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
  과다출혈

  다리우스의 기본 공격과 스킬 공격은 적에게 출혈을 일으켜 5초 동안 물리 피해를 입힙니다. 최대 5회까지 중첩됩니다. 최대 중첩 시 다리우스가 분노하며 공격력이 크게 증가합니다.

  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
  학살

  다리우스가 도끼를 큰 원의 형태로 휘두릅니다. 도끼날에 맞은 적들은 도끼자루에 맞은 적들보다 더 큰 피해를 입습니다. 다리우스는 도끼날에 맞은 적 챔피언과 대형 몬스터의 수에 비례하여 체력이 회복됩니다.

  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
  마비의 일격

  다리우스의 다음 공격은 적의 대동맥을 가격합니다. 적들이 출혈을 일으키면서 이동 속도가 감소합니다.

• E
  포획

  다리우스가 도끼날을 날카롭게 세워, 물리 피해를 가할 때 대상의 방어력 중 일정 비율을 무시합니다. 스킬을 사용하면 다리우스가 도끼의 갈고리 부분으로 적들을 휘감아 자기 쪽으로 끌어당깁니다.

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

• R
  녹서스의 단두대

  다리우스가 적 챔피언에게 뛰어올라 치명적 타격을 가해 고정 피해를 입힙니다. 대상에 중첩된 과다출혈에 비례하여 피해량이 증가합니다. 녹서스의 단두대로 적을 처치하는 경우, 잠시 동안 재사용 대기시간이 초기화됩니다.

  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.