Why was darius given a heal?

UberAffe·Sep 18, 2015·6 votes·621 views

Honest question, I can not find an explanation for the heal.

It seems to clash with his theme and seems extremely strong.

So why does he have it?

Edit:

The general consensus seems to be that it was to make up for how much damage he lost along with a way to keep him in line with other juggernaut types.

I understand this and I don't have much of a problem with his current power level. But I was unclear in my original question, Why a heal instead of something else?

In my mind a heal clashes with his theme, I would have expected something like either

enemies are intimidated during the q and deal x% reduced damage
or crippling blow reduces the targets damage by x%(+y% per stack of bleed)

8 Comments

Hayaishi2Sep 18, 20152 votes

Because he needed a way to survive in fights due to how easy it is to kite him.

Shadow GilgameshSep 18, 20152 votes

To make him fit with the idea of a juggernaut. A walking fortress that hits like a freight train and has the durability of reinforced steel.

Morde has his Iron Man shield and spellvamp Skarner has his shield Garen has bonus resistances and his healing passive Without the heal, Darius is just an ordinary bruiser with no mobility, which is why he fell off like an anchor post laning phase before the rework.

UberAffeSep 18, 20151 votes

I guess, Heal just doesn't fit his theme at all though. I wish they had come up with something more interesting

ºOG 22Sep 18, 20152 votes

because his dmg was nerfed across the board with the delay on this Q they had to throw in heal. Personally I learned to work with it but ill gladly change the Q to the way it was without the heal but high dmg AND NO DELAY

BeatzBoyFTWSep 18, 20151 votes

His old kit does not have a single bit of lane sustain, so a heal on his Q seems ideal. But hopefully not make it too strong doe.

CindikleSep 18, 20151 votes

I try to see it as him "thriving in battle". Kind of like Fiora's ult heal.

Think of it as a moral boost that makes you fight better in the form of numbers. Darius' is just a more selfish.

UberAffeSep 18, 20151 votes

I feel like something along the lines of taking x% less damage during the q animation because it "intimidates his foes" would fit his theme better and still give him some survive-ability.

UberAffeSep 18, 20151 votes

Made an edit to reflect comments and a clarification of my question.