Why do i feel like there are no reasons to pick Darius over Morde above D1?
Not a single darius has been in my games above d1 or d2, literally no one plays him in high elo
Papa dunk, was one of the 3 darius otp in master at the begining of the season, he was rated one of the best darius in the world by LOLSKILL now? He's in d3 and doesn't play Darius half of the time anymore TNM dropped to master tier 100 lp from challenger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfwuqCkq9ao
i myself got to master tier by playing ADC Darius at the begining of the season Now he's just GARBAGE, no other words are here to describe this dude, i was hardstuck in d3 for like 2 months by playing him, and now i'm d1 35 lp with ADC Morde, 73% win rate on 106 games
compare darius vs morde, not even comparing them in the adc role because people will go like "uh adc darius is bad uh"
Morde:- can burst a squishy from 600 range with R+E+W+gunblade, i even have a footage of this -superior utility, can give bonus movement speed, and heal for half of hp of someone, can also heal on monsters sustaining his support SO HARD in the adc role (and himself ofc) -tanky af, probably tankier than darius at all stage of the game, unless he gets lockdown and prevented to shield/heal with W and R, but unlike darius Morde doesn't have to be in the center of the fight to deal damage, his W especially gives him an incredible artificial range -sieging power -is more reliable because his W works no matter where the enemies are unlike darius Q
Darius: utility? 20 sec cd short hook and 1 sec slow is all you have for your team Tankiness depends on levels because darius has no tank steroid which means he relies on his base stats to be tanky, squishy af before tank items, and if he ends up behind he ends up squishy without base stats Sustain depends on enemy champions being dumb af to not dodge your Q with mobility creep as most of toplaners are mobile now (or are ranged) completly melee, nothing to kill people from range, NO BURST AT ALL, darius is delayed af with that Q and passive damage has everything in it, he can only burst if he has 5 stacks ready
Now watch out! here comes the broken argument "uh, look darius win rate is 49%, 50%, blablabla he's fine"
those statistics are pulled from d5+, most of diamond players lie in d5, low diamond games are so clown fiesta that i'm able to play full ap morde adc and get out with 30/0 of course darius will do fine in this elo, but put darius against competent players that won't pick immobile melees against him, and will gladly sacrifice 30 cs to survive and not feed him then watching him being useless in teamfight, and he won't do shit anymore
What is the cost? what should darius pay to be better in high elo, without stomping low elo? i'm actually wondering rework him, do everything you want, just fixe him for high elo FFS
