Everything I've faced him I've felt safe until he lands his q which chunks for a lot. Why not put some of his damage in w and e and remove some from q? These things that you like to do where you add damage to one ability and make the damage insane on it is starting to get annoying. 
flamebreath would be another example.
SugeMinPikk4 votesAnnie maxes her q, so it does the most damage. Riven maxes her q, so it does the most damage. Darius maxes his q, so it does the most damage.
That's.. just.. how it works...
Draconian5651 votes^^^^^^^^^Basically this. At Rank 1, QW do about the same. Assuming 85 AD, 40 + 85 = 125. 1.4* 85 for W = 119 damage.
I'm not seeing your logic about how much you want it spread out. It's already very well spread out.
If you suck at landing the Blade tip for maximum damage, that's on you and that's the point of darius.
AR URF1 votesAnnie maxes her q, so it does the most damage. Riven maxes her q, so it does the most damage. Darius maxes his q, so it does the most damage.
That's.. just.. how it works...
I personally like hybrding Rivens abilities but I guess I could try just maxing q. Thing Is I like to use auto attacks before I complete all my q slashes.
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BeatzBoyFTW1 votesSo you want him to be an even stronger duelist with the buffed W, and also chunk Tanks harder with the Armor Penetration buff to his E.
Also, it's always best to get hit by the Q handle than the Q blade if you can't outrun him.