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 53.8% winrate over 494 matches played.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Ghost and Smite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Conqueror as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Celerity with Nimbus Cloak 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 Youmuu's Ghostblade as your first item, then Boots of Swiftness as a second item and Trinity Force as a third item. You want to finish the build with Sundered Sky, Sterak's Gage and Overlord's Bloodmail. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 50.0% win rate across 116 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, Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity and Waterwalking as your primary rune tree, and Magical Footwear with Cosmic Insight as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Stridebreaker as your first item, then finish Boots of Swiftness as your second item, and Sterak's Gage as third item. The last 3 options are Dead Man's Plate, Force of Nature and Black Cleaver. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 61.2% win rate over 103 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.