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

  Os Ataques e Habilidades de dano de Darius fazem os inimigos sangrarem, causando Dano Físico ao longo de 5s e acumulando até 5 vezes. Darius se enfurece e recebe uma grande quantidade de Dano de Ataque quando o alvo alcança o máximo de acúmulos.

  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
  Dizimar

  Darius pega impulso e golpeia com seu machado em um movimento circular. Os inimigos atingidos pela lâmina recebem mais dano do que aqueles atingidos pelo cabo. Darius cura a si mesmo com base nos Campeões inimigos e monstros grandes atingidos pela lâmina.

  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
  Ataque Mutilador

  O próximo ataque de Darius acerta uma artéria importante do inimigo. Enquanto a vítima sangra, a Velocidade de Movimento dela é reduzida.

• E
  Apreender

  Darius afia seu machado, fazendo com que seu Dano Físico ignore passivamente um percentual da Armadura do alvo. Quando ativado, Darius ataca seus inimigos com o gancho do seu machado e os puxa em sua direção.

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

• R
  Guilhotina de Noxus

  Darius salta na direção de um Campeão inimigo e o atinge com um golpe letal, causando Dano Verdadeiro. Este dano aumenta a cada acúmulo de Hemorragia no alvo. Se Guilhotina de Noxus causar o golpe final, seu Tempo de Recarga é zerado por um breve momento.

  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.