Darius
Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · EUWBans, presence and fearless: Darius across all builds. Build, best results and matchups: the selected build.
- Pick
- 3.2%picked in 210 of 6,487 games
- Ban
- 6.3%206 bans over 3,246 games, against 12.9% in soloQ
Amateur: 6,491 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, EUW. SoloQ Master+: 336,200 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 87% of top laners.Duelist
- With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
- In draftFallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.
What changes in tournaments?
3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.
- DraftPicked less often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 1.3%
- SoloQ
- 3.0%
- DraftBanned less often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 5.7%
- SoloQ
- 12.9%
- LengthLonger games in amateur play
- Amateur
- 28.9 min
- SoloQ
- 27.8 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 Surge53% · 12,225
SpellsFlash + Ghost52% · 12,040
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 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.
Gold vs. direct opponent
At 20 min, ahead of 88% of top laners against the direct opponent.
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%
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.
No positive gap in amateur play.
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.
No positive gap in amateur play.
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.
Ban it or pick it?
Fallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.
Pick rate as Top
Amateur tournaments, compared with soloQ- SoloQ Master+3.0%19,885 picks of 672,391ban 12.9% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Amateur tournaments1.3%125 picks of 9,366ban 5.7% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Pro0.0%1 picks of 2,204bans not published · patches 16.17 to 16.20
