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Darius doesn't need more damage buffs

2DunksFromHell·9/21/2018, 11:36:23 AM·22 votes·10,100 views

Crippling Strike (W) bonus physical damage increased from 40/45/50/55/60% to 50/55/60/65/70%

Apprehend (E) armor penetration increased from 10/15/20/25/30% to 15/20/25/30/35%

As someone who one tricks Darius since 2013 I really don't see the point of this anymore, the only thing this buffs will accomplish is that Darius will be permabanned again even in plat elo.... When you have a champion like Camille who spams her E entire laning phase and it has a twice less cooldown than Darius E... The armor penetration buffs are obviously because Riot wants to see Darius picked in LCS since 90% of top laners are tanks that Darius destroys (Ornn Sion Chogath andRumble )

His W has already been given a huge buff THIS SEASON so I don't see the point in that either, with item 3078 it has 2.4 sec CD if you max it after Q, already balanced why buff it???

Only thing these buffs will do is make people salty even more when it comes to playing against Darius, revert the buffs and lower this E cd to acceptable level since you want him buffed so bad..

18 Comments

Tychusfindlay9189/21/2018, 12:40:47 PM16 votes

Darius doesn't need more damage or his E cd buffed (that long buff keeps him from being supremely godly in lane phase where he's already pretty damn good).

They should buff his q healing if anything. That's the best way to reward good darius plays and not break the living shit out of him in lower elos.

Slim Gragas9/21/2018, 11:20:27 PM4 votes

Darius is just a ticking time bomb in teamfights, if you focus him then you wasted too much time with you're team killing an off-tank while their "actual" damage carry destroyed you guys. If you go for the damage-carry then Darius gets 5 stacks on one person and wipes the whole team. Darius apoligists will always talk about his weakness being mobility/kiting but thats not the case when laning phase is over.

Blåbæret9/21/2018, 9:58:14 PM2 votes

Darius is a toxic champion design. Should never be buffed; should be reworked.

Madsin259/21/2018, 6:37:05 PM1 votes

As someone who plays a lot of 3s this sucks.

There is no reason to buff darius at all.

Noor Sakata9/21/2018, 8:54:55 PM1 votes

Honestly the only thing Darius needs is some MS when he activates W like Garen Q for example , he will be hella good in all elos if that happens even if you nerf his damage he will be really good.

Slave Knight9/22/2018, 8:31:04 AM1 votes

Thank you for speaking out, I'm sick of seeing these ridiculous changes for the sake of changes. This is how you get champions nerfed to the ground. I DON'T EVEN PLAY DARIUS.

5050BS9/22/2018, 8:43:04 AM1 votes

Riots Balanced teams "Balance"

Hmmm this champ is needing a change. We dont know why but it does. looking at buttons on the table

Button #1: A balanced tweak to non-damage ability stat Button #2: A balance tweak to a non-damage Item stat Button #3: MORE DAMAGE

Hammers Button #3 to death

MarkedOfKane9/22/2018, 11:47:24 PM1 votes

Constantly banned Gets buffed

TheDespoiler9/22/2018, 4:35:16 AM1 votes

You know who does need a buff? Ornn. F*cking 45% win ratio for patch after patch. He's worse than Master Yi top, and Malzahar top and Ekko top, and Karthus top. Just return Ornn's w to what it was and keep his ult in its current state.

Gotta stop balancing around competitive play, because there're 500,000 of us plebs for every pro, and we just wanna have fun.