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Darius Build Guide by

Darius:Dunkin Yordles (At a glance)

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Spells:

Ignite

Flash

Items

Spawn 1

Armor start

Armor

Magic Resist

Offensive Items

Situational Items

Finished Boots

Example of Final Build

Ability Order

Darius Passive Ability

Introduction

Hey guys, this is my season 4 update/revision on my build as the old build is no longer as viable as it used to be. Please leave any recommendations or constructive crticism on the guide discussion page.

Pros / Cons

+++Pros+++

+Good vs. ranged after getting
+Strong armor penetration
+A bit tanky
+Nice Passive to finish off enemies
+Good early game
+Ult deals 20 % more damage based on stacks of
+Doesn't use up mana fast
+Easy to get quadra and pentakills with as his ult refreshes if it kills the target(within the 12 seconds)
+Very OP XD

---Cons---

-Vulnerable in team fights
-Doesn't have any cc
-Vulnerable to super ranged champs like
-Very hard to play against good counters like or
-No escape except for
-A bit slow
-A lot of health is useless unless you get armor and magic resist on

Summoner skills

May Work

gives you some extra speed to catch an enemy or run from an enemy.

works if you're jungling.

works if you're solo top and you went back to base, and you need to get back to lane really fast.

Not recommended

You're not support so is not recommended

Again, not support.

Ability Explanation and tips

(passive):Deals damage to enemies per second stacks by each basic attack, can stack up to 5 times.
Tip: Your also stacks .

(Q): swings his axe in a circle, enemy champions hit by the blade take extra damage.
Tip: Try to aim the axe blade on by scrolling over the ability with your cursor

(W): Deals extra 20/40/60/80/100% extra damage in your next basic attack and slows enemy
Tip: Slows enemy's movement speed and attack speed, use it as a slow,or for extra damage.For every stack of on the target,the cooldown on is decreased by one second

(E):Grabs an enemy and pulls it to you, passive effect ignores 5/10/15/20/25% of the enemy's armor
Tips: works well to grab a ranged enemy

(R):Darius leaps to an enemy and deals 160/250/340 damage to an enemy champion, plus 0.75 extra damage for each attack damage you have. Every stack of you have on the target gives plus 20% damage.Cooldown refreshes instantly if targeted enemy is killed with .
Tips:Try to stack up as much as you can before using , but don't let the enemy escape the range of your ult because you were trying to stack .

Skill Sequence

Ability Sequence
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18

Start off with first as it's your main damage dealer other than your basic attacks. Put a point into next as you will need this to pull a ranged or fleeing enemy enemy, along with the 5% armor penetration it gives.Next,put a point into for the extra damage and slow.Max out decimate first as it is useful for farming as well.Max out at lvl 16,as it will deal a lot of damage and is useful to finish off a fleeing champion.

Counters

Hard Counters

is a hard counter to early game until you get your . Then just grab, , as they try to run and try to activate it so the blade hits him, to do more damage.
is a very hard champion to lane against as . He has a strong poke, and can come in to finish you off. I would recommend starting out with a and . If you're solo top, call for ganks from your jungler every so often and turret hug, if you are not solo top then ask your laning partner to focus first.

Medium Counters

Coming soon

Gameplay

Combos

For combos, I like to use , then , then when they try to get away (I recommend getting in a few basic attacks), then finally use to finish them off.

In-Depth

When you start in-lane, depending on who you are up against you need to decide whether you want to play passive or aggressive lane. If you are solo top, playing passive is good unless you ward for enemy jungler assuming they have a jungler as well. Always start with for nice farming and harassing abilities. When the laning phase ends and team fights start, you are an offtank, but if their enemy ADC or APC is in range of your try to catch them with it so your team can focus them down.

Farming

With farming on , is your best ability, as it stacks which will deal extra damage per second getting your CS up if your brings the enemy minions health down, as it will finish them off (assuming your minions don't steal the kill). Now, for the tank minions, your works well as the extra damage will be helpful for you to get the last hit on the minion.

Masteries

Coming soon

End

Thank you for reading this guide, and I hope you like it. There will be new revisions and content as this is my first guide. And please remember to leave comments on what you think about this guide. Also, please try out my guide, if there are any changes or suggestions, please leave a comment. Also, please don't downvote just because of one item or because you max an ability 1st that's different then mine as everyone builds differently. Thank you. Also, be sure to upvote if you liked it or comment any suggestions.
Also many thanks to jhoijhoi( http://www.mobafire.com/profile/jhoijhoi-52504) for her BBCode guide and her guide on how to make a guide, which helped me a lot.
Thanks to: sqaid(http://www.mobafire.com/profile/sqaids-5087)
heroinbay(http://www.mobafire.com/profile/heroinbay-318264)
For their advice :)