Darius Counters

Best picks against Darius

Highest win rate versus Darius in Top.

1. 1Yorick860 games59.0%
2. 2Heimerdinger356 games58.1%
3. 3Volibear628 games55.1%
4. 4Kayle512 games54.7%
5. 5Gragas453 games54.5%
6. 6Gangplank1,001 games54.5%
7. 7Malphite1,339 games54.4%
8. 8Riven504 games54.0%
9. 9Pantheon663 games53.7%
10. 10Vayne630 games53.6%
11. 11Kennen463 games53.6%
12. 12Swain144 games53.5%
13. 13Aurora109 games53.2%
14. 14Mordekaiser1,831 games52.6%
15. 15Sett2,265 games52.6%

Worst picks against Darius

Lowest win rate versus Darius in Top.

1. 1Warwick125 games43.2%
2. 2Ryze705 games44.8%
3. 3Yasuo773 games46.0%
4. 4K'Sante730 games46.2%
5. 5Rumble326 games46.6%
6. 6Tryndamere486 games47.1%
7. 7Anivia103 games47.6%
8. 8Irelia878 games47.7%
9. 9Nasus1,258 games48.0%
10. 10Kled319 games48.3%
11. 11Ambessa579 games48.9%

Best lane counters vs Darius

Largest gold lead over Darius at 15 minutes in Top.

1. 1Varus102 games+636
2. 2Heimerdinger191 games+590
3. 3Jayce229 games+433
4. 4Irelia334 games+407
5. 5Volibear393 games+349
6. 6Akali208 games+347
7. 7Illaoi378 games+318
8. 8Kennen153 games+292
9. 9Vayne375 games+226
10. 10Sett951 games+160
11. 11Aatrox542 games+149
12. 12Pantheon190 games+134
13. 13Riven212 games+132
14. 14Teemo528 games+121
15. 15Jax519 games+95

How to play against Darius

Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick.

In lane and in teamfights

1. Respect his E range early and avoid long trades while his passive can stack. Farm near your side until he wastes E, then use the cooldown window to last-hit or poke.
2. Crash the wave after forcing his health or summoner cooldowns low. Leaving the wave frozen near him gives Darius the extended lane he needs.
3. Kite backward during skirmishes until his passive stacks fall off. Burst or disengage before he reaches the reset point with ult.
4. Fight him after he uses Q or E on a lower-value target. Denying the outer Q hit removes much of his comeback power in small fights.
5. Peel him off the first target instead of chasing past him. Darius takes over late fights when he gets passive stacks and ult resets for free.

Where Darius is weak

Exploit these in draft and in lane.

• Darius must walk into melee and build bleed stacks, so slows, disengage, and ranged spacing deny his resets.
• He has no reliable escape after overextending, making collapses punish the long fights he wants.