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[12.14] Season 12 KiNG of Top - Darius Guide
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Runes: Standard
1
2
Precision
Resolve
+10% Attack Speed
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+6 Armor
Spells:
1
2
Classic
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Flash
Ghost
Recommended Items
Items
Standard
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All in matchups
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Ability Order
Hemorrhage (PASSIVE)
Darius Passive Ability
Threats & Synergies
Threats
Synergies
Extreme
Major
Even
Minor
Tiny
Show All
None
Low
Ok
Strong
Ideal
Extreme Threats
Ideal Synergies
Vayne
Dodge - play around her E cooldown. Only all in with sums.
Zilean
Synergies
Ideal
Strong
Ok
Low
None
Zilean
Champion Build Guide
Items
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MYTHIC |
TRINITY FORCE Trinity Forcesynergizes with Darius kit very well. After the HP changes this seems to be one of the best items on Darius again. Good item for 1v1 in sidelane. |
DIVINE SUNDERER Divine Sundereroffers alot of sustain and good dmg against tanky champions. The buildpath is decent, sadly the mythic passive is not the best for Darius. Into tank comps this item is decent tho. |
GOREDRINKER GoredrinkerDarius scales well with HP since his Noxian Might gives him tons of damage. Since the bruiseritem changes [GOREDRINKER]] is not good on Darius anymore. |
STRIDEBREAKER Stridebreakerwith good positioning and if your team has a Frontline besides you this item makes it really hard to kite Darius. Once completed it is nearly impossible to escape Darius. Against a full ranged comp this item is a must buy. |
| 2ND ITEM |
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Death's Dance
| good armor item that offers good survivability against burst. Really strong item to take over a game. |
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Dead Man's Plate
| the 40ms passive makes this item really strong on champs like Darius. Even tho it is expensive for it's stats it is worth it. |
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Hemorrhage procs the passive and keeps you in combat for what also gives a bigger shield. |
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Black Cleaver
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strong stats and offers movementspeed even from Hemorrhage. Downside is that there is no shield and the armor pen is not really needed since Apprehend's Passive is enough for most games plus Noxian Guillotine deals true damage. If the enemy builds Serpent's Fang early Black Cleaver is a good alternative to Sterak's Gage. |
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Hullbreaker
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same stats as Sterak's Gage and offers good sidelane power. Downside is that there is no shield and the armor/magic resist are gone in teamfights. After the nerfs only good for splitpush. |
| 3RD ITEM |
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Force of Nature
| good movementspeed item with HP and MR, buy this if enemy has a big AP Carry or 2-3 AP heavy champs. |
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Maw of Malmortius
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good item against AP burst. Also offers alot of dmg. Combined with Death's Dance Darius R can deal 1000 dmg before lv16. |
| OTHER ITEMS |
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Guardian Angel
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good against a fed assassin/burst mage. Also Darius Hemorrhage stacks last longer than Guardian Angel revive animation, so you don't lose your stacks immediately. |
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Anathema's Chains
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this item offers an insane amount of HP and you can bind the biggest threat (assassin, burst mage). Darius biggest weakness is getting killed before he can ramp up his damage. Also the HP scales insanely well with Sterak's Gage and Gargoyle Stoneplate. |
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Gargoyle Stoneplate
| offers good amount of survivability for Darius, but the buildpath is pretty bad. |
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| OR |
| Anti Heal Items depend on the game. There is no clear best item. |
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Chempunk Chainsword
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Mortal Reminder
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Thornmail
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| OR |
| Either of those items are good as 4th+ item if you need more resistance. |
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Frozen Heart
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Randuin's Omen
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All other Tank Items are great for Darius, since late game his role is more that of a tank than a bruiser.
TL;DR
Trinity Force/ Stridebreaker first into Dead Man's Plate then Death's Dance/ Maw of Malmortius and then tanky items. Works in most of the games if u don't want to think about items.
Gameplay
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LANE In the first 4 waves try to crash the 2nd or 3rd depending on matchup and let it bounce back into you and run the enemy down when the wave is close to your tower. |
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LV1 There are only a few champs that Darius can not beat with starting W Lv1. Against Meele try to get lv2 first and all in if possible. Against ranged farm as much as possible, but do NOT trade HP for minions. The enemy jungler can dive you and you will fall behind very hard. Especially if you get dove on the 3rd wave. If you can get firstblood lv1 against a TP user - reset! Do NOT stay and fight again. |
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LV2-LV3 !BUT League is very chaotic do not try cookie cutter Macro every single game! |
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LV6+ |
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MID GAME |
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TEAMFIGHT Get your Noxian Might from a tank or low mobility champion before diving into the enemy team. Do NOT flash in 3+ enemy champions expecting to get the passive before they kill you. Playing it slow is almost always the best play.
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RESSOURCES Take as many ressources as possible. Enemy jungle should be your jungle. Deny as much ressources as possible by crashing waves in the tower and if possible zone the enemy away from the tower. |
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GROUP VS SPLIT Depending on the amount of enemy engage options you need to group more against a Leona/Malph/Naut then you need against a Ziggs/Tryn/Soraka. |
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LATE GAME Flash Apprehend combos to pick someone or just play for a good reset with Noxian Guillotine.
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TEAMFIGHT At this point in game you just want to peel for your strongest carry. Stand next to them and deny the enemy a chance to kill them. Your best bet is to get a 5 Stacks Noxian Guillotine on the enemy carry.
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TIPS & TRICKS Noxian Guillotine is a leap what enables him to jump over small walls. This works against Yorick Dark Procession, Anivia's Crystallize and Jarvan' Cataclysm. Snares or getting grounded on the other hand disables the ability to ult. So avoid spells like Cassiopia's Miasma.
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Item Set
Darius Itemset
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