Darius
Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · All regionsBans, presence and fearless: Darius across all builds. Build, best results and matchups: the selected build.
- Pick
- 3.3%picked in 979 of 29,299 games
- Ban
- 6.4%1,508 bans over 23,520 games, against 9.1% in soloQ
Amateur: 29,317 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR 64% · EUW 26% · NA 10%. SoloQ Master+: 993,798 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 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
- 1.4%
- SoloQ
- 2.6%
- DraftBanned less often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 6.4%
- SoloQ
- 9.1%
- LengthLonger games in amateur play
- Amateur
- 29.3 min
- SoloQ
- 27.6 min
How to play it?
Conqueror, then Youmuu's Ghostblade, Dead Man's Plate, and Death's Dance: the most played build in soloQ.
RunesConqueror54% · 27,909
SpellsFlash + Ghost59% · 30,552
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.
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.
- Sion12 games—SoloQ: 51.8% · 854 g
- Ambessa9 games—SoloQ: 54.9% · 1,453 g
- Aatrox8 games—SoloQ: 51.4% · 1,774 g
- K'Sante8 games—SoloQ: 52.5% · 1,515 g
- Malphite8 games—SoloQ: 47.9% · 1,070 g
- Renekton8 games—SoloQ: 51.4% · 1,544 g
- Dr. Mundo7 games—SoloQ: 48.7% · 1,239 g
- Kennen7 games—SoloQ: 49.1% · 733 g
- Gnar6 games—SoloQ: 51.2% · 1,022 g
- Mordekaiser6 games—SoloQ: 52.2% · 1,059 g
- Ornn6 games—SoloQ: 48.5% · 1,203 g
- Gragas5 games—SoloQ: 51.3% · 753 g
- Heimerdinger5 games—SoloQ: 45.3% · 214 g
- Shen5 games—SoloQ: 48.3% · 1,034 g
- Wukong19 games—SoloQ: 48.8% · 1,699 g
- Sylas12 games—SoloQ: 50.1% · 2,003 g
- Jarvan IV11 games—SoloQ: 49.8% · 1,996 g
- Qiyana11 games—SoloQ: 49.1% · 2,246 g
- Vi11 games—SoloQ: 52.0% · 1,047 g
- Xin Zhao9 games—SoloQ: 50.7% · 756 g
- Lillia8 games—SoloQ: 50.7% · 1,382 g
- Cho'Gath7 games—SoloQ: 48.7% · 1,384 g
- Lee Sin7 games—SoloQ: 52.7% · 3,332 g
- Nocturne7 games—SoloQ: 53.0% · 675 g
- Sejuani6 games—SoloQ: 48.7% · 532 g
- Anivia12 games—SoloQ: 50.3% · 626 g
- Viktor12 games—SoloQ: 52.7% · 2,191 g
- Syndra11 games—SoloQ: 47.9% · 2,347 g
- Orianna10 games—SoloQ: 50.7% · 1,102 g
- Ahri8 games—SoloQ: 47.3% · 2,427 g
- Ryze8 games—SoloQ: 57.6% · 651 g
- Lissandra7 games—SoloQ: 49.7% · 1,090 g
- Yone7 games—SoloQ: 49.9% · 2,426 g
- Aurora6 games—SoloQ: 49.3% · 887 g
- Hwei6 games—SoloQ: 48.1% · 1,013 g
- Sylas6 games—SoloQ: 53.6% · 1,924 g
- Locke5 games—SoloQ: 49.3% · 2,294 g
- Malzahar5 games—SoloQ: 51.1% · 816 g
- Yunara20 games—SoloQ: 49.6% · 3,729 g
- Kai'Sa18 games—SoloQ: 52.1% · 4,527 g
- Ezreal15 games—SoloQ: 55.2% · 2,716 g
- Ashe14 games—SoloQ: 51.7% · 1,188 g
- Xayah14 games—SoloQ: 47.1% · 1,543 g
- Caitlyn12 games—SoloQ: 51.0% · 2,682 g
- Jhin11 games—SoloQ: 50.6% · 4,894 g
- Aphelios7 games—SoloQ: 50.5% · 2,422 g
- Jinx6 games—SoloQ: 49.1% · 3,435 g
- Kalista6 games—SoloQ: 48.6% · 1,420 g
- Lucian6 games—SoloQ: 51.9% · 1,993 g
- Corki5 games—SoloQ: 51.0% · 668 g
- Zeri5 games—SoloQ: 50.7% · 1,730 g
- Lulu15 games—SoloQ: 50.3% · 3,424 g
- Nautilus13 games—SoloQ: 51.8% · 2,997 g
- Alistar12 games—SoloQ: 46.5% · 2,134 g
- Braum12 games—SoloQ: 48.2% · 1,695 g
- Seraphine12 games—SoloQ: 50.0% · 1,187 g
- Thresh11 games—SoloQ: 47.4% · 3,883 g
- Leona10 games—SoloQ: 48.2% · 2,215 g
- Rell10 games—SoloQ: 49.2% · 1,570 g
- Rakan9 games—SoloQ: 47.2% · 1,463 g
- Karma7 games—SoloQ: 53.9% · 1,996 g
- Milio7 games—SoloQ: 51.4% · 1,337 g
- Renata Glasc7 games—SoloQ: 48.5% · 619 g
- Blitzcrank6 games—SoloQ: 49.8% · 2,176 g
- Yuumi6 games—SoloQ: 54.1% · 1,322 g
- Poppy5 games—SoloQ: 51.7% · 594 g
Ban it or pick it?
Taken at any point of the series.
Pick rate as Top
Amateur tournaments, compared with soloQ- SoloQ Master+2.6%51,928 picks of 1,987,578ban 9.1% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Amateur tournaments1.4%611 picks of 42,302ban 6.4% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Pro0.0%1 picks of 2,238bans not published · patches 16.17 to 16.20
Presence by patch
9.7% on 16.21Within the series
Fearless series only · as Top- 2.7%G1207 games of 7,536
- 2.8%G2211 games of 7,542
- 3.0%G3+90 games of 3,017
