i think triforce is better on Darius than cleaver

and i don't really buy into the Cleaver hype that much. it really doesn't strike me as a 'powerful' first buy item on him. i can't really figure out why but every time i buy it i feel like i've made a mistake

whereas Triforce as a first buy gives you a lot of things you like. the phage passive and health/AD are all incredibly useful for obvious reasons, Sheen gives you more mana as well as the very powerful proc which makes your W chunk very hard, and the Zeal attack speed helps you stack more quickly and the movespeed helps you stick. It's more expensive which delays your power-spike a lot, but every time I buy it I feel ready to start wrecking shop.

I don't see enough people building Ghostblade in general (I'm a big fan of it) but this item is nuts on him. The stats are good, 20 armor pen offers incredibly synergy with your passive % ignore, the CDR makes up partly for what you lose by not buying Cleaver ( / are good picks for this, too ) and the active gives you more sticking power and more stacking power. When I finish these two items, I definitely start ramping up in power. Not to mention the decent chunk of crit % combined with Sheen procs makes your W hurt like a mother, I've legitimately 100-50'd a few squishies with it.

I haven't really been criticized for it because I've generally done very well with it, but it honestly irks me that every Darius I go up against, mirror or not, is usually rushing Cleaver; and honestly, most of them do really badly. Whenever I've rushed it, I feel like it's.. not a power spike item. When I buy it, I feel like I need a second item to grab before I can really make use of it. Whereas the mid-game strength that I get just from Trinity lets me group and carry a lot sooner.

Thoughts? I'd like to hear what other Darius players are succeeding with.