Darius·Bot Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Darius Bot build, you should take Flash and Ghost as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Conqueror as your keystone, followed by Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand in the primary tree, as well as Axiom Arcanist and Celerity in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Stridebreaker as your first item, followed by Plated Steelcaps and Dead Man's Plate. For your last 3 items, you should build Sterak's Gage, Force of Nature and finish with Spear of Shojin. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 41.9% winrate over 425 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Darius Bot build would be to take Flash and Ghost as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Conqueror as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Axiom Arcanist with Celerity in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Trinity Force, which you should build first, followed by Plated Steelcaps as your second item and Dead Man's Plate as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Sterak's Gage, Force of Nature and Spirit Visage. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 42.7% win rate over 82 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ghost as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Press the Attack as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Haste and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Bone Plating with Unflinching in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Stridebreaker as your first item, then Boots of Swiftness as a second item and Dead Man's Plate as a third item. You want to finish the build with Force of Nature, Spear of Shojin and Youmuu's Ghostblade. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 52.0% win rate across 50 matches played.

Situational Darius Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Darius build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.