pick
Abilities & skill order
Which ability to max first, from match timelines
Q
E
W
49.7%173 games
Q
W
E
0.0%2 games
Most common first three levels: Q → W → E (54%), W → Q → E (56%), Q → E → W (36%).
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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...