Darius·Support Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Darius Support 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 Bloodsong as your first item, followed by Boots of Swiftness and Stridebreaker. For your last 3 items, you should build Dead Man's Plate, Sterak's Gage and finish with Black Cleaver. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 41.9% winrate over 923 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Darius Support 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 Celestial Opposition, which you should build first, followed by Boots of Swiftness as your second item and Stridebreaker as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Dead Man's Plate, Sterak's Gage and Force of Nature. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 40.8% win rate over 522 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ghost as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Conqueror as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Axiom Arcanist with Celerity 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 Solstice Sleigh as your first item, then Boots of Swiftness as a second item and Stridebreaker as a third item. You want to finish the build with Dead Man's Plate, 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 39.1% win rate across 437 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Darius Support build in the current patch, try Flash and Ghost as your Summoner Spells, Hail of Blades, Cheap Shot, Sixth Sense and Ultimate Hunter as your primary rune tree, and Hextech Flashtraption with Approach Velocity as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Bloodsong as your first item, then finish Boots of Swiftness as your second item, and Stridebreaker as third item. The last 3 options are Dead Man's Plate, Phantom Dancer and Hullbreaker. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 44.8% win rate over 194 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.