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Darius Build

Bot Tier 3

Patch 26.21 · Silver+ · 400 gamesUpdated

44.6%win rate0.0%pick14.8%ban

Who counters Darius

  • Jhin champion portraitJhin35.4%79 games · 26.20
  • Kai'Sa champion portraitKai'Sa38.2%76 games · 26.20
  • Ashe champion portraitAshe41.9%43 games · 26.20

How to build Darius

Boots of Swiftness→Youmuu's Ghostblade→Dead Man's Plate→Sterak's Gage

Boots of Swiftness → Youmuu's Ghostblade → Dead Man's Plate → Sterak's Gage

47.4% win rate 13% of games 38 games
RunesSorceryStormraider's SurgeNimbus CloakCelerityGathering StormPrecisionLegend: AlacrityTriumph44% of games
SpellsFlashGhostFlash + Ghost79%
Skills
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Decimate
24578
Crippling Strike
114151718
Apprehend
39101213
Noxian Guillotine
61116
StartLong SwordRefillable PotionLong Sword, Refillable Potion
Full Darius build →

Best supports for Darius

Who Darius has the best record alongside in the bot lane this patch.

No support lifts Darius far enough above their usual record to stand out this patch.

Each pairing is weighed by the games behind it, so a lucky handful cannot top either list.

Pairings are only half a team. Team Comp Tuesdays builds full five-champion compositions around picks like this.

44.6%win rate
Patch 26.20: 44.8% over 916 gamesPatch 26.21: 44.6% over 400 gameswin rate, 26.20 to 26.21
0.0%pick rate
14.8%ban rate
▼ Downwas Tier 2 last patch
46.0%under 22 min
46.7%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. 8 from Master and above, then down the ladder as far as Diamond — Darius Bot is not played often enough at the top to fill 10 games on its own.

Win 30–35m
MASTER+
Darius champion portraitB Darius+Illaoi champion portraitS IllaoivsAphelios champion portraitB Aphelios+Lulu champion portraitS Lulu
6 / 6 / 9

Build

Boots of Swiftness|Youmuu's Ghostblade→Dead Man's Plate→Titanic Hydra→Sterak's Gage

Spells & runes

GhostFlash|

Skills

WQEQQRQEQEREEWWRW
Win 20–25m
MASTER+
Darius champion portraitB Darius+Nautilus champion portraitS NautilusvsKai'Sa champion portraitB Kai'Sa+Thresh champion portraitS Thresh
5 / 1 / 7

Build

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

Spells & runes

FlashExhaust|

Skills

WQEQQRQEQERE
Win 30–35m
MASTER+
Darius champion portraitB Darius+Rell champion portraitS RellvsYasuo champion portraitB Yasuo+Pyke champion portraitS Pyke
23 / 11 / 11

Build

Plated Steelcaps|Stridebreaker→Dead Man's Plate→Mercurial Scimitar→Spear of Shojin

Spells & runes

FlashExhaust|

Skills

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Runes

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

Most popular 38.7% win rate · 44% of games · 142 games
SorceryStormraider's SurgeNimbus CloakCelerityGathering Storm
PrecisionLegend: AlacrityTriumph
Shards Attack Speed · Adaptive Force · Health Scaling
Runner up 45.6% win rate · 18% of games · 57 games
PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
SorceryAxiom ArcanistCelerity
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 + Ghost79%46.3%328 games
  • FlashIgniteFlash + Ignite11%36.4%44 games

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

Boots
Boots of Swiftness45%Plated Steelcaps36%Mercury's Treads18%
Boots of Swiftness most often · 45.9% win rate

Darius build

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

Whole-build counts start over with every patch, and Darius Bot is at 410 games so far this patch. The full build shows up here at 300.

Every slot, boots and full build for Darius →

Every slot, boots and full builds

Patch 26.21 · 410 games with a finished item

Slot by slot

Boots

Boots of SwiftnessBoots of Swiftness
44% · 45.6% win rate
Plated SteelcapsPlated Steelcaps
35% · 50.7% win rate
Mercury's TreadsMercury's Treads
17% · 36.2% win rate
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. The best and worst supports are ranked the same way, against Darius's average instead of 50%.

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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