Random post about Darius

Darius: Darius was the second champion i ever started to main, when I was still a silver scrub. And I loved him. Down in the pits of hell that is the low rankings, he is really one of the best carries in the top lane. And that is probobly becuase he genuily is a good champion... Untill u get ganked or go up against someone who actually knows how to play against Darius. Then suddently you're the worst, useless pile of shit. Luckily, down in the scrub elo's, people don't know that, so he can pubstump.

Darius's kit is just so powerful. His passive's damage is pretty good itself, but the ad bonus when he gets five stacks is just overkill, although it can be pretty hard to get off and actually use against compitent opponents. His q is just stupid, a possibly 36% missing health heal on a 3 second cd, while dealing decent dmg, and when he has his passive active, it's a great way to spread the pain to everyone in the fight.

His w has 90% slow. And that's about it. Then his e. It is a great gap closer, its just so annoying that it's range is slightly shorter than the base attack range of most adc's. These two abilities together gives Darius some insane sticking potentiall though.

And then there's the god ability, the r. Everything is fine, you're dueling Darius, and he is almost dead, you're basicly full hp and then, boom, 1200 true dmg. Becuase fuck you, that's why. Darius's ultimate is an all or nothing ultimate. Either you get your passive and the ulti reset and you get a penta, or you don't and you might as well go afk cuz you're not gonna be able to do shit anyways.

It is honestly kinda weird that Darius is as strong as he is, becuase a lot of things have to go right for him to work. He has to stay in fights for a long time to get off his passive, so he requires alot of tank stats. But, aside from his w and e, he has no utility at all. This means, that he has to pour all of his item slots into tank items, so he can survive and get off his passive, so he can actually do some dmg, since he has no damae and almost only tank items. And this is more difficult than you might think, becuase Darius is a slow motherfucker. People are not just gonna facetank you and let you get stacks if they're smart, they are gonna kite and cc your ass into oblivion without you being able to do shit. The only guy you actually have a shot of getting stacks on, is their engaging frontline, like a Malphite. If they don't have that, or he dies too quickly for you to get stacks, then RIP in pieces, cuz you need teamwork. Someone who can lock ppl down is your only option aside from hitting a tank that'll just facetank you.

So, despite being so strong, Darius has alot of counterplay, mostly cuz he is immobile and dependant on getting off his passive. So in the higher ranks, people are going to know how to play against him. But, he also needs help from allies to lock his opponents down so he can kill them, but you're not gonna get that anywhere else than the higher ranks.

Essentially, Darius is a giant oxiemoron: Darius is a champion who can crush in lower ranks, and is dependant on teamwork.

Now, would I recomend him? Under the right circumstances, yes. If your enemy team has a lot of melee, and litle-to-no disengage, then he is a great pick. Alterntivly, if you can get a hard engage champion with cc from somewhere else, and they have no disengage, they he can also work. But only during these conditions. So don't first pick him, cuz they're gonna counterpick you with a ranged top laner, and don't pick him into a team or against a team he wont work in or against. But, to be fair, compared to all other champions that fit into that niché, he is probobly one of the best.

So take from this what you will.