How to beat Darius

Common role: Top

A juggernaut who wins any extended melee trade and executes with his ultimate.

What makes Darius dangerous

Darius pulls you in with his E, hits the outer edge of his Q for healing and big damage, and stacks his passive bleed to five for massive true damage. His ultimate (Noxian Guillotine) executes low-health targets and resets on a kill, letting him snowball fights.

How to play against Darius

• 1Stay out of his E pull range and never fight in the outer ring of his Q — step in close or move out so he only gets the weak inner hit.
• 2Don't take extended trades. Poke him and disengage before he stacks his bleed — the longer the fight, the more he wins.
• 3He's slow and immobile. Kite him with movement, slows, and ranged damage; if you can't disengage, he'll grind you down.
• 4Respect his ultimate reset. Don't dive him at low health — his Guillotine executes and refreshes, turning a 1v1 into a kill streak.

Weaknesses to exploit

• ✓No mobility — kiteable and easy to disengage from.
• ✓Weak against ranged poke and sustain.
• ✓Falls off if the game goes very late vs scaling carries.
• ✓His pull and Q are on cooldowns you can bait out.

Abilities & how to counter them

What each of Darius's abilities does — and how to play around it.

• P
  Hemorragia

  Los ataques y habilidades de daño de Darius hacen que los enemigos sangren durante 5 s, lo que les causa daño físico. Se puede acumular hasta 5 veces. Darius se enfurece y obtiene un gran daño de ataque cuando su objetivo alcanza el máximo de acumulaciones.

  Strong: bleed stacks to 5 for massive true damage in long fights. Weak: falls off in short trades — poke and disengage before he stacks it.

• Q
  Diezmar

  Darius reúne fuerzas y traza un amplio círculo con su hacha. Los enemigos a los que golpee con su hoja sufrirán más daño que los que sean golpeados por el mango. Darius se cura en función al número de campeones enemigos y monstruos gigantes alcanzados por la hoja.

  Strong: the outer edge heals him and hits hard. Weak: the inner circle is weak — step in close so he only gets the weak hit.

• W
  Golpe atroz

  El siguiente ataque de Darius alcanza al enemigo en una arteria vital. Mientras se desangra, su velocidad de movimiento disminuye.

• E
  Atrapar

  Darius pone a punto su hacha, lo cual provoca que, de forma pasiva, su daño físico ignore un porcentaje de la armadura de su objetivo. Cuando se activa, Darius barre a sus enemigos con el gancho de su hacha y los acerca hacia él.

  Strong: pulls you into range for his combo. Weak: on cooldown he can't engage — bait the pull, then trade freely.

• R
  Guillotina noxiana

  Darius salta hacia un campeón enemigo y le asesta un golpe letal que inflige daño verdadero. Este daño se ve incrementado por cada acumulación de Hemorragia que tenga el objetivo. Si el ataque con Guillotina noxiana es letal, se reinicia el enfriamiento durante un corto periodo de tiempo.

  Strong: true-damage execute that resets on kills, snowballing fights. Weak: has a health threshold — stay above it and don't dive him low.

Itemization

Darius is AD with heavy healing from his Q. Grievous Wounds (Bramble Vest, Thornmail, Executioner's) cuts his sustain; stack armor and buy movement/tenacity so his pull-into-kill combo can't lock you down.

This guide covers Darius's core kit and playstyle — advice that holds up across patches.