Darius is inherently unfun to play against as any melee champion

Trash MammaI··3 votes·2,236 views

He has no weak moments at any point in the game vs melees.

His r%%%%%ed passive allows him to impossible to trade against properly.

Thanks to things like phase rush or Black Cleaver his mobility handicap is nonexistant.

His hook into W make it basically impossible to escape from him forcing you to take half your hp bar from his combo

When ahead he's basically unstoppable and when behind he is still insanely scary because of how dumb his passive and ult are and the stupid healing they put on his Q which makes 0 freaking sense.

I'm sick of this guy outdamaging everyone in early trades with nothing but a dorans shield and curbstomping entire teams late game with 1 damage item because he can just ignore all your stats and insta nuke you. (Sounds like a familiar cancer Pyke )

Even when playing a ranged champ it's not fun because if he manages to grab you ONCE it equals death post 6.

I honestly hate this champion and do not understand why they won't nerf him. Every game he isn't banned he's instantly picked and it's so irritating when you aren't able to pick against him to pick a ranged champ.

I recall during a Q&A from a Rioter their reasoning on countering this stupidity was to "just gank him" as if there's no way to 1v1 him

11 Comments

Saevum3 votes

Those who have a window at beating Darius:

Tryndamere Fiora Jax Karthus Udyr can also cheese him with his early levels.

If you like yordles: Kled, Kennen, Rumble.

NoPaxt2 votes

Pantheon you can bully him hard early...

Moody P2 votes

darius only wins vs immobile melees, everyone else is a skill matchup or beats him

VortexV91 votes

Well Jax outscale him and can survive him early game.. If he pull you just press E so he can't W and after leap away... If you think you can beat him wait for his Q charge and then leap on him and beat the shit out of him...

Riven It's Riven... Just it's Riven she can beat Darius easy...

Kled You got enough mobility to escape/ engage every time...

Pantheon Just do what Pantheon do.. Bully him early and hope your team will be good enough to carry late game

Gnar Just AA him like every melee matchup... If he pull you just jump away like bitch yordle you are... I just hate Gnar...

Jayce Bully him and if he get close knock him out

Rumble Set his ass on fire every time he wants farm

And ofc range AP champs/ mages like Cassiopeia , Vladimir , Lissandra

ı Sona ı1 votes

Who are you usually using when you face him? Seems like Nasus would be a great pick...

Vesarixx1 votes

I'm guessing you haven't played that matchup, if you pick Nasus into that lane it makes Darius look like Michael Vick. What you want to do is pick Quinn, save E in case you get pulled and poke him all lane.

ı Sona ı1 votes

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I'm guessing you haven't played that matchup, if you pick Nasus into that lane it makes Darius look like Michael Vick. What you want to do is pick Quinn, save E in case you get pulled and poke him all lane.

A) Dude, that's such a poor joke and it aint even funny

B) I have, I guess I'm just able to do it better than some, because I've learn to setup ganks and farm under turret.

ContDeCaterinca11 votes

You just said it's inherently unfunny to play against a lane bully. I mean isn't this how lane bullies are in general?

The only thing I hate about Darius it's how strong he still remains in extended trades late game.

His passive grants him 230AD lv 18, which essentially makes him an assassin if he can trigger Noxian Might. (With only item 3078 and item 3053 he can reach 500+ AD late game)).

Besides Nasus, juggernauts don't scale as well as Darius and Nasus is trash early.

ADC Yuumi1 votes

Darius is similar to Teemo. You don't poke him, you go in and bruise him up and you can't back out of it.

Against Darius it's an easier situation because his main source of damage is limited to a certain range. If you can subside his slow with his W or E and always stay in melee range of him, he will have a harder time killing you.

I.E. Why Garen Garen is a great pick against Darius.

ThisName1sDumb1 votes

I would agree that Garen can definitely beat Darius, it really comes down to a skill matchup in this lane

Moonscourge1 votes

You trade with him and back off before he gets his fifth stack. Easy.

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