i've taken darius mid

He's a great counterpick mid.

i can imagine garen would also work especially with the silence

I've done the same with Renekton and Irelia.

It's a glorious feeling.

destroys any melee squishy with ease. Though it's very possible for him to get destroyed by .

I made the mistake of trading with pre level 6, his criticals and Q spam destroyed me. Lost mid to a Zed that rushed an arpen build, safely farmed and dived me at level 6, blew me up. Of course this was all early game, as mid game rolled around, I destroyed them. On occasion, I've been down 2 turrets without taking 1 of theirs due to diving them pre6, not realizing the damage they put out trumps your bleed damage ten fold.

As for , that's purely a skill matchup. I've never lost to Darius as Talon and I've never lost to Talon as Darius.

Honestly in the current state of the game you can do anything you want, aside from obvious troll shit such as AD Vinager