Darius·Support Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Darius Support build, you should take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Stormraider's Surge as your keystone, followed by Nimbus Cloak, Celerity and Gathering Storm in the primary tree, as well as Legend: Alacrity and Triumph 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 Youmuu's Ghostblade. For your last 3 items, you should build Dead Man's Plate, Force of Nature and finish with Randuin's Omen. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 43.4% winrate over 76 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Darius Support build would be to take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Stormraider's Surge as your keystone, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity and Gathering Storm in the primary tree, and Legend: Alacrity with Triumph 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 Youmuu's Ghostblade as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Dead Man's Plate, Force of Nature and Spear of Shojin. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 43.5% win rate over 62 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Hail of Blades as your keystone, Cheap Shot, Grisly Mementos and Treasure Hunter in the primary tree, and Nimbus Cloak with Celerity in the secondary tree, as well as Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Bloodsong as your first item, then Boots of Swiftness as a second item and Youmuu's Ghostblade as a third item. You want to finish the build with Dead Man's Plate, Force of Nature and Infinity Edge. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 44.4% win rate across 54 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.