Darius
Strongest when games end at 25–30 minutes (61%). On average ahead of the lane opponent at 15 minutes (+298 gold).
- Win rate
- 53.9%
- ±4.3 · role avg 50.0%
- Tier
- S
- #5 of 85
- Pick rate
- 5.2%
- ban 6.3%
- Games
- 523
- ranked solo/duo
- Win rate
- vs expected
- CS at 10
- Solo kills
- First blood
Darius top wins 53.9% of 523 ranked games in NA, rank 5 of 85 top champions (tier S). Most players finish Youmuu's Ghostblade first, at about 11:54.
What most Darius players run
Youmuu's Ghostblade 12:00 · 58% · 292 games 
Plated Steelcaps 9:18 · 58% of games 
Dead Man's Plate 19:11 · 66% · 165 games 
Death's Dance 24:48 · 48% · 46 games 
Sterak's Gage 30:18 · 22 of 109 games 
Force of Nature 37:00 · 4 of 23 games Best when games end at 25–30′
Win rate by when the game ended. Faded: under 30 games. Icons: when each item is usually finished. Watch out for Malphite, Gwen, Aatrox
Hard Easy Points above or below what both champions' overall win rates predict. Every opponent, minute by minute →First Baron: 83% against 35%
Taking an objective goes with winning; it isn't the whole cause. First inhibitor is left out: it mostly means the game is already won.
More multikills, fewer assists
What stands out (10% or more) against the average top laner. Blue: better for winning, red: worse.
About average: gold, vision, time spent dead, minions, damage to towers, deaths, kill participation.
Item by item, with the clock
What players finish in each slot, and when. Pick items to follow a build: every column then shows only games that match your picks, and a picked item doesn't appear in another slot. Fewer games last long enough for items 5 and 6.
Most common full builds
Youmuu's Ghostblade › Plated Steelcaps › Dead Man's Plate › Death's Dance 67.7%31 games Plated Steelcaps › Youmuu's Ghostblade › Dead Man's Plate › Force of Nature 64.3%28 games Plated Steelcaps › Youmuu's Ghostblade › Death's Dance › Dead Man's Plate 81.8%11 games Youmuu's Ghostblade › Plated Steelcaps › Dead Man's Plate › Sterak's Gage 60.0%10 games Youmuu's Ghostblade › Plated Steelcaps › Dead Man's Plate › Death's Dance › Sterak's Gage 55.6%9 games Youmuu's Ghostblade › Plated Steelcaps › Death's Dance › Force of Nature 57.1%7 games Each row stops where games ended or the next item was too rare to list on its own. Boots (dashed ring) sit where they're usually bought.
Items 2–4 against each team
Against teams with mostly physical damage
Dead Man's Plate 58%101 Sterak's Gage 56%55 Force of Nature 55%29 Death's Dance 54%69 
Spear of Shojin 40%10 
Randuin's Omen 33%9 Against teams with mixed damage
Death's Dance 69%54 Randuin's Omen 67%6 Dead Man's Plate 67%87 Force of Nature 62%37 Sterak's Gage 50%50 Spear of Shojin 43%7 Against teams with magic heavy damage
Kaenic Rookern 71%7 Spear of Shojin 67%6 Sterak's Gage 63%43 Force of Nature 55%67 Dead Man's Plate 51%65 Death's Dance 50%32 Against teams with no frontliner
Force of Nature 54%24 Death's Dance 52%33 Dead Man's Plate 48%61 Sterak's Gage 39%23 Randuin's Omen 29%7 Against teams with one frontliner
Randuin's Omen 75%8 
Stridebreaker 67%6 Death's Dance 59%68 Dead Man's Plate 58%120 Force of Nature 57%72 Sterak's Gage 53%64 Spear of Shojin 50%6 Against teams with two or more
Black Cleaver 83%6 Dead Man's Plate 71%72 Sterak's Gage 66%61 Death's Dance 61%54 Force of Nature 59%37 Spear of Shojin 43%14 
Maw of Malmortius 40%5 Against teams with little
Black Cleaver 80%5 Death's Dance 65%52 Sterak's Gage 65%43 Maw of Malmortius 60%5 Spear of Shojin 60%5 Dead Man's Plate 59%66 Force of Nature 56%41 Against teams with some
Force of Nature 63%43 Death's Dance 60%42 Spear of Shojin 57%7 Dead Man's Plate 55%92 Sterak's Gage 44%50 Against teams with a lot
Kaenic Rookern 100%5 Randuin's Omen 67%6 Dead Man's Plate 63%95 Sterak's Gage 60%55 Force of Nature 53%49 Death's Dance 51%61 Spear of Shojin 36%11 Against teams with little
Death's Dance 62%53 Force of Nature 62%47 Dead Man's Plate 60%96 Spear of Shojin 57%7 Sterak's Gage 45%44 Against teams with some
Spear of Shojin 67%6 Kaenic Rookern 60%5 Sterak's Gage 59%54 Dead Man's Plate 56%86 Force of Nature 54%39 Death's Dance 45%51 Randuin's Omen 33%9 Against teams with a lot
Randuin's Omen 80%5 Black Cleaver 71%7 Death's Dance 67%51 Sterak's Gage 62%50 Dead Man's Plate 62%71 Force of Nature 55%47 Spear of Shojin 30%10 Teams are grouped by their champions' usual damage, toughness, healing and crowd control, from all games.
Start, boots, spells, skills
Starting items
Doran's Blade + Health Potion54.5%352
Doran's Shield + Health Potion48.4%122
Doran's Helm + Health Potion62.1%29Boots
Plated Steelcaps ~9:1855.6%304
Mercury's Treads ~13:1258.3%115
Boots of Swiftness ~10:3645.6%79Summoner spells
Flash + Ghost54.2%271
Flash + Ignite53.4%146
Exhaust + Flash55.2%96Skills
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W54.5%506QWE30.8%13WQE50.3%171QWE59.3%135Laid out like the game: the most picked rune in each row is in colour. Hover or tap a rune for its name, description and numbers.
Sorcery · 53% win · 265 games 
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Precision · 55% win · 257 games 
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Domination · 0% win · 1 games 
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— Precision · 53% win · 211 games — 89%53% <1%100% 98%52% — — 1%0% <1%0% 11%70% 
Resolve · 55% win · 154 games 
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30%48% 
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56%57% Sorcery · 55% win · 143 games 64%55% — 36%56% 3%25% 97%56% — — — — 
Inspiration · 40% win · 15 games 
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5%79% 63%50% 50%140 games 51%55 games 54%26 games 57%23 games 38%21 games Watch out for Malphite, Gwen, Aatrox
Good into Garen, Ambessa, Zaahen
Ahead at 15 against 18 of 23, wins 12 of them
Fewer than 10 games (30)
Tryndamere 78% · 9
Gragas 50% · 8
Urgot 75% · 8
Pantheon 75% · 8
Cho'Gath 38% · 8
Volibear 50% · 8
Kennen 38% · 8
Irelia 43% · 7
Rumble 29% · 7
Sejuani 83% · 6
Tahm Kench 100% · 6
Vladimir 20% · 5
Riven 20% · 5
Nasus 20% · 5
Illaoi 60% · 5
Kled 80% · 5
Zed 20% · 5
Kayn 75% · 4
Gangplank 25% · 4
Akali 100% · 4
Warwick 0% · 4
Kayle 50% · 4
Wukong 25% · 4
Teemo 50% · 4
Qiyana 33% · 3
Trundle 33% · 3
Sion 100% · 3
Vex 100% · 3
Swain 67% · 3
Sylas 67% · 3
Darius does worse than expected here
Against Aatrox, Darius is ahead on gold at 15 minutes in 46% of games and wins 54% of those. When behind, Darius wins 27%.
Darius does worse than expected here
Against Fiora, Darius is ahead on gold at 15 minutes in 55% of games and wins 50% of those. When behind, Darius wins 30%.
Darius does better than expected here
Against Camille, Darius is ahead on gold at 15 minutes in 80% of games and wins 75% of those. When behind, Darius wins 50%.
Darius does worse than expected here
Against K'Sante, Darius is behind on gold at 15 minutes in 69% of games, and still wins 55% of those. When ahead, Darius wins 60%.
Darius does better than expected here
Against Ambessa, Darius is ahead on gold at 15 minutes in 56% of games and wins 67% of those. When behind, Darius wins 86%.
About what you would expect
Against Dr. Mundo, Darius is ahead on gold at 15 minutes in 73% of games and wins 73% of those. When behind, Darius wins 25%.
Darius does better than expected here
Against Garen, Darius is ahead on gold at 15 minutes in 100% of games and wins 80% of those. When behind, Darius wins 0%.
Darius does better than expected here
Against Zaahen, Darius is ahead on gold at 15 minutes in 79% of games and wins 91% of those. When behind, Darius wins 33%.
Darius does worse than expected here
Against Malphite, Darius is ahead on gold at 15 minutes in 86% of games and wins 33% of those. When behind, Darius wins 0%.
Darius does worse than expected here
Against Mordekaiser, Darius is ahead on gold at 15 minutes in 62% of games and wins 75% of those. When behind, Darius wins 20%.
Darius does better than expected here
Against Jax, Darius is behind on gold at 15 minutes in 77% of games, and still wins 70% of those. When ahead, Darius wins 67%.
Darius does worse than expected here
Against Vayne, Darius is ahead on gold at 15 minutes in 54% of games and wins 57% of those. When behind, Darius wins 17%.
Darius does better than expected here
Against Ornn, Darius is ahead on gold at 15 minutes in 92% of games and wins 75% of those. When behind, Darius wins 0%.
Darius does better than expected here
Against Sett, Darius is ahead on gold at 15 minutes in 62% of games and wins 88% of those. When behind, Darius wins 20%.
About what you would expect
Against Shen, Darius is ahead on gold at 15 minutes in 77% of games and wins 70% of those. When behind, Darius wins 0%.
Darius does worse than expected here
Against Yone, Darius is behind on gold at 15 minutes in 75% of games, and still wins 33% of those. When ahead, Darius wins 67%.
Darius does better than expected here
Against Olaf, Darius is ahead on gold at 15 minutes in 45% of games and wins 100% of those. When behind, Darius wins 33%.
Darius does worse than expected here
Against Gnar, Darius is ahead on gold at 15 minutes in 60% of games and wins 33% of those. When behind, Darius wins 75%.
Darius does worse than expected here
Against Jayce, Darius is behind on gold at 15 minutes in 64% of games, and still wins 29% of those. When ahead, Darius wins 50%.
Darius does better than expected here
Against Renekton, Darius is behind on gold at 15 minutes in 50% of games, and still wins 20% of those. When ahead, Darius wins 100%.
Darius does worse than expected here
Against Gwen, Darius is ahead on gold at 15 minutes in 70% of games and wins 29% of those. When behind, Darius wins 33%.
Darius does better than expected here
Against Yasuo, Darius is ahead on gold at 15 minutes in 70% of games and wins 71% of those. When behind, Darius wins 33%.
Darius does better than expected here
Against Singed, Darius is ahead on gold at 15 minutes in 80% of games and wins 50% of those. When behind, Darius wins 100%.
Enemies that cost Darius games: Hecarim, Yasuo, Caitlyn, Nautilus
Teammates that change Darius's games
Hecarim43% · exp. 53% −1035 games Sylas45% · exp. 55% −1022 games Wukong44% · exp. 53% −925 games 
Kha'Zix77% · exp. 53% +2422 games 
Graves67% · exp. 54% +1318 games Yasuo32% · exp. 52% −1928 games Yone37% · exp. 52% −1630 games 
LeBlanc45% · exp. 53% −820 games 
Locke70% · exp. 55% +1520 games 
Ekko61% · exp. 52% +918 games 
Katarina62% · exp. 57% +521 games 
Caitlyn37% · exp. 53% −1627 games 
Jinx43% · exp. 56% −1328 games 
Lucian42% · exp. 54% −1224 games 
Twitch82% · exp. 51% +3117 games 
Zeri80% · exp. 56% +2415 games 
Kalista67% · exp. 52% +1415 games 
Nautilus37% · exp. 55% −1827 games 
Nami40% · exp. 53% −1330 games 
Milio42% · exp. 55% −1319 games 
Senna67% · exp. 50% +1715 games 
Leona64% · exp. 53% +1125 games 
Janna63% · exp. 52% +1119 games Qiyana38% · exp. 56% −1916 games 
Lee Sin41% · exp. 52% −1029 games Sylas43% · exp. 53% −923 games 
Rengar67% · exp. 53% +1315 games Wukong65% · exp. 55% +1017 games Kha'Zix63% · exp. 55% +816 games 
Galio48% · exp. 57% −921 games Ekko50% · exp. 56% −620 games Locke48% · exp. 53% −523 games Zed67% · exp. 54% +1215 games 
Kai'Sa45% · exp. 52% −742 games Caitlyn47% · exp. 54% −719 games Jinx63% · exp. 52% +1130 games 
Viktor63% · exp. 56% +716 games Lucian60% · exp. 54% +620 games 
Bard33% · exp. 51% −1815 games 
Seraphine39% · exp. 52% −1318 games 
Lulu42% · exp. 52% −1019 games 
Yuumi67% · exp. 49% +1815 games 
Karma71% · exp. 55% +1517 games Nautilus57% · exp. 53% +430 games 
Dies about as often as most top laners
Before 14 minutes Darius dies 2.5 times a game (average 2.4). 41% of those deaths involve the enemy jungler, against 39% for the average top laner. 49% are fair 1-v-1s.
Ganked in their half of top lane, collapsed on in your half of top lane
Ganks: 42% in their half of top lane. Collapses: 45% in your half of top lane. 1-v-1s: 48% in their half of top lane.
Each square takes the colour of the most common kind of death there; brighter = more deaths. Red-side games are flipped, so the map always reads from the blue side.What kills Darius
Ganks come at 3:00–10:00
Ward the river before 3:00.
Deaths involving the enemy jungler, per 100 games, by minute. Narrow bars: Darius; wide light bars behind them: the average. Highlighted: the laning peaks.Wins fights in the top-side river, loses them in your half of top lane
Wins fights in their half of mid, loses them in your half of top lane
Wins fights in their half of mid, loses them in your half of mid
Before 14 minutes: 1.5 kills per death in the top-side river against 0.5 in your half of top lane. Overall 1.0 kills per death.
From 14 to 25 minutes: 2.5 kills per death in their half of mid against 0.6 in your half of top lane. Overall 1.2 kills per death.
After 25 minutes: 2.5 kills per death in their half of mid against 1.2 in your half of mid. Overall 1.5 kills per death.