So Darius win rate hit 49%

Ahristocats·Jun 30, 2017·5 votes·354 views

now i don't know about if 49% is a good number or not, but i don't know what will happen to him since you buffed (directly or indirectly) or will buff all the toplaners of the world i'm afraid he just get powercreeped

if the moment he needs a buff comes, i ask you to mini-rework him like aatrox to make him healthier for low elo in order to buff him for high elo

as much as i like counterplay, when people can't use it you should just remove the idea and find an other counterplay to darius than dodging Q which needs at least 200 IQ to be done (apparently)

15 Comments

Big LincolnJun 30, 20174 votes

i think he just needs some power adjustments

make him better mid-late so the silvers who can't deal with him in lane don't auto-lose because of tilt, and darius players get to live the fantasy of the 1v5 pentadunk carry

AhristocatsJun 30, 20173 votes

have any idea on how you can do that?

i had the idea once, to shift his Q damage from laning phase into teamfight reduce the damage of Q increase Q damage depending on how much champions you hit

and that would increase his skillcap

"but he will be worse in 1v1" i'm fine with that imo, if darius is supposed to be the pentadunk carry i'm willing to have a better teamfight for a worse 1v1

oSEXYPLATYPUSoJun 30, 20171 votes

i dont see the big deal he was at 51.43% patch 7.9 and now at 49.97% so he dropped 1.5% while being at a steady 8-10% pick rate

the only real changed they made was that "bug fix"

i dont see how he is underpowered

Big LincolnJun 30, 20172 votes

idk

easiest change is to make his passive give more AD at later levels and less up front, but maybe some other change is possible to encourage actually wanting to teamfight

i like that he's self-sufficient but i think picking Darius should be a more conscious choice, rn if he's good then he's usually doing everything a juggernaut needs to/can do. i'd like him being more specialized at a strong skirmish/5v5, where other juggs can be picked for much better splitpushing etc

AhristocatsJun 30, 20173 votes

no way darius can do everything

he at least cannot duel a skirmisher like fiora(even when she wasn't busted he couldn't) riven jax

their mobility will make him impossible to heal and deal more damage

Big LincolnJun 30, 20171 votes

none of the juggs can do that, honestly, generally they get outscaled by skirmishers

AhristocatsJun 30, 20172 votes

Mordekaiser Nasus hello?

yeah nasus can 1v1 fiora until late game, and that's why he is used to counter jax too look at league of graph and i bet trundle can 1v1 them

oSEXYPLATYPUSoJun 30, 20171 votes

why would he need power adjustments if his win rate is at 49%? while having a high pick rate?

people cried he was to strong. they "fix a bug" and he dropped from 50.52% to 49.97%

if anything he might be slightly better balanced being right at 50% win rate

AhristocatsJun 30, 20172 votes

50% win rate is not synonym of balance for every champs

lee historically was always balanced when he had 47/48% win rate sona was always balanced when she had 53% win rate, always buffed when below, always nerfed when above

50% is not perfection for everyone, you have to take in account the skill

historically darius was always balanced (except in the eyes of low elo) when he had 51% win rate, this new win rate while i don't know if it's terrible or not is being very far from 51%

oSEXYPLATYPUSoJun 30, 20171 votes

but now if we see a big drastic change then ok look into things but we are talking about a champ with built in armor %, true damage reset on ult and damage amplification with passive and a heal on his main trade/wave clear aoe tool and a way to "soft cc " a target... he is strong in lane... and falls off as the game goes due to his kit of being a bruiser/juggernaut

and in my opinion as long as champs are +/- .50% of 50% win rate then they are pretty much right where they need to be

AhristocatsJun 30, 20171 votes

which is why i asked for a mini-rework instead of a straight buff

and his Q if used to clear wave is going to make darius oom his Q at lvl 9 costs 50 mana at lvl 9 darius 516 mana, after 10 Q you're oom without counting other spells

if you played darius you would know it

oSEXYPLATYPUSoJun 30, 20171 votes

and now with the righteous glory build on darius (yes it is happening ) he gets mana with the item 3024 part of the build path which also makes up for his weakness of being slow and being easily kited by being able to use the active to catch people

and no you dont spam Q to wave clear... but you use it to do damage to harass in the wave while being able to farm at the same time

similar to maokai's Q

HateDaddyJul 1, 20173 votes

I don't think you have to worry about Darius getting power creeped by virtue of having a flawed/weak kit. He'd get powercreeped because Juggernauts are ass and their items get abused by other classes and nerfed