Darius still needs to be nerfed

clickhead·12/5/2014, 10:27:25 PM·6 votes·1,099 views

Not only does Darius win lane against every single bruiser in the game (his Q does 1/3rd of your health bar) but he scales way too hard. Apart from Nasus, pretty much no other top laner scales as well as Darius does in terms of damage and tankyness late game (because a Darius with nothing but armor and health can still one shot any squishy in one combo), on top of having absurdly strong early game. Seriously, you can kill this guy 4 times in lane and he will still be more usefull than you in teamfights because of his damage and utility.

12 Comments

Sooko12/5/2014, 10:28:13 PM6 votes

Darius and late game just don't fit the same sentence, bud.

I am THE Darius12/5/2014, 10:42:21 PM5 votes

Not only does Darius win lane against every single bruiser in the game

As someone who plays a lot of Darius I can tell you this is untrue, Jayce beats him pretty easily and to a lesser extent Renekton but that's more of a skill match up

(his Q does 1/3rd of your health bar)

Blatant lie

but he scales way too hard. Apart from Nasus, pretty much no other top laner scales as well as Darius does in terms of damage and tankyness late game (because a Darius with nothing but armor and health can still one shot any squishy in one combo),

You forgot the part where he has ZERO mobility and is easy as fuck to peel from your team and is only tanky through items, meaning if you don't feed him 20 kills (slight over exaggeration) in lane he won't be tanky.

on top of having absurdly strong early game.

Damn, a champion that traded everything for damage has a strong early game, who would have thought.

Seriously, you can kill this guy 4 times in lane and he will still be more usefull than you in teamfights because of his damage and utility.

His only utility is his pull and an on hit slow; he is there to basically FORCE you to target him and not the adc, in fact he works as an amazing peel from the adc because if you dive and try to focus their adc he will dunk your ass.

malekdarshin12/6/2014, 5:32:29 AM2 votes

The biggest issue I find with Darius is that is extendo-axe grab is far to long. It grabs outside of the axe swing animation!

Cedar Feeder12/5/2014, 11:15:43 PM2 votes

I agree that Darius pretty much wins every melee v. melee top lane The lanes going to really suck and you wont win the lane but if you play passive you should beat them in team composition or counter him with a ranged top laner and don't get pulled.

Leblancs Boob12/6/2014, 1:19:52 AM2 votes

He's getting a well deserved rework.. hopefully soon

Leti the Yeti12/6/2014, 12:07:19 AM1 votes

as far as i know, the safest place to be is right next to him too close for his Q to chunk you

Grimspeake12/6/2014, 12:18:44 AM1 votes

i just stomped a darius in lane with teemo, i got to counter pick though but a great way to beat darius is to outsustain him, he burns through his mana so quickly. just play safe until hes low on mana then dive him and hes useless and most likely dead.

Grimspeake12/6/2014, 12:20:25 AM1 votes

he is a very strong pick against the majority of top laners though. basically if u have no sustain or range, your pretty much boned. now where did i put my drink... ahhh yes here it is... item 2041

ZeroAnarchy12/6/2014, 1:17:08 AM1 votes

Darius scales? What have you been smoking?

CaRTeLKiLLa12/5/2014, 10:51:42 PM1 votes

Build armor health and sustain early especially if you lack the skill to bait out his Q. If you do get qed make sure you are standing in minions so the lane will push. Darius has no way of escaping from ganks other than getting a double kill

TeemoJenkins12/5/2014, 11:20:52 PM1 votes

I love seeing Darius top against Garen. My sword, always for Demacia!!!

aka.. Garen stomps on Darius... in a very painful way. Out sustains, silence, spin to win / GG.

Also, I've had a game where a Darius literally was the 20 kill Darius. I was the support, and he got neutered in team fights, ADC and Mid could kite him and I locked him down as Leona. A fed Darius is nothing when you rob him of the ability to move and he has no way to counter good CC.