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Darius Top build & stats

FighterTank A 1,862 games · patch 16.18
Win rate
49.9%
Pick rate
6.9%
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

Solid sample

Finish these three

Youmuu's Ghostblade
Youmuu's Ghostblade
2,800 gold
Dead Man's Plate
Dead Man's Plate
2,900 gold
Force of Nature
Force of Nature
2,800 gold
8,500 gold
60.0% WR 10 games

Boots

Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness
1,000 gold
60.9% 23 games

Runes

Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
60.7% WR
28 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

Exhaust Flash
56.0% 25 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 49.9% of games as Top on patch 16.18 (1,862 games).
  • Most common core: Sterak's Gage → Youmuu's Ghostblade → Dead Man's Plate — 59% win rate over 128 games.
  • Take Conqueror as keystone: picked in 62% of games with a 51% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Poppy (67% over 9 games). Hardest: Vladimir (11% over 9 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Youmuu's Ghostblade
Youmuu's Ghostblade
Dead Man's Plate
Dead Man's Plate
Force of Nature
Force of Nature
60.0% WR
10 games · 1% pick
Sterak's Gage
Sterak's Gage
Youmuu's Ghostblade
Youmuu's Ghostblade
Dead Man's Plate
Dead Man's Plate
60.0% WR
10 games · 1% pick
Youmuu's Ghostblade
Youmuu's Ghostblade
Dead Man's Plate
Dead Man's Plate
Death's Dance
Death's Dance
71.4% WR
7 games · 0% pick

Boots

Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps
55.9% WR
93 games · 5% pick
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads
44.6% WR
56 games · 3% pick
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness
60.9% WR
23 games · 1% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
80.0% 1% (10)
66.7% 2% (39)
61.7% 3% (47)
59.6% 3% (52)
57.1% 0% (7)
56.3% 4% (80)
55.6% 0% (9)
50.5% 5% (101)
50.0% 2% (30)
50.0% 0% (6)
48.6% 2% (35)
45.5% 2% (33)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Precision Precision + Sorcery Sorcery
48.3% WR
29 games · 2% 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.

Precision Precision
Press the Attack Lethal Tempo Conqueror Fleet Footwork
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Sorcery Sorcery
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
60.7% WR
28 games · 2% pick
Stormraider's Surge Nimbus Cloak Celerity Gathering Storm Legend: Alacrity Triumph
Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
40.0% WR
10 games · 1% pick
Stormraider's Surge Nimbus Cloak Celerity Gathering Storm Triumph Legend: Alacrity

Keystones

  • 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. 49.5%5% pick
  • Stormraider's Surge Stormraider's Surge Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist. 54.2%4% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Ghost Flash + Ghost 53.9%5% pick
  • Flash Ignite Flash + Ignite 45.1%3% pick
  • Exhaust Flash Exhaust + Flash 56.0%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...