Darius
Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · NABans, presence and fearless: Darius across all builds. Build, best results and matchups: the selected build.
- Pick
- 4.3%picked in 113 of 2,644 games
- Ban
- 7.2%140 bans over 1,958 games, against 9.4% in soloQ
Amateur: 2,664 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, NA. SoloQ Master+: 215,636 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 itStormraider's Surge, 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 80% 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.
What changes in tournaments?
3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.
- DraftPicked less often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 1.8%
- SoloQ
- 2.9%
- DraftBanned less often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 7.8%
- SoloQ
- 9.4%
- LengthLonger games in amateur play
- Amateur
- 30 min
- SoloQ
- 28.2 min
How to play it?
Stormraider's Surge, then Youmuu's Ghostblade, Dead Man's Plate, and Death's Dance: the most played build in soloQ.
RunesStormraider's Surge51% · 7,646
SpellsFlash + Ghost52% · 7,728
SkillsQnot collected in soloQ- Youmuu's Ghostblade
- Dead Man's Plate
- Death's Dance
Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.
What does it bring to a comp?
Takes its kills in duels first: more duels than 80% of top laners.
- Takes its kills in duelstop20%32% · 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
- Lets allies carry kills
- Crowd control (CC)
- Team damage
What it is not
- Few teamfights
- No poke
- No split-push
Damage / min by phase · at equal gold
Rank 14 in lane, 7 in mid game and 15 in late game, out of 100 top laners.
Gold vs. direct opponent
At 20 min, ahead of 91% of top laners against the direct opponent.
Where it stands among top laners · every measure
0 ← less · median · more → 100- Damage in lane · rank 14 of 100 among top laners535 · median 599
- Damage in mid game · rank 7 of 100 among top laners768 · median 868
- Damage in late game · rank 15 of 100 among top laners953 · median 1,079
- Gold at 15 min · rank 93 of 100 among top laners+541 · median +119
- Gold at 20 min · rank 91 of 100 among top laners+770 · median +100
- Absorbs damage · rank 44 of 100 among top laners881 · median 970
- Plays teamfights · rank 25 of 100 among top laners50% · median 53%
- Takes its kills in duels · rank 80 of 100 among top laners32% · median 28%
- Lets allies carry kills · rank 35 of 100 among top lanersrank 35 of 100
- Crowd control (CC) · rank 39 of 100 among top laners0.6 · median 0.8
- Team damage · rank 37 of 100 among top laners20% · median 20%
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
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
With
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
Ban it or pick it?
Taken at any point of the series.
Pick rate as Top
Amateur tournaments, compared with soloQ- SoloQ Master+2.9%12,551 picks of 431,266ban 9.4% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Amateur tournaments1.8%65 picks of 3,686ban 7.8% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Pro0.0%1 picks of 2,204bans not published · patches 16.17 to 16.20
Presence by patch
9.7% on 16.21Within the series
Fearless series only · as Top- 3.0%G122 games of 733
- 3.3%G224 games of 733
- 3.2%G3+10 games of 316
Not enough series yet: published from 30.