Darius Build, Runes, Abilities, & Matchups

In League of Legends Wild Rift Darius is a Fighter that usually plays at Baron Lane. View Darius Best Build, Runes, Matchups, and more here!

Darius Build Guide

Full Build

Black Cleaver	Gluttonous Greaves	Deaths Dance
Maw of Malmortius	Bloodthirster	Guardian Angel

In Wild Rift Darius build items that increase Attack Damage, Health, Cooldown Reduction, Armor, and Magic Resistance.

Enchantment: Protobelt is an item that Darius should build.

Core Items

Black Cleaver

Gluttonous Greaves

Deaths Dance

Darius core items are Black Cleaver, Gluttonous Greaves, and Death's Dance.

These core items increase 650 health, 70 attack damage, 40 cooldown reduction and 18% physical vamp.

Other Options

Black Cleaver	Ninja Tabi	Deaths Dance
Steraks Gage	Guardian Angel	Bloodthirster

Down below are different techniques to build on Darius against different enemy match up.

Build Vs Marksman

Black Cleaver	Ninja Tabi	Deaths Dance
Randuins Omen	Steraks Gage	Guardian Angel

Build Randuin's Omen to get extra 50 armor, 400 max health, and reduces both Critical Strike and Attack speed from the marksman by 15% for 1.5 seconds.

Build Guardian Angel to get 45 attack damage, 40 armor, and restores back 50% base health and 30% mana when you got eliminated in the fight.

Build Vs Mage

Black Cleaver	Mercury Treads	Maw of Malmortius
Deaths Dance	Spirit Visage	Guardian Angel

Build Maw of Malmortius to get 45 attack damage, 35 magic resist, 10% cooldown, when Jax hp is under 35% it will grant a shield that absorbs 350 magic damage.

Build Spirit Visage to get more 45 magic resistance, 350 health, 100% regen, and cooldown reduction that give Jax enough magic resistance to survive Mage combo skills.

Build Vs Tank

Black Cleaver	Gluttonous Greaves	Deaths Dance
Mortal Reminder	Bloodthirster	Guardian Angel

Build Mortal Reminder to get extra 45 attack damage and 35% armor penetration to attach tank champion.

Darius Tenacious Fighter

Trinity Force	Quicksilver Enchant	Steraks Gage
Deaths Dance	Guardian Angel	Spirit Visage

This build is good for Darius to play as a Tenacious Fighter in the game.

Darius Runes

The Best Wild Rift Darius runes are Conqueror keystone, Brutal, Backbone, and Pack Hunter.

Conqueror	Gain Stacks of AD or AP when hitting a champion with separate attacks or abilities. Stacks up to 5 times. When fully stacked, deal bonus damage to champions (Adaptive)
Brutal	Gain 7 AD and 2% armor penetration , or 14 AP and 2% magic penetration (Adaptive)
Backbone	Gain 10 AR or 10MR, based on which ever stat you have less of.
Pack Hunter	While neary ally champions, grain 2% movement speed. For each unique ally you participate in a takedown with, you gain 50 gold and the ally gains 50 gold.

Summoner Spells

Flash	Teleport a short distance forward or towards the aim direction.
Ignite	Ignite is a summoner spells ignites target enemy champion, dealing 60 true damage over 5 seconds and inflicting them with Grievous Wounds. Cooldown: 90 seconds.

Darius Abilities Guide

Skill Details

Hemorrhage	Attack cause enemies to bleed, dealing 12 physical damage (12 + 30% bonus attack damage) over 5 seconds. Can stack up to 5 times. Upon reaching full stacks, Darius gains Noxian Might for 5 seconds, gaining 20 attack damage and applying full stacks of Hemorrhage instead of 1.
Decimate	Swing his axe after a delay, dealing 39 physical damage (14 + 35% bonus attack damage) Hitting enemies with the blade of the axe deals 110 physical damage (40 + 100 bonus attack damage), heals himself for 12% of his missing health for each champion hit (max 36%) and applies Hemorrhage. Cooldown : 10/ 8/ 7/ 5 Mana Cost: 35
Crippling Strike	Empowers his next attack for 8 seconds to deal an additional 21 physical damage (30% bonus attack damage) and slows by 90% for 1 second. Cooldown : 7/ 6/ 6 / 5 Mana Cost: 30
Apprehend	Passive: Gains 15% Armor Penetration. Active: Pulls in enemies in front of him, slowing them by 40% for 1 second. Cooldown : 18/ 16/ 14/ 12 Mana Cost: 45
Noxian Guillotine	Leap to execute a champion. Deals 100 true damage (100 + 75% bonus attack damage), Increased by 20% per Hermorrhage stack, and applies Hemorrhage. Killing the target with Noxian Guillotine refreshes its cooldown, grants Noxian Might for 5 seconds, and causes nearby minions and monsters to flee for 1.5seconds. Cooldown : 80/ 70/ 60 Mana Cost: 100

Skill Order

Decimate	Crippling Strike	Apprehend	Noxian Guillotine
1	2	3	5
4	12	7	11
6	13	9	15
8	14	10

Skill Combos

1. Apprehend > Crippling Strike > Decimate

2. Apprehend > Crippling Strike > Decimate > Noxian Guillotine

Darius Matchups

Enemy Matchups

Good Against
Camille	Camille Lane Against Darius is a bit hard for her. Because Darius has a good advantage on his Hemorrhage when he stacks up to 5 times that gives him more attack damage.
Garen	Darius has high damage output than Garen, especially when he stacks up his Hemorrhage will gain him more bonus attack. So he can easily kill Garen with the full combo.
Tryndamere	Tryndamere will be hard to farm if he landing against a good Darius player that knows how to control the creeps wave. Moreover, Darius Apprehend can pull Tryndamere back when he tried to spinning away from Darius.
Nasus	Darius has more output damage than Nasus in the early game and mid-game. With his strong passive damage and his full combo, Darius is one of the good counters of Nasus at the top lane.
Wukong	Darius has good output damage with his passive and will win the trade against Wukong. Darius can use Apprehend and Crippling Strike to force Wukong into the fight and It will be hard for Wukong to win and farm on the lane.

Hard Counters
Olaf	Olaf can easily hit axes on Darius because he has no dashes or anything. Olaf Ultimate can dodge Darius' slow.
Jax	The first thing Jax should know Darius passive is so powerful is he got up to 5 stacks, so play passively don't let him got his stack. Moreover, if he usesapprehend Jax can use his Leap strike to dodge away from Darius.
Fiora	Fiora has her Riposte to dodge Darius Apprehend and Ultimate and also has a good mobility. Once Fiora manages to dodge Darius Apprehend She will be able to win the fight against Darius.
Jarvan IV	Jarvan IV is a good pick against Darius. In the lane, Jarvan IV can play safely just farm and get level 6 don't try to trade kill with Darius. And then in the team fight Jarvan IV can use his Ultimate to lock Darius down.