Game patch, matey 26.20Data Dragon 16.20.1

Arrr, reference patch 16.20.1

Darius

the Hand of Noxus

Darius be a durable champion who creates space through control, protection or a committed front line. This overview keeps th' explanation practical and leaves patch-sensitive numbers to Riot's structured data and th' present in-battle tooltip.

TopsideArrr, mostly physical damageArrr, melee attacks

Unfurl matchup chart Seek counters Arrr, status effects

Arrr, usual roleTopside

ClassArrr, fighter · Tank

DifficultyArrr, low · 2/10

Arrr, basic attacksMeleeArrr, melee basic attacks · 175 range.

Arrr, damage profileArrr, mostly physical damageMost normal kit pressure be physical. Armour may lend a hand, but inspect whether attacks or tricks be th' main source.

Arrr, reference patch16.20.1

Arrr, strengths and limits

What Darius does well, and what can go wrong

These be kit-level patterns, nay a promise that every course or matchup plays th' same way.

Arrr, good patterns

Arrr, combines damage and durability in committed skirmishes or extended exchanges.
Arrr, creates space through durability, control or a reliable front-line threat.

Arrr, limits to respect

Can be worn down or controlled afore reaching th' range where th' kit be strongest.
Durability does nay make an unsupported engage seaworthy or guarantee enough damage to finish a target.
Basic attacks require belay access, so foe range, slows and displacement can deny a clean trade.

Arrr, riot ally tips

Use these while learning th' champion

Decimate be a powerful harassment trick. Strike an foe from maximum range fer th' greatest effect.

Noxian Guillotine does more booty damage th' more booty attacks ye can land prior to it. Use Noxian Might to deal maximum damage.

Darius benefits greatly from enhanced survivability. Th' longer ye can prolong a fight, th' more booty powerful he becomes.

Riot foe tips

What an foe be told to watch fer

When Darius's axe grab be on cooldown, he be vulnerable to harassment attacks.

Darius's trick to escape from fights be limited. If ye have an advantage agin' him, press yer lead.

Arrr, practical champion reading

Arrr, how to read Darius in a real fight

Use these patterns to ask better questions afore choosing an gear, target or commitment. They describe th' kit, nay a promised result.

Arrr, damage delivery

Arrr, primarily physical pressure

Armour can reduce th' broad physical profile. Separate basic attacks from physical tricks afore relying on an gear passive that only affects attacks.

Arrr, fight rhythm

Arrr, repeated access matters

Th' threat grows while this champion can keep attacking a useful target. Break target access, create distance or use control afore th' repeated pattern settles in.

Arrr, range and access

Needs belay access fer basic attacks

Range, slows, displacement and terrain can deny th' clean contact this champion wants. Course th' course in as carefully as th' damage after arrival.

Typical crew job

Arrr, create space and absorb attention

Th' kit be most often most valuable when it controls an entrance, protects a carry or begins a fight crewmates can actually reach. Durability does nay make an isolated engage seaworthy.

Control inspect

Identify th' exact movement restriction

Tenacity can shorten only eligible control. Displacements, airborne effects and repeated slows need their own positioning, blocking or movement captain's answer.

Arrr, protection and sustain

Inspect whether recovery changes th' fight

Anti-heal or anti-shielding be situational. Buy it only when th' effect be materially protecting targets and yer champion can apply th' captain's answer reliably.

Arrr, resource pattern

Arrr, mana and cooldowns both matter

A spell being available does nay mean th' shipshape sequence be sustainable. Watch th' resource bar as well as th' setup and escape cooldowns.

Defensive gear reference

What can help against Darius?

Set sail wit' th' threat that be actually affecting th' clash. These be conditional comparisons, nay an automatic counter loadout.

Pre-battle choices

Arrr, dEFENSIVE BOOTS

Plated Steelcaps most often fit better

Armour and attack reduction address repeated physical basic attacks. Th' passive does nay reduce every physical trick.

Pick Mercury's Treads instead when magic damage or reducible crowd control across th' full crew matters more booty.

Arrr, repeated attacksDisplacementSlowsArrr, healing or sustainHull-scaling or true damage

Arrr, pHYSICAL DEFENCE

Arrr, physical defence

Armour · health · role-appropriate defence

Armour can reduce physical damage, but Plated Steelcaps' passive be specific to attacks.

Clash th' gear to attacks, critical strikes or trick burst rather than buying armour from th' label alone.

Arrr, rEPEATED ATTACKS

Arrr, repeated attacks

Plated Steelcaps · Frozen Heart

These can reduce attack-focused pressure when their stats fit yer champion.

Do nay use this as an captain's answer to physical spells that be nay attacks.

Arrr, cONTROL AND ONE KEY SPELL

Arrr, control and one key spell

Mercury's Treads · Quicksilver Sash · Banshee's Veil · Edge of Night

Tenacity and a removable-control active can lend a hand agin' th' relevant disabling effects. Airborne and displacement effects be nay solved simply by stacking Tenacity.

Inspect th' present tooltip and whether th' exact effect can be shortened, removed or blocked.

Arrr, rEPEATED SLOWS

Arrr, repeated slows

Boots of Swiftness

Slow resistance can be more booty useful than Tenacity when repeated slowing strength be th' main problem.

It gives no armour or magic resistance, so compare th' rest o' th' opposing crew.

Arrr, mEANINGFUL HEALING

Arrr, meaningful healing

Bramble Vest or Thornmail · Morellonomicon · Mortal Reminder

A role-appropriate Grievous Wounds gear can reduce healing.

Buy it only when healing be materially changing fights and yer champion can apply it reliably.

Arrr, hEALTH-SCALING OR TRUE DAMAGE

Hull-scaling or true damage

Shields · sustain · positioning · exact resistance check

Raw hull or one resistance may be incomplete agin' percent-hull, lost overboard-hull or true-damage mechanics.

Read th' present trick tooltip afore choosing defence; these mechanics do nay all use th' same counter.

Normal Draft and Ranked role sea chart

Where Darius fits on Summoner's Rift

Each course be assessed separately. Unfurl a role to reach its queue-specific loadout and matchup preparation.

TopsideArrr, primary role

Old chart, matey. Recommendations await inspection. Darius has an established solo-course course wit' th' income and space needed to trade, manage waves and influence a side course.

Inspect this role Unfurl matchup

JungleSailor-chosen flex

Old chart, matey. Recommendations await inspection. Darius can be picked here as a deliberate sailor-chosen strategy, but it be nay a primary role. Th' pick still needs a matchup and crew course.

Inspect this role Unfurl matchup

MidshipsUnestablished course

Old chart, matey. Recommendations await inspection. Darius be normally played Top and does nay currently have a reviewed Mid course. Mid most often needs solo-course safe harbour plus wave control, roaming or reliable burst pressure. Treat this as a deliberate experiment, nay a standard recommendation.

Inspect this role

BottomsideUnestablished course

Old chart, matey. Recommendations await inspection. Darius be normally played Top and does nay currently have a reviewed Bot course. Bot most often needs dependable duo-course scaling and sustained damage wit' shared early pressure. Treat this as a deliberate experiment, nay a standard recommendation.

Inspect this role

SupportUnestablished course

Old chart, matey. Recommendations await inspection. Darius be normally played Top and does nay currently have a reviewed Support course. Support most often needs useful engage, peel or utility while operating on low doubloons income. Treat this as a deliberate experiment, nay a standard recommendation.

Inspect this role

Arrr, kit reference

Darius tricks

Trick names, descriptions and numeric fields come from Riot Data Dragon. Practical reads be independently written; th' present in-battle tooltip remains authoritative.

Tricks Data Dragon 16.20.1Cooldown / Cost / Range Data Dragon 16.20.1

Passive

Hemorrhage

Arrr, what it doesEnglishDarius' attacks and damaging abilities cause enemies to bleed for physical damage over 5 seconds, stacking up to 5 times. Darius enrages and gains massive Attack Damage when his target reaches max stacks.

Arrr, practical readHemorrhage be an automatic part o' th' kit involving damage. Track when its condition be active instead o' treating every fight th' same way.

Q trick

Decimate

Arrr, what it doesEnglishDarius winds up and swings his axe in a wide circle. Enemies struck by the blade take more damage than those struck by the handle. Darius heals based on enemy champions and large monsters hit by the blade.

Arrr, practical readDecimate contributes damage. Its value changes wit' cooldown, range and target access; recognise th' setup afore moving into its effective area.

CooldownArrr, 9/8/7/6/5 secCost25/30/35/40/45

Protection

Th' protection or sustain be part o' th' cast's value. Compare its timing wit' incoming damage rather than reading only th' offensive effect.

W trick

Crippling Strike

Arrr, what it doesEnglishDarius's next attack strikes an enemy's crucial artery. As they bleed out, their Move Speed is slowed.

Arrr, practical readCrippling Strike contributes a slowing effect. Its value changes wit' cooldown, range and target access; recognise th' setup afore moving into its effective area.

CooldownArrr, 5 secCost40Arrr, listed rangeArrr, 300 units

E trick

Apprehend

Arrr, what it doesEnglishDarius hones his axe, passively causing his physical damage to ignore a percentage of his target's Armor. When activated, Darius sweeps up his enemies with his axe's hook and pulls them to him.

Arrr, practical readApprehend contributes damage. Its value changes wit' cooldown, range and target access; recognise th' setup afore moving into its effective area.

CooldownArrr, 26/23.5/21/18.5/16 secCost70/60/50/40/30Arrr, listed rangeArrr, 535 units

Ultimate

Noxian Guillotine

Arrr, what it doesEnglishDarius leaps to an enemy champion and strikes a lethal blow, dealing true damage. This damage is increased for each stack of Hemorrhage on the target. If Noxian Guillotine is a killing blow, its cooldown is refreshed for a brief duration.

Arrr, practical readNoxian Guillotine contributes damage. Its value changes wit' cooldown, range and target access; recognise th' setup afore moving into its effective area.

CooldownArrr, 120/100/80 secCost100/100/0Arrr, listed rangeArrr, 460 units

Movement

Th' cast changes position or access. Sailor record fer where th' champion finishes, nay only where th' trick begins.

Arrr, levels 1–18

Darius · Health, arr / Mana, arr · Tricks

Base values exclude gear, runes, temporary buffs and mode-specific modifiers. Cooldowns be th' listed base cooldown afore trick haste.

Arrr, level 1652 Health, arr263 Mana, arr

Arrr, level 3820 Health, arr349 Mana, arr

Arrr, level 61,102 Health, arr492 Mana, arr

Arrr, level 111,652 Health, arr772 Mana, arr

Arrr, level 162,302 Health, arr1,103 Mana, arr

Arrr, level 182,590 Health, arr1,249 Mana, arr

Cooldown Data Dragon 16.20.1

Basic trickDecimate

Can receive its first aboard point from level 1. Later ranks normally become available at levels 3, 5, 7 and 9.

Arrr, rank 1Arrr, 9 secArrr, rank 2Arrr, 8 secArrr, rank 3Arrr, 7 secArrr, rank 4Arrr, 6 secArrr, rank 5Arrr, 5 sec

Basic trickCrippling Strike

Can receive its first aboard point from level 1. Later ranks normally become available at levels 3, 5, 7 and 9.

Arrr, all ranksArrr, 5 sec

Basic trickApprehend

Can receive its first aboard point from level 1. Later ranks normally become available at levels 3, 5, 7 and 9.

Arrr, rank 1Arrr, 26 secArrr, rank 2Arrr, 23.5 secArrr, rank 3Arrr, 21 secArrr, rank 4Arrr, 18.5 secArrr, rank 5Arrr, 16 sec

UltimateNoxian Guillotine

First aboard rank becomes available at level 6; later ranks normally become available at levels 11 and 16.

Arrr, rank 1Arrr, 120 secArrr, rank 2Arrr, 100 secArrr, rank 3Arrr, 80 sec

Unfurl every levelHull and mana from level 1 to 18

Rank	Health, arr	Mana, arr	Trick milestone
1	652	263 Mana, arr	Pick th' first aboard basic trick
2	734	305 Mana, arr	Stow another basic trick or rank
3	820	349 Mana, arr	Stow another basic trick or rank
4	910	394 Mana, arr	Spend one trick point
5	1,004	442 Mana, arr	Spend one trick point
6	1,102	492 Mana, arr	First aboard ultimate rank normally available
7	1,204	544 Mana, arr	Spend one trick point
8	1,310	598 Mana, arr	Spend one trick point
9	1,420	654 Mana, arr	Spend one trick point
10	1,534	712 Mana, arr	Spend one trick point
11	1,652	772 Mana, arr	Arrr, second ultimate rank normally available
12	1,774	834 Mana, arr	Spend one trick point
13	1,900	898 Mana, arr	Spend one trick point
14	2,030	964 Mana, arr	Spend one trick point
15	2,164	1,032 Mana, arr	Spend one trick point
16	2,302	1,103 Mana, arr	Arrr, final ultimate rank normally available
17	2,444	1,175 Mana, arr	Spend one trick point
18	2,590	1,249 Mana, arr	Spend one trick point

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