Darius Build

Jackwhite20··0 votes·954 views

Hello, I'm a Silver III player on EUNE. I played Darius and made a different build than usual. Usually i get black cleaver and the rest tank items. However, I made a build that might be just as good. I'm Silver, so I don't know if this build is good on higher elos. 1.item 3748 In my opinion, I think this item is really good on Darius, it gives you health, AD and better waveclear, what's not to like? 2.item 3047 /item 3111 Situation dependent, obviously. 3.item 3071 Of course, you can't have a Darius build without his bread and butter item, Black Cleaver or it's sister item item 3078. Health, AD, CDR and armor penetration. 4. item 3812 In my opinion the best dmg item for Darius. Dmg, CDR, lifesteal on both AA and abilities (Q/W and R). 5.item 3053 Another really good item for Darius. Health, dmg and tankiness with it's passive. 6.item 3026 Looks like a weird item on Darius, but I think it's good. If I die, I sell it and buy item 3022. Runes Main Tree: Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection and Ravenous Hunter. Secondary Tree: Triumph and Coup de Grace Rune Shards: Offense: 10% CDR Flex: Attack Damage Defense: Health Thoughts on this build?

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MrFawknSunshine2 votes

darius needs one of 3 keystones

conqueror , phase rush or grasp nothing else

build wise cleaver is good if vs teams that will stack armor might not be needed due to his passive armor % pen on E hence why alot of people get triforce over black cleaver. tri gives him attack speed, the phage passive , cdr , hp ad and the bonus damage proc with sheen.

steraks is a must

boots are dependent on game, but typically you wanna be able to nullify cc so mercs are better. and if you go conqueror you can take tenacity and have 51% tenacity in game.

GA is good, i wouldnt sale it cuz it still has ad and armor even if the passive is down.

you lack any MR so item 3065 would be good to give more cdr , hp and mr.

other items that help darius get to champs to do damage while being tanky are item 3742 item 3800 and its common in lane early game to get item 2053 to get armor, hp regen/sustain and ms near turrets.

Jackwhite20

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darius needs one of 3 keystones

conqueror , phase rush or grasp nothing else

build wise cleaver is good if vs teams that will stack armor might not be needed due to his passive armor % pen on E hence why alot of people get triforce over black cleaver. tri gives him attack speed, the phage passive , cdr , hp ad and the bonus damage proc with sheen.

steraks is a must

boots are dependent on game, but typically you wanna be able to nullify cc so mercs are better. and if you go conqueror you can take tenacity and have 51% tenacity in game.

GA is good, i wouldnt sale it cuz it still has ad and armor even if the passive is down.

you lack any MR so item 3065 would be good to give more cdr , hp and mr.

other items that help darius get to champs to do damage while being tanky are item 3742 item 3800 and its common in lane early game to get item 2053 to get armor, hp regen/sustain and ms near turrets.

Thanks for your tips and info, I will try these items. I just wonder how my build would work with Conqueror. Also another rune I think would be good on Darius is Hail of Blades, it would allow you to stack passive much faster, but I can see why it's not really used on him.

BlackKnightJack1 votes

Darius hasn't taken Grasp in forever. If he's taking a keystone from the Resolve tree then it's Aftershock and even then he only does this against ranged lanes that counter him in the early game.

MrFawknSunshine1 votes

well grasp and aftershock both have a 50% win rate on him and both are taken 3% of games

so it really dont matter

BlackKnightJack1 votes

Death's Dance isn't actually that good on Darius. You're not Illaoi who constantly does AOE damage every 2 seconds. Otherwise you're presenting a typical build and pretending it's something you came up with yourself (Typical except for the Titanic Hydra that is).

As for the keystone runes, I will say there's a little bit more variety in what Darius can use than MrFawknSunshine is claiming, but that variety is limited to only one usable rune in each tree and, in the domination tree, the only usable rune for Darius is Predator.

Also why in god's name are you taking CDR runes? Darius takes attack speed runes every time regardless of rune loadout.

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