Darius Build Guide by RainLiss

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It has come to my attention that MobaFire doesn't display the passives of Maw of Malmortius. Don't be concerned, this build gets you over 400 attack damage.

Introduction

Pros / Cons

Pros: +Strong early game +Big bully during laning +High damage output for the whole game + Noxian Guillotine has a instant cooldown with the finishing blow

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Cons: -Mana hungry early on -No good utility spell -Not very good against range champions - Apprehend can aide the enemy if not used correctly in team fights

Masteries

I feel this 21-9-0 build gives Darius all the damage and armor penetration to get the job done. The life steal and armor add on to this effect.

Offense Masteries

Summoner's Wrath : Increases AP and AD while on cooldown for Ignite. If you are using Ghost, this increases your speed.

Brute Force : Gives a nice Attack Damage bonus that helps with early game bullying.

Alacrity : Helps apply Hemorrhage stacks quicker.

Weapon Expertise : Helps with harassing tanky enemy champions.

Deadliness : The bonus Attack Damage per level helps with the final outcome of the build.

Lethality : The critical chance improvement helps a lot with early game harassment as well as assisting late game critical strike outputs.

Vampirism : Better lane sustainability and less of a need to Recall

Havoc : The nice Attack Damage bonus helps a lot with early game lane bullying and late game damage output.

Executioner : The damage bonus for weak enemy champions help pick off more kills with Hemorrhage or Noxian Guillotine.

Defense Masteries

Resistance : To give a tad of magic resist.

Hardiness : To give a tad of armor.

Tough Skin : Don't get affected as much by those pesky little minions. Also aides with keeping a high health amount after attacking a Super Minion.

Durability : Gives you that extra tankiness that most champions could use.

Veteran's Scars : Gives the extra early game health needed for early game ganks.

Runes

Greater Mark of Attack Damage: Extra early game damage for harassment and farming.

Greater Seal of Armor: Extra early game resistance.

Greater Glyph of Attack Speed: Helps apply Hemorrhage stacks.

Greater Quintessence of Movement Speed: Since Darius has no "buffing" utility spells, he needs a great starting movement speed.

Summoner's Spells

There are many reasons why I pick these specific Summoner's Spells and I'll show you now.

Flash: Great escape spell Can jump to fleeing enemies to seal the kill Steal buffs with Flash's "wall-jump" like qualities

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Ignite: Can pick off enemy champions in early, mid, and late game Can scare away/intimidate enemies that could kill you easily* With Summoner's Wrath Ignite can grant bonus AD and AP while on cooldown *The scaring away and intimidation depends on the enemy player's point of view towards the battle.

Darius's Skills for T.L.C. (Tender Loving Care)

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The order for building your skills should go like this.
1st - Decimate
2nd - Apprehend
3rd - Crippling Strike
Finally just level up Noxian Guillotine like any other ultimate.

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Hemorrhage: Basically an Ignite on steroids and grants movement speed for each bleeding champion. This passive also aids with Noxian Guillotine

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Decimate: Deals high damage to multiple targets as well as being able to apply stacks of Hemorrhage to all enemies hit.

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Crippling Strike: Makes your next attack deal extra damage as well as a slowing effect. Using Crippling Strike may help with taking out turrets.

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Apprehend: It gives Darius passive armor penetration. Activating Apprehend will pull in all* enemies in the radius.

*Note: Be cautious with placement.

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Noxian Guillotine: Deals massive damage to a single enemy champion. Noxian Guillotine's damage is increased with both your attack damage and Hemorrhage*

*Note: The damage is boosted per stack of Hemorrhage.

Items

Early Game:

: You need to get around the map fast. This will help you.

: Depending on who you're matched with you could get into some rough fights. These will help ease off the pain.

: Help escape situations that may leave you dead

: Gives attack damage and a passive that will help you farm a lot easier

Mid Game:

: Builds into Randuin's Omen and give you a health bonus. It also gives you a gold bonus to help with building.

: Gives insane attack damage and critical strike chance. The unique passive on Infinity Edge also helps with the insane damage output.

: Gives great attack damage and life steal. It's also not very hard to maintain the unique passive stacks.

Late Game

: Adds attack damage and magic resistance. The unique passives help A TON with more damage and survivability.

: Helps with your tankiness. The passive and active add to your survivability.

Madred's Bloodrazors: Gives a decent amount of attack damage and a passive that will leave your enemies begging for mercy.

Tips and Hints

Summary

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Changelog!

6/7/12 - I received feedback on some item choices and decided to take action. I have replaced Berserker's Greaves with Mercury's Treads and Hextech Gunblade with Madred's Bloodrazors.