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Darius vs Aatrox

kingDeDeDarius·6/13/2019, 5:33:51 AM·1 votes·5,354 views

Hey dar and aatrox mains. Any tips for this matchup? As a long time Darius main I just can't figure it out anymore, especially after the latest touch up to his ult that puts his Q on essentially zero CD.

Even pre 6, if I manage to dodge or bait out his Q1 and Q2, pull him in and do a combo, he just trashes me. I usually actually take.more damage than him in that exact scenario. Then I finally get five stacks and he just W's me and E's away and there's nothing I can do unless I have both flash AND ghost up, but even then it seems useless. Had a game tonight where my jg even spoon fed me a kill very early on, yet with that lead I still felt like a wet noodle against him when I returned to lane with an item advantage.

Also, nothing I build really seems to matter. Even hp or armor, I still lost about 20-25% hp PER Q sweet spot that hits me and my own Q heal feels like it does nothing to mitigate. Does aatrox simply outclass Darius with more cc, more range, more damage, more mobility, and better 1v1 and minion sustain (all resourcwless too, so he can just spam, or stay in lane when he's low and farm/heal up when I have to back)? Or am I doing something terribly wrong? How can I win this matchup? Open to all advice. Also for side note, I do try to freeze lane, but don't always do a great job of it. Even when I do though, aatrox easily gets free harass on me with his E-Q combo

3 Comments

Polaris I6/13/2019, 5:59:29 AM1 votes

Can’t win unless he’s really bad, I’ve played that matchup a lot both ways and aatrox is too over buffed.

Aftershock is decent if you can get that pull on him, he won’t do any damage to you and that means he won’t heal.

The Ecdysiast6/13/2019, 6:30:31 AM1 votes

In an even match up, you shouldn't win. There's not really any problem with it. Your best bet is to pick a different champion instead of one with so few counters into one of his strongest counters.

Crispy0Snake6/13/2019, 6:34:32 AM1 votes

So I personally wouldn't take ghost, I'd take ignite. This is because ignite allows you to stay in the wave, and if Aatrox tries to come to the wave and get all groovy you can fuck him up with ignite and your passive. His lifesteal is only on champions early on

Ignite gives you lane priority in the matchup, which means that you can control the wave, and teleport isn't then necessary for a good back

You'll get enough movespeed from phage minion kill to start an all in too

There's also a neat trick with darius where you W Q, and your W animation is instantly cancelled but the damage goes through.

So when Aatrox goes to melee cs using his passive, after you kill a minion and get phage passive, you can: run up, auto->E, auto->W->Q and they have 4 stacks on them before they can blink, really useful mechanic to learn and put into practice

I'd think a Silver Aatrox wouldn't know what hit him, and if he dares fight back you put the 5th stack on, hit the ignition summoner 14 grievous wounds (bye conqueror+champion lifesteal passive), multiple applications of the dot, you murder him