I think Darius needs a buff.

IsIsGankedParis··3 votes·522 views

He's not strong, won't be able to compete in todays game, hell he can't in todays game of insane mobility with insane damage.

Darius's damage isn't even insane, his scalings are all bonus AD and he relies heavily on building tanky because he has no tank or sustain steroid in his kit.

People say Darius negates all melee champs, the fuck he doesn't.

Yes he has an advantage but it isn't to such an EXTREME that he wins no matter what.

He can lose lane to Jax incredibly easily with or without jungler help, Darius has a ton of trouble fighting Jax once he gets his trinity force or botrk.

Darius, contrary to popular belief, doesn't outdamage Riven unless the fight takes longer than 10 seconds in which he would still die to her as she will have a ton of CDR and steroids.

Shyvana, Renekton, Cho'Gath, Aatrox, Irelia, Malphite, Olaf, and many more MELEE champs can easily beat him in lane, it isn't hard to beat a Darius in lane, his kit is so simple and easy to bait/predict that he's your own personal slave for gold in lane if you choose to abuse it.

Honestly, his ult doesn't need the full reset, but a full reset on everybody EXCEPT the person he dunked for 120/100/80 seconds.

Kills his laner, comes back to lane, still has his ult but he can't use it on his laner until the time on them expires.

He could use a movespeed buff to 345, he has the same movespeed as ranged champs for crying out loud and he's probably the most easily kited melee champ in game outside Mordekaiser without a rylais.

8 Comments

Trundle Bundle2 votes

He is getting buffed.

I wouldn't mind him losing trading power for some more versatility though.

IsIsGankedParis1 votes

His kit should be focused on him being tanky but winning drawn out engages.

His kit should give him the TOOLS to stay in a fight long enough to attempt to win them.

He dies to burst very easily, he has nothing to counter burst besides items, which is where he is tank and sustain reliant, nothing in his kit to help him there.

IsIsGankedParis1 votes

His kit should be focused on him being tanky but winning drawn out engages.

His kit should give him the TOOLS to stay in a fight long enough to attempt to win them.

He dies to burst very easily, he has nothing to counter burst besides items, which is where he is tank and sustain reliant, nothing in his kit to help him there.

Edit: Could you link me to where it says hes getting a buff?

Trundle Bundle1 votes

I did link it :(

And I agree with the tanky, drawn out fighter approach. That's the fantasy that they were surely looking to work towards, with a nice damage spike at the end, but they just didn't pull it together.

Shawnyy1 votes

nice name dude...

redniwediS1 votes

Darius is easily capable of getting a 1v3 triple kill around level 6-8. He does need buffs in order to stay relevant at higher levels of play, however in order to keep his kit from being completely oppressive he also needs nerfs. It's a transfer of power from one area to another that he needs, not a straight up buff.

Shawnyy1 votes

Darius does NOT need a buff, if anything he needs a minor nerf. Darius does a ton of damage early game and he can win lane against so many top laners its ridiculous. At level 2 he would pull you and do that stupid spinny thing (xD) and I would be at half health.

darius plz Darius

Trundle Bundle1 votes

He definitely doesn't need a nerf. It's fair to say that his kit isn't flexible enough to simply tack on more raw numbers and not expect some serious problems to arise, but his general capabilities aren't great at the moment.

As the OP said, he doesn't simply auto win even against melees, even when there's only so much room for variations in his gameplay. Riot really ought to have followed through on a low level rework like they promised, to leave his kit a little more open ended and to route some of that numerical throughput into mechanical ability.

He doesn't need to be the next Lee Sin by any means, but having a bit more room to work with would be great.

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