I'm completely ****ing sick of this game for...

[quote=Sensei Lyfur]Now first of all, I would like to say that yes, I agree with you, Darius is ridiculously OP and seriously in need of a nerf. He's simply not balanced. That being said, he can be countered. Funnily enough, I find people who can kite to be his worst nightmare. Ashe is my personal favorite for ruining Darius' life. She can hit him from beyond the range of his Decimate and Apprehend, and her slow is so good against him. The greatest weakness that Darius has is his lack of an escape mechanism: as such, any slows or ranged stuns are very effective on him. He has to be in the fray in order to be any kind of effective, so all you have to do is stay out of his range and harass. Additionally, you CAN burst Darius down relatively fast, as I have never seen a Darius who built heavily into defense or lifesteal. If you just play a reliable ADC like Ashe or Draven (my personal favorites to counter him) you should generally be able to shut him down before he can even get going. Darius has a tendency to snowball like a beast, so if you prevent him from getting any kills before level 6 and take a couple kills on him, he can't make a comeback. Another important thing to remember about Darius is that he weakens his team. His farm is not that good, and he can be outlaned if you continually harass. But the most important point I can make is "SHUT HIM DOWN FAST BEFORE HE GETS ULT." If you can just prevent him from getting going with champions who can kite, you should win most of the matchups. Since Darius is generally solo top, I would recommend and early gank and a counter of a champion who snowballs. Finally, if you're playing Ranked, just ban him.[/quote]

[quote=Embracing]darius isnt op lol.... what do people nt get....[/quote]

[quote=bsurma]In a situation like this, I actually feel half-guilty about writing a guide for a champion like [[darius]]. :< Darius is just that kind of "extremely volatile, proceed with caution" kind of top. He has that particular design that lets him punish and zone with a single combo, not to mention his damage skyrockets after 6. If you let him jump on you, he'll gib you. If not, then he will still probably have presence in the later stages of the game because he can build 4 defensive items + mallet and kill your carries. You just got to know what you're doing and don't let the fear overcome you. Any ranged champion that is played well works against him ([[vladimir]] somewhat, but he has to avoid the grab at all costs). Also [[yorick]] can spam the living hell out of him and guys like [[singed]] or Cho can just go unkillable mode after an item or two. HP stacking is probably the most efficient way to make him less dunky.[/quote]

[quote=TheLastWolf]Darius? Easy, pick Teemo, GG ^^[/quote]

[quote=Pheyniex][[Yorick]], [[Malphite]]...?[/quote]

[quote=Andarun]Pick [[Jayce]], make his life miserable. If he pulls you in, knock him away, he's a golfball. Otherwise annoy him with EQ and autoattacks. If you can't have a ranged top laner, have your jungler pitch up a tent top lane, Darius crumbles to early ganks.[/quote]

[quote=throatslasher]Rofl. Only noobs that don't know how to play Kayle qq about darius[/quote]

[quote=Kuukai85]If you want to see a [[Darius]] cry, troll him with full AP/atk speed [[Lulu]]. Slow him with Q, disable him with W if he grabs you or before ult, use E if he tries to escape or to laugh at him. And the ult? Again, before his ult or when he grabs you. People will laugh at him XD[/quote]

[quote=Tornado Turtle]Stick a [[Kayle]] with [[Doran's Blade]]s and an [[Iceborn Gauntlet]] up his ass.[/quote]

[quote=Darksylum]He has been destroying me in ranked 3s lately. Only way i have found to shut him down in 3s is if my team focuses him in every team fight. In the lane phase, whoever is stuck against him just keeps there distances and pokes and range while waiting for a gank. He is very strong now. I agree he is over the top a little and almost unstopable. He hardly needs any damage items at all and can become so tanky this way making it even harder to shut him down.[/quote]