Darius vs Range: how to handle it?

Brascus··1 votes·3,408 views

Darius is one of my fav champs but the one I perform consistently poorly with, I don't believe it's something with the champ but my knowledge of how to handle him in certain situations, specifically Darius vs Range; how do you deal with it?

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Mrfishii2 votes

It definitely is one of his weaknesses and exploits. In general, just farm under tower if you can, keep up in CS. If they're harassing a lot then build defensively. Just don't die. To kill them, risky but you would want to get some mobility to pull them in and combo; boots should help in being able to get off that pull.

You really just want to delay. Most ranged top laners are fairly strong early but don't scale well into late game. While Darius is relevant in all stages of the game.

Brascus1 votes

I noticed that even though I was pushed to my tower my wave clear was strong enough to never give teemo free reign to just dive, my E was always just a hair out of reach.

Kitty Clarissa2 votes

if you feel like your going to be against a ranged toplaner i recommend you start item 1054 or item 2041 so that way you can deal with some of the harass. try to punish the laner for being in your E range as majority of ranged tops are squishy. IF its ap top then i say try to get a item 3155 so your laning will be a bit smoother, if its an AD range top well xD get a ninja tab so that way you can take abit more harass and go damage..

i dont play darius much but i hope this works. Play safe and farm and if your in position for an E go for it as they will take a load of damage taking constant blows from you , if you are shooved to your tower call for a gank from your jungler.

Brascus1 votes

I just played a game against top lane teemo, I got 2 kills in before level 4 but all the way to 12 I was just humping that tower and couldn't even get close without losing half my hp bar, I had great team mates that naturally came in for the gank as I was always pushed to my tower, the game finished pretty quick our jungler was literally on a rampage.

I will try that hexdrinker it would probably have made me more threatening if I dove.

Meep Man2 votes

item 3071 item 3742 item 3800 They all give him health and help him with his problem. They also all benefit him a lot. It also fits in perfectly with his build if the other items are Titanic Hydra, Spirit Visage, and choice of boots.

Brascus1 votes

I'm not familiar with that helm which one is that (name)?

LadyRenly2 votes

it's the Righteous Glory. It's a super beautiful item(that sadly keeps getting nerfed), but it's still great

Brascus1 votes

Cheers will try it out!

Only Play Darius2 votes

It's a tough matchup, and it's part of Darius's core kit issues. He completely has his way with anyone inside his range and they can't fight back, or he is up against someone who can stay out of his range and there is literally nothing you can do to deal with them.

Use the bush to your advantage. Stay in the bush when there are no enemy minions on low HP. They can't auto you because you are out of vision and if they come fight you in the bush then they die. If they ward the bush then they become easier for your jungler to gank.

Brascus1 votes

I think I'm starting to catch on to this, you got any tips for team fights?

Mrfishii1 votes

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I think I'm starting to catch on to this, you got any tips for team fights?

Ohhhohohoho. Teamfights and Darius. Hopefully you're building somewhat tanky. Just press your Q a lot, heal up, try and ult a squishy for the blood rage then just get everyone low and ult.

Brascus1 votes

What about positioning, should I initiate or hang back? If I initiate I could get focused early and no blood rage, hang back and I could take too long to get anything up and running. I was thinking of making a really high attack speed build to get blood rage going really early in team fights and just spreading it everywhere with Q?

AkabaneKun1 votes

item 3044 item 3742

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