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 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 Sterak's Gage. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 39.3% winrate over 122 matches played.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ghost as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Hail of Blades as your keystone, Cheap Shot, Grisly Mementos and Relentless Hunter in the primary tree, and Celerity with Nimbus Cloak 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 Celestial Opposition 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, Sterak's Gage 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 44.4% win rate across 108 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, Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Haste and Last Stand as your primary rune tree, and Bone Plating with Unflinching as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Celestial Opposition 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, Force of Nature and Sterak's Gage. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 39.3% win rate over 61 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.