Why Darius needs buffs.@Morello read this

Before you click the downvote actually READ THIS.

Also any numbers used in here can be CHANGED, don't think I'm saying it has to be a certain way.

What is wrong with Darius? He along with many other bruisers(Garen, Olaf, Gangplank, etc.) are no longer considered viable due to how out of control the league of mobility is, Kalista makes this even worse as today every new champion and reworked champions mother has an escape.

But why would I talk about Darius and not the other champs? Gangplank is getting a rework so I can't say much on him(note Darius's got "shelved"), Garen along with Darius are both lane bullies who although have similar ults, Garen has a better escape than Darius in lane, can be a huge sponge late game, and against popular belief, Garen's ult is better on Tanks than Darius(when low health of course). Olaf is just in a terrible position after his rework, olaf'd olaf was better than todays olaf.

But what truly makes Darius need buffs? When Darius was released he was seen as overpowered and I will agree his old ult's time to refresh was indeed bull, his first set of nerfs were more or less seen as acceptable(though I'm not sure about the bleed damage nerf, early-mid game nerf?).

Darius was fine after that, he was more or less balanced but the nerf that shot out his kneecaps and put him in need of a rework was the ult nerf which his entire kit revolved around. His kit was all about getting a person low health and then execute them, ending the game before 25-30 minutes because of how he will start to fall off. Now, if you try to ult your lane opponent, they will come back to lane and you can't even shut them down as a lane bully because your one tool to shut them down is down for another minute which also makes you even more exposed to being ganked.

His nerf after to his pull really put him down(range is 540 from 550 and there is now a wind-up time) as he now gets kited even harder because of it. This nerf should be reverted as it will help with him being kited but then again it probably won't.

Now what buffs does Darius ACTUALLY need? Now read this buff CAREFULLY, I keep getting responses saying it's his old ult when it IS NOT.

Buff: Darius ult now FULLY RESETS on kill BUT he can't cast his ult on the same person for 120/100/80 seconds, cooldown reduction reduces this. The gist of this is he has his current ult technically against his lane opponent but now he can roam to the mid lane and invade the jungler with his ult still up(asserting his early game dominance). Think of Yasuo E, he can dash but then has to wait 5-6 seconds to dash them again. Is this buff really that bad?

This next buff is more of a tradeoff, it's a buff and a nerf. His W now functions differently, instead of reducing attack speed it now reduces the damage the enemy does for the same duration. Darius is an anti-duelist and Riot has said how they wish to remove his attack speed slow as it makes him an unfair duelist(see Lee Sin's overloaded kit) but this buff/nerf keeps him as an anti-duelist but he can't slow their attack speed anymore. The damage reduction would be something like 15/20/25/30/35% for I believe the slow is 2.5 second so the same thing. Another thing is he can choose to max Q or W in lane depending on his lane opponent instead of max Q if you want damage(this wouldn't always happen, probably used vs strong duelists), this doesn't reduce true damage so worry not olaf/irelia fans.

What are your thoughts? Did you read this? Do you agree with this? Why do you disagree with this?

Also a side note do you think Darius should get a slight movespeed buff seeing as he has no mobility type move(massive speed boost/dash), maybe buff it to 345?

Please read in depth and actually understand this, I presented this idea 4 months ago and people thought it was just a nerf revert.