Playing Sion, I 1v1'ed a Darius who was running 9/21/0 masteries and had 11 ad on his rune page at lvl 1. He was behind 2 minion waves of mine and he managed to kill me. When my passive went off i got in 4 aa's before I died. I teleported back after respawning and 1v1'ed behind minions again. He had a quarter health and he still beat me. WTF?? I don't know how this works and it's complete bullshit that it did.
Pharrøw3 votesStop dueling one of the best Duelist Bruisers in the game and expecting to win.
Salidfingers2 votesStop dueling one of the best Duelist Bruisers in the game and expecting to win.
I have to agree with this.
If you got handed by a darius then maybe you found a lane counter against sion. Now you know not to take sion vs a darius and if you meet a sion you can take darius against him.
OxBaker1 votesIt's not that Darius needs a nerf. It's that Sion needs a buff.
EndlessSorcerer1 votesThe biggest issue that game was probably how you built Sion. You rushed Tiamat, bought Frozen Heart, then bought Warmog's Armor before finishing Hydra. You had absolutely no bonus health until about 24 minutes into the game against an opponent with magic and true damage while playing the champion with essentially the lowest base health in the game. You also had 21/9/0 masteries, pretty much all AD in runes (including some of your seals and glyphs, some flat and some scaling), and maxed W first.
Darius excels at crushing people who have no defenses or health and build offensive items. With how you built, by the time you actually had some tankiness he would aleady have snowballed anyways.
Though, the fact that he first killed you at 2:34 in the game indicates that you decided to try and fight him early. When you were extremely squishy. When he's at one of his stronger points. And after the first death you apparently decided to fight him again. On your first back, you only got some potions while he had a pickaxe and level advantage. He was much stronger, so you shouldn't have been trying to fight.
Next time, I would advise rushing Sunfire Cape, using 9/21/0 masteries, and maxing either Q or E first. W doesn't really need to be maxed, as the damage stays the same and it increases the mana cost. Additionally, you shouldn't be trying to fight Darius in this matchup, but should instead focusing on CS and maybe setting up a gank with your jungler.
