Darius·Top Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Darius Top 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 Stridebreaker as your first item, followed by Plated Steelcaps and Sterak's Gage. For your last 3 items, you should build Dead Man's Plate, 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 53.4% winrate over 815 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Darius Top 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 Trinity Force, which you should build first, followed by Plated Steelcaps 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 Death's Dance. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 52.7% win rate over 332 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 Spear of Shojin as your first item, then Plated Steelcaps as a second item and Sterak's Gage as a third item. You want to finish the build with Dead Man's Plate, Death's Dance 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 43.5% win rate across 154 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.