"Alright, Darius! Looks like it's your turn for buffs!"

ChickenWrap·4/28/2019, 10:57:05 PM·53 votes·14,743 views

https://puu.sh/Dlgip/31e60de8f3.png Darius Awesome! Tryndamere Yep! Darius So this is really how balancing champions is decided? Tryndamere Yep! Darius The balance team throws darts at a board? Tryndamere Yep! Darius Well, that explains why problem champions go multiple patches without getting nerfed. Tryndamere Yep! Darius And why it's so difficult to get buffs for struggling champions... Tryndamere Yep! Darius Why is Ivern up there? Tryndamere New skin. Darius Everything makes so much sense now...

54 Comments

Sir Saltarin4/28/2019, 11:49:07 PM7 votes

WhY iS dArIuS bEiNg BuFfEd ?

https://m.u.gg/lol/champions/darius/build/

OneMustFall4/29/2019, 5:02:08 AM6 votes

Is it really ok for a moderator of the boards to be making fun of another department in Riot's company? I understand you're a volunteer but is this really who Riot wants as their leadership on it's boards?

I'm not attacking you personally but this seems off to me. The balance team obviously puts in work and thought before they make decisions but when it's open season on them in their community, that's kind of why we don't get a lot of responses from them on here.

BananaBoat124/29/2019, 1:23:06 AM6 votes

If Tahm was on that nerfing dart board, he would have more darts in his than the rest of the board combined :(

nGio4/29/2019, 4:42:08 AM5 votes

Where's the Riot dartboard for champion reworks that no one wanted or asked for? item 3073 Zac

Inkling Commando4/29/2019, 12:23:03 AM5 votes

this is so true you have no idea.

dontspinbutwin4/29/2019, 5:24:18 AM5 votes

Darius has needed some defense buffs ever since spear of shojin. Since then, its been a shitfest toplane, and Darius went from "aggressive lane bully" to "Lord let me make it out of this lane alive so I can be a meatshield in mid-late game". Level 2 junglers have cheesed darius hard, as well as vayne, riven, viktor, karma, kennon, neeko, the list goes on. I would prefer his base armor and mr be buffed, but the heal on q works as well. Damage was fine though, not sure why they buffed it.

Things that needs to be looked into for Darius:

His tooltip for his ult is completely misguiding: it doesn't calculate his bonus AD from his passive, making the damage seem smaller than usual.

His Q's hitbox would preferably be bigger, so divers could stop endlessly going in without repercussion

W's auto attack slow should be back, but not as drastic as it once was. A mild auto attack slow would help against....divers.

Q and W's damage is completely fine. However, his lvl 1 ult damage is laughable. His ult's damage only begins to kick in around level 11, and until then, its more reliable to use his ult as a way to get the 5th stack on the enemy (using the ult as a gapcloser), and finish them off with a Q. Remove the damage buff from his Q, move it to ult level 1 ult.

His E is fine as it is. Long cooldown, but it's reasonable. I would prefer it to have a shorter cooldown to counteract the dashes, but I feel like that would be too oppressive.

I get if some of you guys don't like the idea of Darius getting buffed, but he really needed a way to deal with toplane's bullshit. Before, he was a zoning menace in teamfights, who's healthbar would never go down if the enemy never played around him. Now, he can get bursted down by anyone. I've seen support sonas with lich bane ignore my mr and do 700 damage.

The right thing to do wasn't to buff Darius, but it was to nerf diver's damage output/cooldowns. What a shame Riot keeps inflating damage.

Moonscourge4/29/2019, 6:41:03 AM3 votes

Fuck man. Do better. You should delete your own thread, this is just shameful.

Saevum4/29/2019, 11:03:42 PM2 votes

And every 3 darts, Vayne gets a random buff.

14daysuspensionk4/29/2019, 8:03:25 AM2 votes

You forgot Vayne, and I think you also forgot to add Hecarim again.

IronyAndSublime4/29/2019, 3:30:49 PM1 votes

Darius is such a good champion, as all he has is damage...and damage. Yeah, he doesn't really have utility, he gets kited too easily and relies on aftershock to actually to be decent frontline.

Though, I do agree his buffs are dumb. Damage doesn't help with anything, it just makes him more toxic to fight unless you're Olaf

The Dreamwalker4/29/2019, 3:46:08 PM1 votes

What happens if you get a bullseye?

JuiceBoxP4/29/2019, 9:14:32 PM1 votes

Dude you are setting a terrible exam...... We need more darts

Salron4/29/2019, 9:49:15 PM1 votes

Woah it's almost like bad champions get buffs....

Jeddy0174/29/2019, 12:29:55 PM1 votes

Question is: Do they do it blindfolded or not?