DariusMatchups Spreadsheet
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Optimized Darius builds, runes, skill orders, and matchup strategies — plus expert tips and guides for every Darius matchup. Brought to you by League of Matchups, your source for counter-picking insights.
| Matchup | Threat | Games | WR | Gold @ 15 | Gold Diff | Tips | |
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 Aatrox  | Easy | 371 | 49% | +271 | +705 | Skill matchup. You can level one cheese aatrox. You have stay healthy and avoid his q1 and q2 poke and look for an all in. You will win if you can stick onto him and land your own q sweet spot. Do not look for dry q's on Aatrox. Rush Plated Steelcaps. | |
Skill Priority Q Decimate Darius winds up and swings his axe in a wide circle. Enemies struck by the blade take more damage than those struck by the handle. Darius heals based on enemy champions and large monsters hit by the blade.  E Apprehend Darius hones his axe, passively causing his physical damage to ignore a percentage of his target's Armor. When activated, Darius sweeps up his enemies with his axe's hook and pulls them to him.  W Crippling Strike Darius's next attack strikes an enemy's crucial artery. As they bleed out, their Move Speed is slowed. 49.84% WR 321 Matches Summoner Spells  51.40% WR 179 Matches Skill OrderQ Decimate Darius winds up and swings his axe in a wide circle. Enemies struck by the blade take more damage than those struck by the handle. Darius heals based on enemy champions and large monsters hit by the blade. 2 4 5 7 9 W Crippling Strike Darius's next attack strikes an enemy's crucial artery. As they bleed out, their Move Speed is slowed. 1 14 15 E Apprehend Darius hones his axe, passively causing his physical damage to ignore a percentage of his target's Armor. When activated, Darius sweeps up his enemies with his axe's hook and pulls them to him. 3 8 10 12 13  R Noxian Guillotine Darius leaps to an enemy champion and strikes a lethal blow, dealing true damage. This damage is increased for each stack of Hemorrhage on the target. If Noxian Guillotine is a killing blow, its cooldown is refreshed for a brief duration. 6 11                       49.5% WR182 Matches       Starting Items  42.2% WR 116 Matches Core Items   43.8% WR 16 Matches 4th Item Options57.1% WR42 Matches  66.7% WR33 Matches 43.8% WR16 Matches 5th Item Options 63.6% WR11 Matches 70.0% WR10 Matches 57.1% WR7 Matches 6th Item Options60.0% WR5 Matches  50.0% WR4 Matches 100.0% WR2 Matches Laning Phase (@15 min)Gold Diff+271 CS Diff+6 XP Diff+37 Ally Ganks1.05 Enemy Ganks1.33 KDA2 / 2 / 1 End of GameTotal Gold Diff+705 Total CS Diff+11 Total XP Diff0 KDA6 / 6 / 4 Split Push | |||||||
 Jax | Even | 306 | 49% | -107 | -167 | Skill matchup favored toward Jax. Respect his level one damage with counterstrike. Do not dry q him since he will just jump onto you. Use your pull when his counterstrike is going to go off so you both are stunned. All in when the wave is on your side. Rush Plated Steelcaps. | |
 Renekton | Favored | 286 | 50% | +109 | +340 | You outscale Renekton. Be careful of his early game damage and q range. You can level 1 cheese renekton with w and Doran'sBlade. If the wave isn't good for an all in then be careful of taking trades with Renekton since short trades hard favor him. Renekton has very good gank setup so be careful of their jungle. | |
 Garen | Easy | 270 | 51% | +535 | +315 | Garen will probbaly bring phase rush and ignite in this matchup. You want to avoid taking short trades where he can proc phase rush and get out quick. You want to look to all-in against him with ghost. Be careful of his ult ignite true damage he can pretty much one shot you from 60% health. | |
 Mordekaiser | Easy | 267 | 51% | +173 | +406 | Skill matchup favored Darius early. Freeze the wave on your side and look to all in. If he has ignite he has a fair amount of kill pressure on you if you are consistently taking q damage from him. If you are not good at spacing it then take DShield. Post Six he will win a all in if he starts with ult. Rush Mercs. | |
 Sett | Even | 263 | 45% | +66 | -209 | You win level 1 all in if you flash his w. Don't stand still when you are fighting and dodge side to side preemptively so he misses his w. He can confirm his pull into his w which is unflashable. He can kill you at around 50-60% health with ignite. | |
 Riven | Not Favored | 241 | 49% | -80 | -221 | Rough Matchup. Riven has a ton of burst damage especially with her ultimate and ignite. Respect her level 1 damage and look for an all in after level 3. Rush Plated Steelcaps. After six she can kill you at 60-70% if your bone plating is down. | |
 DrMundo | Hard | 221 | 38% | +89 | -230 | You only really have kill pressure on this guy pre six. Your pull doesn't work on him but it does chunk him. If you manage to freeze on him early game you can snowball pretty hard. Stand behind the wave and don't get hit by cleavers. | |