Hello Everybody this is my guide how to play darius in the top lane. This build is very good in lower elo because of your early game power. You need to use your early game power to get ahead. Prefer going ignite on this build but you can go tp or whatever you want.

Now were are gonna talk about the Runes.
The reason why you are going flat ad reds are because you really want the extra ad in the early game to snowball with.
After that were are using flat armor yellow for the extra defence.
For the blues we are using flat CD so you can spam you abilities all the time.

There is really not anything speciel over the masteries.
We are going with 12/0/18 with Grasp of the undying because you dont want to back all the time.
So that is that for the masteries.

You buy the long sword in the start so you get the extra damage so you can kill your enemy in the early game. I will not tell to much about the build because its not needed. The build is getting you a lot of armor penetration and extra movement speed. Ask if you need more information about the build.

The spells is just a question of what you prefer. I prefer flash and ignite or flash and teleport. But you can go what you want.

I will not talk about mid game and late game because if you do early game correct it should be easier in the mid and late game for you.
The thing you are gonna do is to start with W and wait in the third bush in the top lane. Wait there to the minions have spawned and the enemy is in the lane. When the enemy is coming close enough go out and start auto attack him and use your W on him. You will probably be able to kill him if you get your 5 stacks on your passive. If you have ignite i will be way easier to get this first kill.

I hope you will try this way of darius and have a nice day
(Write in the comment if any questions)