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Darius Build 26.22

Darius plays every fight as a race to five stacks of his bleed, and the moment Noxian Might flips on he swings for absurd numbers. Playable but nothing scary at 50.6% and on the way down this patch, though the raw win rate undersells how hard he snowballs a lead. Catch the outer blade of his Q to heal and pile on stacks, reel targets back in with the grip, and let the reset on his execute chain kills together. He is a fight-starter, so drag people into short brawls instead of trading pokes from range.

#49 of 130 top this patch · 5.8k games

Win rate50.6%−0.2Games5.8kPick rate6.8%Ban rate10.8%Last 8 patches+0.7 since 26.15Damage profilei

AP 0%AD 78%True 22%DifficultyiLowForgiving

The 10-second answer standard · 50.6% WR

Plated Steelcaps SkillsQ›E›W Runes

Shards

ClassicModernARAM Counter

173 champions

AatroxTopB50.1%AhriMidA51.3%AkaliMidB49.8%AkshanMidC48.9%AlistarSupportS52.7%AmbessaTopD47.6%AmumuJungleB49.5%AniviaMidB50.1%AnnieMidA51.7%ApheliosAD CarryB49.5%AsheAD CarryB49.6%Aurelion SolMidA51.7%AuroraMidA51.4%AzirMidC47.9%BardSupportC48.7%Bel'VethJungleS52.5%BlitzcrankSupportA52.0%BrandSupportC48.6%BraumSupportA51.3%BriarJungleB50.0%CaitlynAD CarryC48.1%CamilleTopB50.8%CassiopeiaMidB49.7%Cho'GathJungleA51.2%CorkiAD CarryB50.8%DariusTopB50.6%DianaJungleB49.7%Dr. MundoTopA50.9%DravenAD CarryA51.5%EkkoMidA51.9%EliseJungleB50.1%EvelynnJungleA51.3%EzrealAD CarryD46.5%FiddlesticksJungleB50.1%FioraTopA52.0%FizzMidB50.1%GalioMidB50.1%GangplankTopA52.3%GarenTopA51.1%GnarTopC48.7%GragasTopB50.0%GravesJungleB49.5%GwenTopB50.2%HecarimJungleA51.0%HeimerdingerTopA51.2%HweiMidA51.5%IllaoiTopC48.8%IreliaTopB50.1%IvernJungleB49.9%JannaSupportA51.2%Jarvan IVJungleC49.2%JaxTopB50.2%JayceTopD47.5%JhinAD CarryB50.1%JinxAD CarryA51.6%K'SanteTopD47.1%Kai'SaAD CarryB49.7%KalistaAD CarryB49.4%KarmaSupportC47.9%KarthusJungleB49.5%KassadinMidA51.7%KatarinaMidS52.5%KayleTopA52.1%KaynJungleB50.2%KennenTopA52.1%Kha'ZixJungleB49.7%KindredJungleA51.6%KledTopA51.2%Kog'MawAD CarryA51.1%LeBlancMidA52.2%Lee SinJungleC48.3%LeonaSupportA51.4%LilliaJungleA51.6%LissandraMidB50.2%LockeMidC48.9%LucianAD CarryC49.0%LuluSupportB49.6%LuxSupportC49.2%MalphiteTopA51.3%MalzaharMidB50.2%MaokaiSupportA51.9%Master YiJungleB49.5%MelMidD47.7%MilioSupportC49.2%Miss FortuneAD CarryB49.5%MordekaiserTopA51.6%MorganaSupportA51.5%NaafiriJungleB50.5%NamiSupportB49.7%NasusTopC49.1%NautilusSupportB50.2%NeekoSupportC48.7%NidaleeJungleA51.9%NilahAD CarryS54.0%NocturneJungleB50.2%Nunu & WillumpJungleA51.2%OlafTopB49.6%OriannaMidD47.2%OrnnTopB50.7%PantheonTopB50.6%PoppySupportS53.6%PykeSupportB50.2%QiyanaJungleD47.6%QuinnTopC48.2%RakanSupportA52.4%RammusJungleS+54.7%Rek'SaiJungleA51.4%RellSupportA52.0%Renata GlascSupportB50.1%RenektonTopB49.4%RengarJungleC49.2%RivenTopB50.7%RumbleTopC48.5%RyzeMidD46.4%SamiraAD CarryB50.1%SejuaniJungleB50.6%SennaSupportB50.5%SeraphineSupportB50.2%SettTopA52.0%ShacoJungleB50.0%ShenTopS52.4%ShyvanaJungleS53.8%SingedTopA51.6%SionTopA51.5%SivirAD CarryB50.5%SkarnerJungleS52.7%SmolderAD CarryA51.1%SonaSupportA51.7%SorakaSupportA51.4%SwainSupportB50.5%SylasMidC48.0%SyndraMidB49.9%Tahm KenchSupportC48.2%TaliyahJungleB50.8%TalonJungleA51.0%TaricSupportB50.8%TeemoTopA50.8%ThreshSupportB50.5%TristanaAD CarryB49.9%TrundleTopD47.7%TryndamereTopB50.1%Twisted FateMidB50.1%TwitchAD CarryB49.6%UdyrJungleA51.6%UrgotTopA51.0%VarusAD CarryC48.4%VayneAD CarryA51.6%VeigarMidC48.1%Vel'KozSupportA52.4%VexMidA52.3%ViJungleB49.8%ViegoJungleC49.0%ViktorMidB49.6%VladimirMidA51.1%VolibearTopB49.6%WarwickJungleA52.1%WukongJungleB50.1%XayahAD CarryS53.1%XerathMidA52.1%Xin ZhaoJungleA52.2%YasuoMidC48.3%YoneMidC49.0%YorickTopD47.8%YunaraAD CarryB49.3%YuumiSupportC48.2%ZaahenTopB50.1%ZacJungleA51.0%ZedMidC49.1%ZeriAD CarryA51.6%ZiggsAD CarryA51.4%ZileanSupportA51.2%ZoeMidA51.6%ZyraSupportB50.6%

LoL ClassicSee how Darius was built in the classic eraDarius Classic Build

When Is Darius Strongest?

The front half of the game is the strong stretch, and games at this rank average around 29 minutes. What carries Darius is getting on top of a squishy, landing the pull, and racking up the ult resets so one caught target rolls into the next.

Game timeline · Darius drag or hover to scrub · space plays · ←/→ step

your power minute by minute · gold = item spikes · small = components · dashed = objectives

Camps1:30Drake / Grubs5:00Herald14:00Baron20:00Avg end28:33

Ambush zone8:06–9:36 Power spike 21:24

10:14

12:29

21:24

0:00 10:00 20:00 30:00 40:00

At 12:00

Power 65/100 · Even

Core 1/3 items

Gold ~5.1k

Phase Lvl-6 window

Next spike Youmuu's Ghostblade · 12:29

Darius Item Build

Darius is a juggernaut who stacks bleed until his passive turns him into a wrecking ball, then executes low targets with his ult. The build keeps him sticky and healthy so he can land the outer axe and the pull again and again.

Standard loadout · Darius The consensus path — reliable spikes, no dead time.

Starting items 500g

Doran's Blade×1

Health Potion×1 Core path · click an item for its recipe ›› Boots

Plated Steelcaps68% · 51.3%

Mercury's Treads32% · 48.6%

Situational items pick an opponent in the bar above — the right swaps light up

vs AP threatsTheir damage is mostly magic — stack magic resist before their second item.K

Kaenic Rookern11757.3%F

Force of Nature1.5k53.9%

vs AD threatsPhysical threats spike with lethality — armor answers buy the mid game back.D

Death's Dance1.9k57.1%R

Randuin's Omen40551.9%T

Thornmail16848.2%

vs stacked resistsWhen resists stack, penetration beats raw stats — swap a damage slot.B

Black Cleaver40249.8%

vision controlFights are decided a minute earlier by the team that sees first.O

Oracle Lens1.4k54.6%S

Stealth Ward3.8k49.5%F

Farsight Alteration69848.4%

Best Darius Runes

Conqueror is the default here, and it rewards exactly how he wants to fight. Every trade lands his Q and his empowered strikes, which is what makes the keystone pay off, so plant your feet in an extended brawl rather than poking and backing away. The sustain from his Q outer edge keeps him in range long enough to milk full value out of it.

The pre-game page Conqueror · Precision + Sorcery · keystone + 5 runes + 3 shards

Precision Primary

ConquerorGain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions.

Triumph90% · 50.7%

Legend: Alacrity75% · 51.4%

Last Stand61% · 50.8%

Keystone plus three minors from Precision, two from Sorcery, then three shards — no runebook, no masteries.

Sorcery Secondary

Axiom Arcanist28% · 51.1%

Celerity72% · 51.7%

Stat shards Offense

Attack Speed+10% Attack Speed

Flex

Adaptive Force+9 Adaptive Force

Defense

Health Scaling+10–180 Health (by level)

Shards give +10%Attack Speed+9Adaptive Force+10–180 Health (by level)

Push toward Youmuu's Ghostblade into Dead Man's Plate and treat that spike as the green light to start forcing fights. The power is up front, so snowball while the lead is fresh. Dead Man's Plate lands by roughly 21 minutes, and from there his grip-into-execute combo deletes anyone he can pull out of position. Stack the bleed in every trade so Noxian Might is already active the instant that spike arrives.

Darius Skill Order

Crippling Strike takes the opening point, and Decimate follows at two, which is when the outer blade starts healing him off champions and large monsters before it stacks again at four and five.

Skill order · Darius R at 6 / 11 / 16 — always

PriorityR

R›Q

Q›E

E›W

WMax Q first; E at level 3.

Lv 123456789101112131415161718

Q24579max 9

W114151718max 18

E38101213max 13

R61116max 16

Darius Abilities

Half of Apprehend is the passive nobody talks about, a permanent armor shred on his physical damage that quietly makes every axe swing hit harder. Crippling Strike is the sticky glue, a slow on his next attack that stops targets from walking out of the bleed.

Abilities · Dariuspatch 26.22 base numbers · click an ability · all ranks shown

HemorrhagePassiveP

DecimateMax 1stQ

Crippling StrikeMax lastW

ApprehendMax 2ndE

Noxian GuillotineUltRRank-up levels here match the skill order below.

DecimatePhysical damageMax 1stStatLV 2rank 1LV 4rank 2LV 5rank 3LV 7rank 4LV 9MAXDamage+30 per ranklv 250lv 480lv 5110lv 7140lv 9170Cost+5 per ranklv 225lv 430lv 535lv 740lv 945Cooldown-1.25 per ranklv 29slv 47.75slv 56.5slv 75.25slv 94s

Darius Base Stats

Base stats · DariusPatch 26.22

Base statslevel 1 · +per levelAD64+5AS0.625+1%MS340Range175HP652+114HP510+0.95Armor37+5.2MR32+2.05MP263+58MP56.6+0.35

Darius Matchups

Darius matchups come down to one thing: can he land the pull and start stacking bleed. Anyone who kites him or pokes from range without getting grabbed hands him a miserable lane, but the moment his combo connects, most duelists lose.

Lane matchups · Darius click any opponent to retune the console

Hardest lanes · click to tune

Best hunting

How to lane vs bruisers 01Bait their engage, stack five bleeds, then reset autos with Crippling Strike.02Avoid all-ins without bleed stacks; extended trades favor you once Noxian Might procs.03In skirmishes E the enemy fighter, grab bleed stacks, then Guillotine to execute. Win rate by game lengthDarius overall · all matchupsUnder 20 min55.5%20–28 min50.1%28–35 min50.2%Over 35 min49.1%

Handle Riven, Volibear, and Pantheon carefully early, since a strong opponent can shut Darius down before his bleed ever starts stacking. Give him a couple of items and his grip on cooldown, though, and those same short trades swing hard in his favor. He has a clear edge into Gnar, Yasuo, and Illaoi, so if you draw one of them, play for an early all-in and snowball that lead into the rest of the map.

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