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Darius Build Guide by

Death By My Hand

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Spells:

Ignite

Flash

Items

Starting Items

First Back

Offensive Choices

Defensive Choices

Boots

Example Final Build

Ability Order

Darius Passive Ability

Introduction

Hello, welcome to my guide on how to play , The Hand Of Noxus. is a High-Damage Tank wich can carry a team hard lategame. Such as he doesnt really need damage items to make kills, but if u get some it will be easyer. So without further talking lets move on to the reason ur here, the guide.

Spells

is an amazing spell for . Combined with his passive he can destroy an enemy early game, but i pick this to secure kills because really needs them.

Take to escape situations u dont want to be in, or to chase down an opponent with an - combo.

Runes

For Runes, the same as masteries below. The instead of health helps for early lane harass and better farming.

Runes

Precision

Fleet Footwork

Phase Rush

Masteries

My masteries for are not so tanky as you would expect. I personally prefer to have damage masteries, but also a little bit of health to.

Skill Sequence

For maxing your abilities, i recommend taking first, then and last . Of course whenever u can. Maxing first is because this is ' main damage spell, and does serious damage when maxed out. is maxed second because of the high damage and low cooldown it has when rank 5. I max last, because i see no point in maxing this early.

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

Ability Explanation

aims his attacks strategically, causing his target to bleed for 12 / 15 / 18 / 21 / 24 / 27 / 30 / 33 / 36 (+0.3 per bonus attack damage) magic damage over 5 seconds. The bleed damage is increased every 2 levels, except for the last one which is increased at level 18. This effect stacks up to five times. 5 Stacks of Hemorrhage deal the same damage as Ignite

Darius gains 5% movement speed for each bleeding enemy champion.

swings his axe in a wide circle. Enemies struck by the shaft take 70 / 105 / 140 / 175 / 210 (+0.7 per bonus attack damage) physical damage. Champions struck by the blade take 105 / 157.5 / 210 / 262.5 / 315 (+1.05 per bonus attack damage) physical damage.

' next attack severs a crucial artery, dealing 20 / 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 % additional physical damage. As the target bleeds out, their movement and attack speeds are slowed by 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40 % for 2 seconds. 's cooldown is reduced by 1 second for each stack of on the target.

hones his axe, granting him 5 / 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 % passive armor penetration. When activated, sweeps up his enemies with his axe's hook and pulls them to him.

leaps to an enemy Champion and strikes a lethal blow, dealing 160 / 250 / 340 (+0.75 per bonus attack damage) true damage. This damage increases by 20% for each stack of on the target up to a maximum of 320 / 500 / 680 (+1.5 per bonus attack damage) true damage. If is a killing blow, it can be recast within the next 20 seconds. This can occur multiple times in succession.

Items

Starting Items

OR

For starting items, i prefer a and a , or and 5 s. This is all dependant on ur lane enemy.

First Back

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When i first go back, i start building into my . Start by picking up a or . If you have enough money to afford it, take a and . Of course each time u go back take 3 s and 1 for safety.

Boots

This is all dependant on your lane. When having a more AD lane, take for the bonus armor, but when ur having a more AP lane, take for the bonus magic resistance.

Offensive Choices

This is all personal. Even though i do not like on , i see much people do this so maybe its worth buying it. Take if ur enemy starts stacking armor. The is actually a sort of Core item for , so i recommend taking this right away.

Defensive Choices

Ok, take if ur enemy has high mobility/attack speed, or if the adc isnt AFK (:P). If enemys keep escaping u, i recommend taking , or just taking it as a Core item if u play .

PERSONALLY Favorite Final Build

I prefer to build as a tank with a little bit of damage, as he already does enough damage without building him as a AD Carry.

Ability Combo

Easy Lane

When you are not countered in ur lane, the basic combo for is , and . BUT when ur going for a kill, make sure u have all ur abilities and summoner spells up, and ur enemy, use to slow him/her, for MORE damage and another stack, keep using basic attacks to add and if ur enemy has 5 stacks and he wont die from basic attacks or the bleeding anymore, deal the killing blow with .

Hard Lane

can faceroll his enemy when played well in a hard lane. Ur only objective is to move away from ur target and use , but make sure they are hit by the outside, to deal bonus damage. If you are low on health but ur enemy is around half, BUT is ready to dive, run to ur tower and start spamming abilitys on him. If he runs, use and if already lvl 6 to make them regret diving you ever again.

Match-Ups

If i made any mistakes, please tell me and i will change this ASAP!

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The End

Thanks for reading my guide, i hope you enjoyed it. This is my, in my opinion, best guide so far and the mosth work went into this guide. BUT i also hope you learned something about and can maybe learn me something that i didnt know in the discuss section? Feel free to PM me or post a comment with any nice things you have done with and i will add them to 'Wall Of Fame' with ur name above it.