So I finally played against a Darius

and honestly, it wasn't as bad early game as I thought he'd be. damage wise, he was strong...but not overly oppressive like I expected from hearing all the QQ. he has a kit designed to punish those who dont understand how to use their abilities and would probably bad against someone who does. BUT there was one thing that i think that truly does make him currently broken. the heal on his axe swing. the Q I believe. way too strong in lane. many a times I got him to only 10% only for him to bait me and heal up for a huge chunk of his health. it is nearly impossible to push him out of lane since he can just stand back. let you push. and when you try to go for him, he just heals off you. runs away again. And its not because it has a heal. the fact he has sustain is perfectly ok with me...but the current strength in lane is oppressive. I felt I outplayed the darius numerous times but the heal was a free ticket out of him having bad trades do to how often he can use it and how strong it is. I think the heal itself should be nerfed as well as mana costs going up pretty noticeably. the heal can be as strong as it is when has his noxian might passive...but should be weaker when he doesnt have his passive up. it would give a clearly defined time of strength and weakness to play around as well. I actually thought I'd hate Darius more than I currently do after playing against him. I don't think he needs to be nerfed into oblivion anymore...but he certainly does need that heal nerfed.