Darius (Basically Tanks in General)

Ok before you click away know that yes this is a complaint about him being too OP, but its not gonna be me ranting on about stuff like (OMG LOOK HE CAN DO THAT IT'S BROKEN)

Ok so first of all I will be making a lot of references to this video

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(Patch Rundown - 5.2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tcwa5_r3MQM

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Now lets get started, so first of all, in that video you can hear Morello going on and on about how they really want to achieve champion diversity, now starting on that track, Basically every bruiser in the game is quite literally the same, there isn't really much diversity, they have immense scaling to the point where they do about as much damage as the ADC with just one or two items. Not only is this alone a problem but also they out sustain you because they simply build tank after only a few damage items. Basically to sum it up every tank in the game is literally the same, almost no diversity. (Also let me put it in your mind that me and my friends sometimes just go full bruiser/tank comps and even for being all melee we still manage to win because of how strong bruisers are)

Now for Darius

So First lets discuss all the champ's that do true damage (Of course Darius being one of them) Now keep in mind this is NOT the only problem.

The only champions in the game with True Damage are: Corki, Irelia, Twitch, Vayne, Master Yi, Ahri, Cho' Gath, Darius, Kog' Maw, Nunu, Olaf, Vel' Koz, and Zyra.

All the bolded Champions are tanks that do insane damage with simply few damage, and they also have true damage. Darius's ult is probably the strongest true damage in the game if anything since it does so much but thats really the only thing I can suggest be nerfed, the rest is for riot to decide.

Now lets talk about the video, at 4:21 AP Malphite is brought up, and the words Burst, and Tanky are brought up.

Scarizard says the phrase: "Malphite, Kinda a tank, shouldn't be one shoting people". And this is exactly what im talking about with Darius. Now this quote is coming from a rioter himself. With the removal of DFG, AP Malphite and Cho'Gath aren't as strong, which I like, but they are still stronger than they should be for being tanks that can one shot you, DFG or not.

Now this is where Darius comes up

Lets assume that Darius , at level 6 Has:

3 - Points in Q

1 - Point in W

1 - Point in E

1 - Point in R

Now lets add up that damage that he would do, without any items, runes, or masteries. Just his 70 base AD at level 6.

By the way I will be trying to optimize the damage so I will be using the most damage he can do with his Q (Which is with the blade) and also get maximum stacks for the ult.

Level 3 Q : 210 + (105% of Base AD Which is 73.5 which we will round up to 74) = *284 * Level 1 W : (Base AD) 70 + (20% Of his base AD) 14 = 84

Level 1 E : (This can be used to pull the enemies in after your Q or W, if they try to get away or are too far away)(Also Reduces armor but that's math i won't be getting into)

By This time Darius has 3 Stacks of Hemorrhage and because of the W slow (and or pull) he can get the extra 2 Autos off ( 2 AA's; 2x70 AD = 140 dmg)

So now Darius Can maximize the damage on his level 1 Ult

Level 1 R : (With 5 Stacks his ult does a True Damage of) 320

Now lets add it all together: 284 + 84 + 140 + 320 = 928 Damage

But we aren't done yet

With his level 5 passive and a full 5 stacks, the enemy would bleed for about 90 damage

So This gives us a total of 1018 Damage MAXIMUM, this is if the enemy doesn't have any armor(Which they probably don't have a lot of at level 6)

Now lets put this to mind, Since Darius is a tank, hes naturally gonna have more HP, in fact at level 6 he already has 950 Base HP, most other champions that aren't tanks would definitely have less. So at level 6, he literally has more BURST Damage than even his own health.

Going back to what the Patch Notes video said. You really shouldn't have a Tank that has Burst, which is exactly what Darius has(Oh lets not forget he can ult multiple people he he gets the kills)

ALSO keep in mind, all this math comes from the idea that Darius has no items, imagine if he had AD item's and was also building tank, you can't kill him him and he one shots you.

I find playing against a champion like this extremely unfair and I really really like to see him nerfed. I'll be honest, I sometimes play him too, but when I do its when I'm just messing around and want an easy win.

I really put a lot of time into this so I would really like to see some responses. Also I don't want any ( OH JUST THIS THIS AND BLAH BLAH BLAH AND YOU CAN BEAT HIM) He practically has 0 Counter play other than kite the hell out of him while somehow staying out of his pull.

Thanks for taking the time to read this.

For those of you in the comments saying that Darius is a fighter, sure I agree, but a true example of a fighter would be Riven, or Fiora. Also a true example of a tank would be Braum, hes tank but does mild damage, not crazy 1 burst damage like Darius while still having a bunch of defensive stats and health.

Basically I think Bruisers/Tanks or whatever you want to call it need a complete rework, the damage most of them dish is too much compared to the defensive stats that they possess, like Vi for example, I recently played a game against one that built FULL TANK, other than a stalkers blade and she could STILL 100 to 0 the ADC, simply with ult, q , e also keep in mind its practically impossible to kite/peal Vi, its even more impossible when she can practically one shot you.

Also I want to bring up Full AD paths for bruisers. For example champions like renekton, naturally have enough defensive stats so going full AD make you SUPER STRONG, since he is label'd as a "tank/bruiser" he is given a lot of extra scaling just so he won't be completely useless. However that extra scaling can be taken to an advantage by just building full ad, and its simply crazy.