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Darius Build

Support Tier 2

Patch 26.21 · Silver+ · 1,435 gamesUpdated

44.7%win rate0.1%pick14.8%ban

Who counters Darius

How to build Darius

Boots of Swiftness→Youmuu's Ghostblade→Dead Man's Plate→Black Cleaver

Boots of Swiftness → Youmuu's Ghostblade → Dead Man's Plate → Black Cleaver

52.9% win rate 11% of games 68 games
RunesSorceryStormraider's SurgeNimbus CloakCelerityGathering StormPrecisionLegend: AlacrityTriumph31% of games
SpellsFlashGhostFlash + Ghost44%
Skills
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Decimate
14578
Crippling Strike
314151718
Apprehend
29101213
Noxian Guillotine
61116
StartWorld AtlasHealth PotionHealth PotionWorld Atlas, Health Potion, Health Potion
Full Darius build →

Best ADCs for Darius

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

Worst ADCs for Darius

Who Darius has the worst record alongside in the bot lane 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.

44.7%win rate
Patch 26.20: 42.4% over 3,144 gamesPatch 26.21: 44.7% over 1,435 gameswin rate, 26.20 to 26.21
36.2%at Emerald+
0.1%pick rate
14.8%ban rate
Holdingsame as last patch
44.5%under 22 min
47.2%over 32 min

Darius Support gets worse as the elo rises. 44.7% across Silver and above, but 36.2% once you look at Emerald and up. Sites that only sample high elo will show you the second number. Both are real; which one applies depends on the games you are actually playing.

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.

Loss 15–20m
MASTER+
Darius champion portraitS Darius+Lucian champion portraitB LucianvsSenna champion portraitS Senna+Yunara champion portraitB Yunara
7 / 5 / 2

Build

Runic CompassPlated Steelcaps|Youmuu's Ghostblade

Spells & runes

IgniteFlash|

Skills

EQWQQRQE
Loss 35–40m
MASTER+
Darius champion portraitS Darius+Locke champion portraitB LockevsElise champion portraitS Elise+Karthus champion portraitB Karthus
3 / 13 / 10

Build

Solstice SleighMercury's Treads|Hubris→Force of Nature→Sterak's Gage

Spells & runes

HealFlash|

Skills

EQWQQRQEQEREEWWR
Win 25–30m
MASTER+
Darius champion portraitS Darius+Lucian champion portraitB LucianvsCamille champion portraitS Camille+Corki champion portraitB Corki
6 / 5 / 12

Build

Celestial OppositionPlated Steelcaps|Youmuu's Ghostblade→Dead Man's Plate

Spells & runes

FlashIgnite|

Skills

QEWQQRQEQEREEW

Runes

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

Most popular 44.4% win rate · 31% of games · 311 games
SorceryStormraider's SurgeNimbus CloakCelerityGathering Storm
PrecisionLegend: AlacrityTriumph
Shards Attack Speed · Adaptive Force · Health Scaling
Runner up 39.7% win rate · 16% of games · 156 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 + Ghost44%42.6%657 games
  • FlashIgniteFlash + Ignite34%41.6%514 games

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

Boots
Boots of Swiftness57%Plated Steelcaps26%Mercury's Treads13%
Boots of Swiftness most often · 46.0% win rate
Support item
Bloodsong48%Celestial Opposition29%Solstice Sleigh17%
Bloodsong most often · 46.1% 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. Force of Nature3rd
5% of games that reach a third item take this path46.9% win rate32 games
Every slot, boots and full build for Darius →

Every slot, boots and full builds

Patch 26.21 · 1,449 games with a finished item

Slot by slot

Boots

Boots of SwiftnessBoots of Swiftness
55% · 46.1% win rate
Plated SteelcapsPlated Steelcaps
25% · 42.7% win rate
Mercury's TreadsMercury's Treads
13% · 47.1% win rate
BootsBoots
3% · 24.5% win rate

Most common full builds

  1. Youmuu's Ghostblade›Dead Man's Plate+Boots of Swiftness6% of games · 46.2% win rate · 91 games
  2. Youmuu's Ghostblade+Boots of Swiftness6% of games · 31.0% win rate · 87 games
  3. Youmuu's Ghostblade›Black Cleaver+Boots of Swiftness3% of games · 40.0% win rate · 40 games
  4. Youmuu's Ghostblade+Plated Steelcaps2% of games · 45.2% win rate · 31 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. The best and worst ADCs 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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