Darius needs some changes
Honestly the only bad thing about him. He is too easy to play against at decent rank (plat+). I'm not even kidding but the man got the most fair tool kit in the entire roster. And that makes him mediocre. (Let's not argue about "all melees lose against him in lane" etc etc. I wont agree with that anyway)
His current game plan is all about:
- Get 5 stacks
- Flash in and release damage
The problem is that he's way too easy to be prevented from doing that. First of all it takes really long time to achieve 5 stacks. Then you probably will be low HP at the moment when you unlock Noxian Might. (I'm not even mentioning him being heavily depended on Flash cooldown). He has 2 steps before he will do something useful for his team BUT he can actually fail both these steps and mostly because opponents aren't dumb to let him shine.
Meanwhile other bruisers have more reliable ways to provide pressure in this game without that many steps, They just actually straightforward apply damage. (
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The worst part about that. Let's imagine any of these champions being behind. No one would let them to deal damage that's true but they have OTHER ways to be useful. Engage (Kled), Splitpush (Kled, Jax), Utility defense (Xin R). What is Darius doing outside his 2 steps lame game plan? Nothing! He does nothing. Like 0. Below average. This is so sad. You need to add some utlity or may be increase reward on his main goal game. Please think about it. Even turning him in blatant tank would be better idea. Let's leave his R dunk chain as a SECONDARY bonus if opponents arent focusing on him too hard.