Darius
Build Guide by AndyslaV
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Recommended Items
Runes: VS. MELEE
1
2
3
Precision
Resolve
+10% Attack Speed
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+6 Armor
Spells:
FLASH + GHOST
Flash
Ghost
Items
Ability Order R > Q > E > W
Hemorrhage (PASSIVE)
Darius Passive Ability
Threats & Synergies
Extreme
Major
Even
Minor
Tiny
None
Low
Ok
Strong
Ideal
Vayne
PERMABAN
Amumu
Ideal
Strong
Ok
Low
None
Amumu
Champion Build Guide
ABOUT ME









INTRODUCTION








PROS & CONS
ITEMS
Doran's Blade
Buy
Doran's Blade if you are playing against a melee champion or if you know that you can possibly kill the enemy even in the early game.

Doran's Shield
Buy
Doran's Shield if you are playing against a range champion or against a counter, also buy if you know that you cant kill your opponent easily in the early game and you have to play to mid game and late game.

Executioner's Calling
Hearthbound Axe
If you decide to buy
Hearthbound Axe, focus on it as the first mythic item and buy the boots as the second. This will give you speed whenever you hit an enemy, so boots are not necessary.

Null-Magic Mantle
its normal magic resist. Always buy first when playing against an AP champion, but at the same time dont get the first item from it, start building a mythic item alongside it and you will get the legendary magic resist item second.
Darius needs damage, so dont focus only on magic resist in the early game.

Plated Steelcaps
Standard armor boots. buy if the enemies dont have a lot of CC and they mostly have AD champions.
Mercury's Treads
buy
Mercury's Treads if you play mostly against AP champions or if the enemies have a lot of CC.

Boots of Swiftness



Stridebreaker
buy
Stridebreaker if you play against champions who have dash in abilities or against squishy champions. If enemies has at least one tank, dont buy it.

Trinity Force



Thornmail
Its a kind of antiheal that is built from
Bramble Vest. I recommend to complete
Thornmail as the last or penultimate item. In the early game,
Bramble Vest is all you need.



Death's Dance

Dead Man's Plate
Good thing if you are feeded and need a little extra movementspeed. Normally dont buy it, buy only if you are really ahead.
Randuin's Omen






Force of Nature
Movementspeed and magic resist will make you a walking nightmare for AP champions. You can always buy
Force of Nature if you play against at least one AP.

Maw of Malmortius






Spirit Visage




Silvermere Dawn








Sterak's Gage



Black Cleaver





Gargoyle Stoneplate
buy
Gargoyle Stoneplate if the enemy has a balanced AD and AP team. Mainly when this item is useful is if you are behind and enemies are fed. Darius needs full stacks
Hemorrhage and he could die before he gets it, so such a dose of armor and magic resists will allow you to fight longer.


Chempunk Chainsword
Its an antiheal upgrade from the
Executioner's Calling. Gives you HP, Damage. Buy if you dont need armor. If you need armor, prefer
Thornmail.


Fimbulwinter
Buy
Fimbulwinter if you play against many champions that give true damage.
Fimbulwinter will give you a large amount of HP, but to give you the most HP, please buy this item together with
Frozen Heart, otherwise it will not be as effective.



Anathema's Chains
Very useful item if the enemies have someone fed. Its most effective to buy it if they have a fed ADC. Dont forget to use that item on the enemy champion (its an activation item)
Control Ward
Dont forget to buy
Control Ward. 1
Stealth Ward in bushes is not always enough. you should also put
Control Ward in the enemy jungle so you know you can expect a gank. Its best to put it in the bushes in places where the enemy often does not come so as not to destroy it.



ITEM SET
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ABILITIES & COMBOS
As the first abilities you upgrade R>Q>E>W. In order to know the correct combos and how to play darius, you first need to learn how his passive
Hemorrhage works. If
Darius hits his opponent 5 times (AA or abilities) he puts full stacks on him, which he can transfer to other enemies. You will know that the enemy has stacks on him so that he will have a noxus symbol above him or another symbol depending on what skin you have. After adding up full stacks you will have more damage and your
Noxian Guillotine will cause higher true damage. Therefore, try to use your
Noxian Guillotine only after counting all the stacks, you can also use
Noxian Guillotine earlier if you know that you will kill the enemy, just keep in mind that if you are in a teamfight and you lose your
Noxian Guillotine, it can cost you your life. Therefore, it is necessary to learn when to use
Noxian Guillotine correctly. If you kill an enemy with
Noxian Guillotine regardless of how many stacks you have, it will immediately give you full stacks and you can transfer them to other champions.








How
Darius passive
Hemorrhage works


In order for
Darius to transfer stacks to other champions, he must first complete all 5 stacks on one target. Here you can notice what happens if, for example, you hit an enemy 4x and then dont finish stacks on them and start hitting another one.

This happens if
Darius hits an enemy 4x and then starts attacking another (he doesnt get full stacks)

First super easy combo is AA + W.
Crippling Strike resets auto-attack, so always use it after auto-attack for best effect.
Crippling Strike also slows down the enemy, so you can also use other more complex combos on him, which is below. Use this combo whenever you can. If the enemy could quickly move elsewhere or use a dash, just use
Crippling Strike to slow down.



AA + W (auto-attacks reset)
Another very popular and used combo is E + AA + W + Q.
Apprehend doesnt have to be used if it is not necessary. Its good to save
Apprehend for situations where the enemy should accidentally
Flash or use a dash. Notice in the video that if you use
Crippling Strike and
Decimate at the same time you cancel the
Crippling Strike animation. This is the fastest way to get 3 stacks quickly.






E + AA + W + Q
This combo AA + W + Q +
Stridebreaker + AA + E + AA + R is the fastest way to get full stacks.
Stridebreaker doesnt have to be used, but if you have it, you use it after you give
Decimate, because before
Decimate you use
Crippling Strike, which slows down the enemy, and when the effect ends, you immediately give him another slow with
Stridebreaker






AA + W + Q +
Stridebreaker + AA + E + AA + R

This combo is not used that often, but dont forget that you can
Noxian Guillotine and
Flash at the same time. Try to do this if you are very low HP and you are afraid that the enemy might kill you or if you are under enemy turret and need to leave quickly. Dont forget about
Hemorrhage, if the enemy has little HP left after
Noxian Guillotine, its quite possible that your
Hemorrhage will kill him.





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