Darius·Jungle Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Darius Jungle build, you should take Ghost and Smite 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 Celerity and Nimbus Cloak 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 Boots of Swiftness and Dead Man's Plate. For your last 3 items, you should build Sterak's Gage, Force of Nature and finish with Death's Dance. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 52.1% winrate over 399 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Darius Jungle build would be to take Ghost and Smite 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 Celerity with Nimbus Cloak 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 Boots of Swiftness as your second item and Sterak's Gage as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Dead Man's Plate, Force of Nature and Thornmail. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 52.3% win rate over 172 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Phase Rush as your keystone, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity and Waterwalking in the primary tree, and Magical Footwear with Cosmic Insight 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 Sterak's Gage, Force of Nature and Randuin's Omen. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 62.4% win rate across 93 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Darius Jungle build in the current patch, try Ghost and Smite as your Summoner Spells, Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand as your primary rune tree, and Cosmic Insight with Cash Back as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Trinity Force as your first item, then finish Mercury's Treads as your second item, and Stridebreaker as third item. The last 3 options are Thornmail, Kaenic Rookern and Dead Man's Plate. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 47.1% win rate over 51 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.