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Darius Build

Top Tier 1

Patch 26.21 · Silver+ · 97,413 gamesUpdated

50.5%win rate4.4%pick14.8%ban

Who counters Darius

Every Top matchup for Darius, ranked →

How to build Darius

Plated Steelcaps→Youmuu's Ghostblade→Dead Man's Plate→Force of Nature

Plated Steelcaps → Youmuu's Ghostblade → Dead Man's Plate → Force of Nature

55.8% win rate 10% of games 6,310 games
RunesPrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast StandSorceryAxiom ArcanistCelerity29% of games
SpellsFlashGhostFlash + Ghost74%
Skills
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Decimate
24578
Crippling Strike
114151718
Apprehend
39101213
Noxian Guillotine
61116
StartDoran's BladeHealth PotionDoran's Blade, Health Potion
Full Darius build →
50.5%win rate
Patch 26.20: 48.7% over 191,327 gamesPatch 26.21: 50.5% over 97,413 gameswin rate, 26.20 to 26.21
51.1%at Emerald+
4.4%pick rate
14.8%ban rate
▲ Upwas Tier 2 last patch
52.7%under 22 min
50.0%over 32 min

Want the written version? Our Counter Series breaks down how to actually play against champions like this, not just who wins on paper.

Recent games

Taken from as high up the ladder as this pick gets played. All 10 games from Master and above.

Win 35–40m
MASTER+
Darius champion portraitT DariusvsTrundle champion portraitT Trundle
10 / 9 / 8

Build

Boots of Swiftness|Youmuu's Ghostblade→Dead Man's Plate→Force of Nature

Spells & runes

FlashIgnite|

Skills

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Win 20–25m
MASTER+
Darius champion portraitT DariusvsGangplank champion portraitT Gangplank
7 / 6 / 1

Build

Plated Steelcaps|Youmuu's Ghostblade→Dead Man's Plate

Spells & runes

FlashExhaust|

Skills

WQEQQRQEQEREEW
Win 30–35m
MASTER+
Darius champion portraitT DariusvsMalphite champion portraitT Malphite
9 / 6 / 4

Build

Mercury's Treads|Youmuu's Ghostblade→Force of Nature→Sterak's Gage

Spells & runes

FlashGhost|

Skills

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Runes

The full page most players run, not just the keystone.

Most popular 50.3% win rate · 29% of games · 27,651 games
PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
SorceryAxiom ArcanistCelerity
Shards Attack Speed · Adaptive Force · Health Scaling
Runner up 50.4% win rate · 23% of games · 22,083 games
SorceryStormraider's SurgeNimbus CloakCelerityGathering Storm
PrecisionLegend: AlacrityTriumph
Shards Attack Speed · Adaptive Force · Health Scaling

Summoner spells and early items

What people bring, and which ability they max first.

Summoner spells
pickwin
  • FlashGhostFlash + Ghost74%50.6%75,297 games
  • FlashIgniteFlash + Ignite19%50.6%18,883 games

Boots and the other slot items that do not count as finished items in the full build below.

Boots
Plated Steelcaps60%Mercury's Treads27%Boots of Swiftness13%
Plated Steelcaps most often · 50.6% win rate

Darius build

The items players finish, in the order they end up in the inventory.

  1. Youmuu's Ghostblade1st
  2. Dead Man's Plate2nd
  3. Death's Dance3rd
5% of games that reach a third item take this path61.4% win rate3,297 games
Every slot, boots and full build for Darius →

Every slot, boots and full builds

Patch 26.21 · 98,657 games with a finished item

Slot by slot

Boots

Plated SteelcapsPlated Steelcaps
59% · 51.0% win rate
Mercury's TreadsMercury's Treads
26% · 50.9% win rate
Boots of SwiftnessBoots of Swiftness
12% · 53.7% win rate
BootsBoots
1% · 30.5% win rate
No bootsNo boots
1% · 43.1% win rate
Gluttonous GreavesGluttonous Greaves
<1% · 57.1% win rate

Most common full builds

  1. Youmuu's Ghostblade›Dead Man's Plate+Plated Steelcaps4% of games · 44.4% win rate · 3,842 games
  2. Youmuu's Ghostblade+Plated Steelcaps3% of games · 36.5% win rate · 2,656 games
  3. Stridebreaker+Plated Steelcaps2% of games · 37.8% win rate · 2,220 games
  4. Youmuu's Ghostblade›Dead Man's Plate›Death's Dance+Plated Steelcaps2% of games · 61.0% win rate · 1,866 games
  5. Stridebreaker›Dead Man's Plate+Plated Steelcaps2% of games · 43.7% win rate · 1,693 games
Where these numbers come from

We read finished ranked solo queue games directly from Riot and keep a running tally. Nothing is copied from another site.

Matchups compare Darius against the enemy champion in the same lane, counting only games where both were actually there. The counters list pulls each matchup toward Darius's own win rate by 180 games' worth of it, then keeps the ones still under 50%. A matchup seen thirty times barely moves off the champion's average, and one seen a thousand times keeps close to its own number.

Every number here is followed by the games behind it, because that's what tells you how much to trust it. A win rate over a few hundred games is worth reading. The same number over thirty is mostly luck.

Recent games show what was built and who won. They never show who played. Rank is grouped (Master and up is one band), game length is rounded to five minutes, and there's no region or date on a card.

Every ranked game we read this patch adds its finished items here, boots aside. Items are listed in the order they sit in the inventory, which isn't always the order they were bought: a finished item takes the slot its first part was in.

Compare a win rate only with the other picks in its own slot. A fifth item mostly shows up in long games, and those skew toward the team that was already ahead, so late slots run hot whatever sits in them. A row needs 30 games before it shows up at all.

Built from real ranked games this patch. We keep the running totals, never the games themselves.

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