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Darius

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · All regions

Bans, presence and fearless: Darius across all builds. Build, best results and matchups: the selected build.

Tournament presence · pick + ban

9.8%#85 of 173 champions

Pick: 3.3%picked in 884 of 27,199 games
Ban: 6.5%1,452 bans over 22,322 games, against 9.0% in soloQ

Win rate as Top48.9% between 46.0% and 51.9% over 779 gamesSoloQ 50.3%: no clear gap

Median length29.2 minsoloQ 27.6 min

Amateur: 27,223 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR 66% · EUW 24% · NA 10%. SoloQ Master+: 856,529 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.DraftLength
How to play itConqueror, then Youmuu's Ghostblade, Dead Man's Plate, and Death's Dance: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compTakes its kills in duels first: more duels than 87% of top laners.Duelist
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftTaken at any point of the series.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.

DraftPicked less often in amateur play
Amateur
1.4%
SoloQ
2.5%
1.4% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 2.5% in soloQ.
DraftBanned less often in amateur play
Amateur
6.4%
SoloQ
9.0%
6.4% ban rate in amateur play over 13,367 games, against 9.0% in soloQ over 323,918 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.2 min
SoloQ
27.6 min
Median of 29.2 min in amateur play, against 27.6 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Conqueror, then Youmuu's Ghostblade, Dead Man's Plate, and Death's Dance: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesConqueror53% · 26,896

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Ghost59% · 29,468

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 55 games

Core (3 legendaries)17% · 3,448

17%of soloQ games

Youmuu's Ghostblade
Dead Man's Plate
Death's Dance

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Takes its kills in duels first: more duels than 87% of top laners.

Takes its kills in duelstop13%33% · top laners: 28%

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other top laners

What marks it

Duelist

Like other top laners

Absorbs damage
Plays teamfights
Crowd control (CC)
Team damage

What it is not

No poke
No split-push

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 7 in lane, 8 in mid game and 5 in late game, out of 100 top laners.

523-76 vs 599

771-97 vs 868

899-180 vs 1,079

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Dariustop laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 88% of top laners against the direct opponent.

top laners

Where it stands among top laners · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 7 of 100 among top laners523 · median 599
Damage in mid game · rank 8 of 100 among top laners771 · median 868
Damage in late game · rank 5 of 100 among top laners899 · median 1,079
Gold at 15 min · rank 90 of 100 among top laners+521 · median +119
Gold at 20 min · rank 88 of 100 among top laners+759 · median +100
Absorbs damage · rank 54 of 100 among top laners983 · median 970
Plays teamfights · rank 30 of 100 among top laners51% · median 53%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 87 of 100 among top laners33% · median 28%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 21 of 100 among top lanersrank 21 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 47 of 100 among top laners0.7 · median 0.8
Team damage · rank 54 of 100 among top laners21% · median 20%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.

Against

Topgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Junglegap to expected

Lee Sin50.0% · expected 48.6% · 34 g+1.4 ptSoloQ +2.1

Midgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

ADCgap to expected

Yunara50.0% · expected 45.9% · 40 g+4.1 ptSoloQ -0.2

Lucian52.6% · expected 48.6% · 38 g+4.0 ptSoloQ +0.4

Ashe48.6% · expected 46.5% · 35 g+2.1 ptSoloQ +1.1

Supportgap to expected

Milio60.0% · expected 49.6% · 30 g+10.4 ptSoloQ +0.2

Lulu51.4% · expected 50.9% · 35 g+0.6 ptSoloQ -0.8

With

Junglegap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Midgap to expected

Ahri61.5% · expected 50.0% · 39 g+11.6 ptSoloQ +0.3

ADCgap to expected

Kai'Sa48.7% · expected 47.7% · 39 g+1.1 ptSoloQ -0.7

Jinx51.3% · expected 50.3% · 39 g+1.0 ptSoloQ -0.7

Supportgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Matchups and allies

One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.

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