Introduction

Hello everyone our names is Phoenix Dancer/Sir Isak and we are EUW/RU silver/gold scrubs, but don't judge us I (Phoenix) has just started playing ranked so I am at a low rank haha.

(Phoenix Dancer)I usually main Rengar but started to main Yasuo after the rework, but now I am trying out Darius, I have a pretty good knowledge about Darius and how he works don't worry I also had Darius as my main in season 4 to pre 5.

(Sir Isak)I main toplane and my mains are Riven and now currently Darius. I am a EUW player from the beginning but I changed to RU just for fun and well it worked out fine.

There is really nothing more to say, if you have any questions ask us ^^.

A introduction to Darius

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Dunking targets Hello summoner and welcome to my Darius guide! My name is Sir Isak, a Gold player on the RU server. I main the top role and Darius along with Riven are my favorite toplaners. Lets begin! Darius is a tanky high damage toplaner that relies mainly on his ult to finish his target, he has a high damage output even at early levels and he has a very good sustain in 1v1 and 1v2 battles. Although he can be very easily ganked pre 6 and has problems against CC.

Pros / Cons

Good sustain Tanky Good clear High damage all game if not underfed Very good dualist

Bad against ranged champions Can be squishy early game Ganked easy if not fed (ofc) Low mobility

Runes

This can really variate on your play style for example if you are against someone like rumble top you might want to use 9 magic resist Glyphs, but like I said this variates on play style and matchup.


This rune page for example is a what I use sometimes against champions like Renekton and Camille

Masteries

I recommend using Fervor of Battle just because it works so well with Darius passive and late game. You might think I sound crazy but sometimes Darius has a weak early game, and fervor helps a lot. Other choices are Grasp of the Undying and Courage of the Colossus but I really don't recommend those.

High damage early game Works well with Hemorrhage Gives about 600+ with full stacks late

Good in 1v1 duelist Sustain in 1v1 battles Grasp of the Undying + Crippling Strike = good combo

Works well with Apprehend Gives a good shield Works against high dmg champs

Items

You should start of with Corrupting Potion then try building Death's Dance as fast as you can. Depending on what you are against you can build Dead Man's Plate or Spirit Visage but I mainly build Spirit Visage no matter what. Somewhere in there in the middle get boots. Depending on situation get either Zz'Rot Portal, Guardian Angel or Black Cleaver. But this depends on in which order you build the 3 items, if you chose to buil Black Cleaver first you get Zz'Rot Portal > Guardian Angel but if you chose to build Zz'Rot Portal or Guardian Angel then you get Black Cleaver last.

Abilities

Taking Crippling Strike in the beginning makes trading and last hitting easy, because if you last hit with Crippling Strike you get a refund on your mana and 50%.

Crippling Strike also works well with Fervor of Battle
try to get as many basic attacks to stack your Hemorrhage then W to get as much ad as you can.