Darius Does Too Much Damage For A Tank

hydra is a huge waste on him i believe. is typically all the damage you need. It's less lifesteal, but you have the same amount of damage, your q heals you a ton anyways, you have more armor pen making you a stronger threat vs melee toplaners of every type (squishy assassin, bruiser, tank), and you maximize your damage in a way few think about. Renek wins trades by dealing a ton of poke/harass and getting away before the enemy can trade that damage back. You can still do that with this, but you can also do more all-in damage via passive on duskblade. Either they run away when you engage, or they give you tons of extra damage from duskblade proc by staying to duel you. Either way they lose. Also great vs adc in teamfights -- you can do about 3/4 their health with your burst before getting chain cc'd and peeled by their entire team. The enemy adc can usually back off only a small amount and then start shredding you before you get off enough damage to finish them solo (depending on point in the game). But with duskblade passive, they drop so low, they can't even be in flash auto range or they'll die from 2 autos and 1 spell regardless of the peeling by their team.