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
  Plaie béante

  Les attaques de Darius et ses compétences infligeant des dégâts font saigner les ennemis, ce qui leur inflige des dégâts physiques en 5 sec (cumulable 5 fois). Darius enrage et gagne un énorme bonus en dégâts d'attaque quand sa cible atteint le nombre max d'effets cumulés.

  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
  Décimation

  Darius tend tous ses muscles et donne un coup circulaire avec sa hache. Les ennemis touchés par la lame subissent plus de dégâts que ceux touchés par la hampe. Darius récupère des PV en fonction du nombre de champions ennemis et de grands monstres touchés par la lame.

  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
  Estropiaison

  La prochaine attaque de Darius tranche une artère vitale de l'ennemi. Le saignement réduit la vitesse de déplacement de la cible.

• E
  Crampon

  Darius aiguise sa hache, ce qui permet à ses dégâts physiques d'ignorer passivement un pourcentage de l'armure de la cible. À l'activation, Darius attire ses ennemis avec sa hache.

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

• R
  Guillotine noxienne

  Darius saute sur un champion ennemi et donne un coup fatal, infligeant des dégâts bruts. Plus vous cumulez de Plaies béantes sur la cible, plus les dégâts augmentent. Si Guillotine noxienne tue la cible, son délai de récupération est annulé pendant un court moment.

  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.