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Darius Build

Jungle Tier 2

Patch 26.21 · Silver+ · 15,511 gamesUpdated

51.5%win rate0.7%pick14.8%ban

Who counters Darius

Every Jungle matchup for Darius, ranked →

How to build Darius

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

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

54.1% win rate 21% of games 2,481 games
RunesSorceryStormraider's SurgeNimbus CloakCelerityGathering StormPrecisionLegend: AlacrityTriumph43% of games
SpellsFlashSmiteFlash + Smite83%
Skills
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Decimate
24578
Crippling Strike
114151718
Apprehend
39101213
Noxian Guillotine
61116
StartGustwalker HatchlingGustwalker Hatchling
Full Darius build →
51.5%win rate
Patch 26.20: 51.2% over 21,495 gamesPatch 26.21: 51.5% over 15,511 gameswin rate, 26.20 to 26.21
51.4%at Emerald+
0.7%pick rate
14.8%ban rate
Holdingsame as last patch
55.0%under 22 min
49.6%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 25–30m
MASTER+
Darius champion portraitJ DariusvsQiyana champion portraitJ Qiyana
5 / 4 / 5

Build

Gustwalker HatchlingPlated Steelcaps|Youmuu's Ghostblade→Dead Man's Plate

Spells & runes

SmiteFlash|

Skills

WQEQQRQEQEREEWW
Win 25–30m
MASTER+
Darius champion portraitJ DariusvsZed champion portraitJ Zed
5 / 1 / 8

Build

Gustwalker HatchlingPlated Steelcaps|Youmuu's Ghostblade→Death's Dance→Knight's Vow

Spells & runes

SmiteFlash|

Skills

WQEQQRQEQEREEWWRW
Loss 40–45m
MASTER+
Darius champion portraitJ DariusvsSylas champion portraitJ Sylas
2 / 9 / 8

Build

Gustwalker HatchlingBoots of Swiftness|Youmuu's Ghostblade→Force of Nature→Dead Man's Plate→Death's Dance

Spells & runes

FlashSmite|

Skills

QWQEQRQEQEREEWWRWW

Runes

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

Most popular 52.7% win rate · 43% of games · 6,404 games
SorceryStormraider's SurgeNimbus CloakCelerityGathering Storm
PrecisionLegend: AlacrityTriumph
Shards Attack Speed · Adaptive Force · Health Scaling
Runner up 51.1% win rate · 18% of games · 2,660 games
SorceryStormraider's SurgeNimbus CloakCelerityGathering Storm
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Alacrity
Shards Attack Speed · Adaptive Force · Health Scaling

Summoner spells and early items

What people bring, and which ability they max first.

Summoner spells
pickwin
  • FlashSmiteFlash + Smite83%52.2%13,448 games
  • GhostSmiteGhost + Smite16%48.5%2,591 games

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

Boots
Boots of Swiftness64%Plated Steelcaps18%Mercury's Treads17%
Boots of Swiftness most often · 52.5% win rate
Jungle pet
Gustwalker Hatchling100%
10 of 10 recent games started Gustwalker Hatchling

Darius build

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

  1. Dead Man's Plate1st
  2. Youmuu's Ghostblade2nd
  3. Death's Dance3rd
10% of games that reach a third item take this path56.0% win rate1,169 games
Every slot, boots and full build for Darius →

Every slot, boots and full builds

Patch 26.21 · 15,956 games with a finished item

Slot by slot

Boots

Boots of SwiftnessBoots of Swiftness
62% · 52.6% win rate
Plated SteelcapsPlated Steelcaps
18% · 50.6% win rate
Mercury's TreadsMercury's Treads
17% · 50.3% win rate
BootsBoots
1% · 41.3% win rate
No bootsNo boots
1% · 50.0% win rate
Gluttonous GreavesGluttonous Greaves
<1% · 55.2% win rate

Most common full builds

  1. Dead Man's Plate›Youmuu's Ghostblade+Boots of Swiftness4% of games · 42.5% win rate · 652 games
  2. Youmuu's Ghostblade›Dead Man's Plate+Boots of Swiftness4% of games · 47.4% win rate · 599 games
  3. Youmuu's Ghostblade+Boots of Swiftness4% of games · 45.5% win rate · 596 games
  4. Dead Man's Plate›Youmuu's Ghostblade›Death's Dance+Boots of Swiftness3% of games · 52.7% win rate · 474 games
  5. Youmuu's Ghostblade›Dead Man's Plate›Death's Dance+Boots of Swiftness3% of games · 60.1% win rate · 426 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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