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Analysis / Prediction (80% Confidence)
Divine God King Darius is expected to return to the Sanctum in Patch 26.17 (August 26).
This prediction is based on previous Sanctum rotations, release patterns, and available information. It is not officially confirmed by Riot Games.
Take this as an informed prediction, not a confirmation.
Im new to toplane, I play midlane, mainly assassins but im picking up Darius as secondary role. I play akshan and Aurora mid, while these can be played mid i don’t like being the ranged toplane that everyone hates. How does one play toplane? I don’t understand trading as melee. Midlane its just poke them with some abilities or wait out some key abilities before you can engage. While I think this also applies on top, like I can poke someone with Darius Q, its a bit harder to bait some abilities. But how do you trade in toplane and know to go in or you know you win the trade early? Is it a lot different to midlane? And Darius in the midgame I think he is more of a splitpusher no? You want to be in the sidelane the most I think. Any tips and such?
I am currently silver 1 to gold 3 elo. I have really fallen in love with the Darius kit. I seem to have trouble stacking passive in team fights. Also, I am wanting Darius, shyvana, and kayn to be my champ pool. Are there any good resources for a new Darius jungle player?
This was in the first 10 minutes of the game 👍
I have old account with dreadnova darius and i wonder whether its rare
Just wanted to see if you guys have some crazy buttons pressed! Lmk
Darius is so squishy the entire game compared to the past imo. I dislike playing Stormraider's and needing to building Youmuu so often just to maximise movespeed because without it you get bursted before you even close the gap. Even worse for Darius because his damage is backloaded and takes like 3 seconds to max stack unless he gets an early execute. I feel like this applies for a lot of the immobile champs, they just don't have the tankiness to make up for their lack of gap close ability and get torn to shreds before they can do anything. It feels like recent balance changes regarding durability left behind the champs who needed it the most.
How do you guys use darius q in fights, to start or end a trade? Similarly, if u know ur opponent can dash out of the full combo e a w q is it better to go for e-a-w or an e-q? Also is it worth using q just for farm or to poke the enemy since now ur pretty vulnerable to an all in? Lastly if ur alr full hp would it be better to save the q for later in the fight to heal or just use it?
I play toplane because jungle is boring.
I got to D3 EUW in 110 games and have been hardstuck since then.
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Well first things first I want to see that I'm fairly new to him, and I really enjoy his playstyle and have gotten some insane quadra, triple, and like two pentakills since picking him up. But there is something about trading in laning phase that I'm not understanding. I've watched hour long guides, I've probably scrolled through hundreds of reddit posts about how to trade on him and it's still not clicking in-game. I'm always seeing "darius damage is backloaded, take extended trades and win the fight" which I get and understand due to the AD bonus you get from noxian might. Or the idea that darius lvl1 is super strong. Like just before I post this I played a game against a volibear, I traded level 1, got noxian might, and still lost the trade because of his ignite. Lane was insta over.
Even against other champions, I almost always feel like I'm playing on the back end, and my all ins feel so terrible, and I almost always either end the trade with less HP or just die. I'm a plat 3/4 player and I've dropped all the way to G2 on this account because 80% of the time I'm the one losing laning phase. It feels incredibly frustrating to attempt these long trades and still lose them anyway. Maybe I'm in my head too much about Darius being "the lane bully" and forcing really bad trades when they have all abilities up or summs.
Please don't tell me to just "quit him" because I really do enjoy his playstyle and I can absolutely dominate teamfights which are my main motivation to keep playing him because I see the potential but my laning phase absolutely sucks.
Thanks once again.
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Hey all!
First of all, I am silver, so half of the time it's skill issue (this is my first ranked season, I played some ranked 6 years ago before stopping playing league for 5-6 years so..)
But lately in the last month I have been struggling to lock in Darius as it looks all the top enemies are playing either ranged (vayne, teemo, kayle, urgot) or other counters for me (Yorick, Illaoi).
I still have to learn how to beat Aatrox, but I can finally win vs Garen and 50/50 vs sett.
Problem is that these last ones are so rare, people are playing really strange champs top and less and less melee or bruiser, damn, not even tanks (I haven't seen a Mundo in 30 games).
What do you do? you go Darius and try to win any match-up or adjust?
I am countering with Malphite many matchups (super OP this patch), some Gragas and Gwen, even Teemo 🙈
How do I beat Tahm top? Every time he just rips me a new one.
V26.04
Passive, monster damage 200% -> 250%
V25.14
Q, healing 15% / 30% / 45% -> 17% / 34% / 51%
V25.06
Passive, monster damage 300% -> 200%
V14.2
Q, mana cost 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50 -> 25 / 30 / 35 / 40 / 45, healing 13% / 26% / 39% -> 15% / 30% / 45%
E, armor penetration 15% – 35% -> 20% – 40%
V12.10
Q, healing 15% / 30% / 45% -> 13% / 26% / 39%
V12.6
R, base damage 100 / 200 / 300 -> 125 / 250 / 375
V11.21
W, now triggers spell effects when dealing damage
V11.20
W, cooldown 7 / 6.5 / 6 / 5.5 / 5s -> 5s
V11.14
Passive, bonus AD 20 – 205 -> 30 – 230
E, cooldown 26 / 24 / 22 / 20 / 18s -> 24 / 21.5 / 19 / 16.5 / 14s
V11.10
E, cooldown 24 / 21 / 18 / 15 / 12s -> 26 / 24 / 22 / 20 / 18s
V11.8
Passive, monster damage 175% -> 300%
V11.2
Passive, bonus AD 30 – 230 -> 20 – 205
V10.6
W, AD ratio 50% – 70% AD -> 40% – 60% AD, mana cost 30 -> 40
E, mana cost 45 -> 70 / 60 / 50 / 40 / 30
V10.5
Passive, monster damage 120% -> 175%
V10.4
Passive, monster damage 100% -> 120%
Q, now heals off large monsters hit
V9.9
Q, healing 12% – 36% -> 15% – 45%, blade base damage 40-160 -> 50-170
V8.19
W, AD ratio 40% – 60% AD -> 50% – 70% AD
E, armor penetration 10% – 30% -> 15% – 35%
V8.4
W, cooldown 9 / 8 / 7 / 6 / 5s -> 7 / 6.5 / 6 / 5.5 / 5s, AD ratio 40% AD -> 40% – 60% AD
E, armor penetration 5% – 25% -> 10% – 30%
V8.2
R, now draws nearby minion aggro when targeting an enemy champion
V7.24
Passive, bleed damage 10 – 27 -> 13 – 30, bonus AD 30 – 200 -> 30 – 230
V7.2
Passive, bonus AD 40 – 200 -> 30 – 200
Q, handle damage 50% -> 35%, handle damage 20-80 + 50% – 70% AD -> 14-56 + 35% – 49% AD
V5.20
Q, blade width 270 -> 220
E, slow 90% -> 40%
V5.18
Q, healing 15% -> 12%, maximum healing 30% -> 36%, mana cost 30 -> 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50
V5.17
W, killing a unit now refunds 30 mana and 50% cooldown
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V5.16 - Rework
Passive, damage type magic -> physical, per-stack damage 12 – 36 -> 10 – 27, total damage 60 – 180 -> 50 – 135, removed movement speed per bleeding champion, max stacks/champion kill with R now grants 40 – 200 bonus AD and attacks apply max stacks
Q, added 0.75s delay, can move during cast, blade damage 105-315 + 105% bonus AD -> 40-160 + 100% – 140% AD, healing added at 15% missing health per champion hit up to 30%, handle damage 70-210 + 70% bonus AD -> 20-80 + 50% – 70% AD, handle no longer applies Passive, mana cost 40 -> 30
W, AD ratio 20% – 100% AD -> 40% AD, slow 20% – 40% -> 90%, slow duration 2s -> 1s, cooldown 8s -> 9 / 8 / 7 / 6 / 5s, mana cost 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50 -> 30, removed attack speed reduction, removed cooldown reduction per Passive stack
E, cast time 0.32s -> 0.25s, added 90% slow for 1s
R, base damage 160 / 250 / 340 -> 100 / 200 / 300, subsequent casts are free, champion execution terrifies nearby non-champions for 3s, rank 3 mana cost removed, removed mana refund on cast
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V5.14
E, briefly grants vision over target area
V5.7
R, now refunds 25 / 50 / 100 mana on kill, rank 3 cooldown fully resets on kill
V4.1
R, recast time 12s -> 20s
V3.8
E, range 550 -> 540
V3.03
R, killing target allows recast for 12s, cooldown 100s -> 120 / 100 / 80s