The only counter to Darius is "play ranged champions"

A fool and his spirit are easily parted!

Or something that can out duel him. Or a champ with mobility.

Darius isn't even strong right now, hes been endlessly inadvertently nerfed since his rework.

its balanced in the same way that riven and yasuo are balanced, which is not very well, and either way its not fun and requires no skill.

i wouldn't go THAT far

Yeah well you are talking about "counterpicking" there. Now if we look at "counterplay" as an average melee champ, it means that you are going to lose cs. Likely a lot of cs. You will have to wait for him to push the wave, wait under tower and lasthit there. The good news are that he exposes himself to ganks doing that!

Master Yi top destroys Darius and Master Yi top even loses most melee matchups. What do you think of that?

Two easy steps: 1.Git 2.Gud

No, I laned against him with Talon not too long ago and absolutely destroyed him. He's fine where he is.

can all straight 1v1 him at even gold at certain times in the game.

Because Darius is all about being a lane bully and his biggest weakness is being kated to the moon and back.

People are so quick to label shit as "broken" or "low counterplay" yet refuse to learn the ins and outs of a champion... Maybe if you tried playing darius for a bit you would learn that hes not this almighty god of toplane? He's far from weak as champs go but he generally only shits on inexperienced or "brainless" players that refuse to respect his strengths in lane then proceed to cry when they get dunked 5 times in a row..smh. like play around his cooldown's and bait his abilities, its not that hard!

Most darius players are predictable af and his main spell is hugely telegraphed so quick in and outs is all it takes. deny his healing and above all RESPECT his ability to turn fights around. If you over commit and give him noxian might for free then honestly you deserve to lose the fight imo.

I'ma keep this real and simple for you kids

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