How is Fiora supposed to counter Darius?

clickhead·Jan 22, 2016·1 votes·2,674 views

I used to main top in season 4 and knew Darius top was kinda broken in lane, I just started playing again and laned against one. Holy crap is he even more broken than before. I'm not sure why rito decided to buff him, but anyway.

How are you supposed to beat him when his Q does like half your health bar at level 1 and heals him, and he can slow you by like 80% for an eternity and he can pull you. Like, what is the counter? I ask this because in my matchup, I played the vital game perfectly and would proc them all, but I could never chunk more than half his health in a duel because he could just Q+auto+ult to instakill me.

Any tips?

(apart from banning Darius ever game)

24 Comments

Dominick DestineJan 22, 20162 votes

Parry his Guillotine.

gg Darius

clickheadJan 22, 20161 votes

Well his Q does like half my health alone... I guess it could work.

CremepieJan 22, 20162 votes

lol not really the bleed alone can kill you easy, his kit is so stacked.

Dominick DestineJan 22, 20164 votes

{quoted}

Well his Q does like half my health alone

That is false. Even hitting you with the blade of his spin, he will never do 50% of your max HP with a single spin.

That being said, if you get close to him.... his hilt-spin damage is very poor. Dashing into him to receive hilt-damage rather than blade-damage is a good tactic that Fiora can exploit quite easily.... his spin is telegraphed incredibly hard.

clickheadJan 22, 20162 votes

Well the bleed damage is insane. He can sit there and auto me to death easily. Also his Q is instant, which makes it undodgeable.

Dominick DestineJan 22, 20165 votes

{quoted}

Also his Q is instant, which makes it undodgeable.

Ah, so what you're saying is I got trolled? Damn it.

On the incredibly off chance that you are not a troll; Darius' Q is not instant and is very dodgeable.

TroiannJan 22, 20162 votes

First of all you're playing fiora and you're making Darius sound OP.

He's one of the only champions that can beat you in pure melee. Accept that. That's why in teamfights you get infinite dashes and self peel and uncounterable damage while he's getting chain CCed and unable to move for ten years.

If you want to beat him you just need to time your riposte with his Q. That's it. But a good darius is unbeatable in lane if you're playing any sort of melee champ.

clickheadJan 22, 20161 votes

But his Q is instant!

DorkunedAurasJan 22, 20163 votes

uhhh, wut? So you haven't played against darius since 5.16 I see.

EndlessSorcererJan 22, 20162 votes

http://leagueoflegends.wikia.com/wiki/Darius

Darius** hefts his axe for 0.75 seconds, then swings** it around himself, dealing physical damage to nearby enemies, doubled against enemies hit by the blade.

It has a 0.75 second delay. That's plenty of time to react.

The DeckownerJan 22, 20162 votes

if u q inside darius's he should do no dmg to u and wont heal for anything. fiora w is one of the only counter of darius's ult.

SaltyKrackaJan 22, 20162 votes

Stop being shit.

PixiehorseJan 22, 20161 votes

Engage him after he Qs minions, don't all in just keep him poked down. Focus on your cs, once you have your fist item half built. Again poke down then only all in if you've poked him. When his Q comes off CD since you only engaged after he wasted it, then block it.

clickheadJan 22, 20162 votes

But why would he Q the minions?

PixiehorseJan 22, 20161 votes

{quoted}

But why would he Q the minions?

They all eventually do unless you go and engage on them. If you sit there and avoid letting him fight, they all get bored or when you go to CS they try to Q harrass you. You just have to assume its coming and be ready to move out of it. It has cast time and super telegraphed. It's pretty easy to see coming. As soon as he swings and misses get in with 2-3 hits and back off again. If his Q comes up again parry it, assuming you skilled it up.

clickheadJan 22, 20161 votes

So my best chance is to assume that he is bad? Damn D:

Also his Q is instant I can't just dodge it.

DorkunedAurasJan 22, 20161 votes

Dude, This is absolute bullshit. His Q has a .75 cast time, with an EXTREMELY visible indicator. This is lying and QQ if I've ever seen it.

clickheadJan 22, 20161 votes

Well his Q having a .75 cast time is news to me.

PixiehorseJan 22, 20161 votes

{quoted}

So my best chance is to assume that he is bad?

Two minions are dying at the same time, they Q to pick up 2 CS instead of 1. There is always that situation in almost every wave.

AlwaysByMySideJan 22, 20161 votes

{quoted}

I used to main top in season 4 and knew Darius top was kinda broken in lane, I just started playing again and laned against one. Holy crap is he even more broken than before. I'm not sure why rito decided to buff him, but anyway.

How are you supposed to beat him when his Q does like half your health bar at level 1 and heals him, and he can slow you by like 80% for an eternity and he can pull you. Like, what is the counter? I ask this because in my matchup, I played the vital game perfectly and would proc them all, but I could never chunk more than half his health in a duel because he could just Q+auto+ult to instakill me.

Any tips?

(apart from banning Darius ever game)

Why are you lying?

EndlessSorcererJan 22, 20161 votes

Use your dash to avoid the blade of his telegraphed Q to reduce his damage, prevent a stack of his passive from being applied, and prevent his heal. You can either dash out to escape or dash in to fight; both are options depending on the current situation.

Darius' E applies CC so you can stun Darius if you parry either of them during early trades.

Darius' ultimate is highly telegraphed which allows you to easily parry it.

Darius is a juggernaut and typically stacks health and resistance while Fiora does percent maximum health true damage.

Also, the Darius you just played against had Ignite rather than Teleport. You should have tried to avoid early fights until you could back and get an item advantage.

The DeckownerJan 22, 20161 votes

darius w only slows, not hard cc so u cant stun him.

EndlessSorcererJan 22, 20161 votes

...

I'm not sure why I thought slows counted, but I did.

Fixed.