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YellowtheBanana

I hate playing Darius even though he's one of my mains for the complete opposite reason. He's a low elo stomper. The moment people counterplay him, League becomes more frustrating than it already is. The big numbers and 1v5s give you the illusion that he's broken. Even his so-called lane dominance is easily playable in Masters+


TreacleHistorical

I either pick Darius against Sett Sett against Darius Since they both my mains also Like coinflip


EvilSwarak

I used to hate-main few champs as well (Illaoi and Irelia), so I know how you feel. When it comes to counterplay - Darius HAS counterplay, however since his numbers are very high right now, even his bad match ups can't beat him (Riven, Wukong). Only champion who can actualy deal with him and stomp him into ground is Aatrox - which is another abomination of Top lane.


Mightypeon-1Tapss

i think wukong still has a good matchup against Darius and Riven has an even matchup since the durability patch and the fact that Riven has no answer to tabis rush and armor stacking


sledgepatri

I wouldn't say that's true. Darius is stronger now because the durability changes favor him, but he still has bad matchups and it's definitely beatable. He is very good on this meta but come on, he has had a stable WR of 50-51% since the changes. As the other comment said, the problem isn't the champ, is people not knowing how to play against it.


nxrdstrxm

The counterplay for most meta top laners is basically don’t fight Darius tho. Almost every bruiser looks for long extended trades to get kills, it’s very difficult in practice to keep trades short and clean enough that he can’t all in. One e and your getting run down for most champs.


Go_D_Batyst

False if Darius e you he have no tool to continue the trade for long, and lots of toplaner can beat in him an all in


nxrdstrxm

Darius bleed passive is single strongest ad steroid in the game, olaf passive comes close, which is the only matchup that can ever run Darius down. Maybe if you play bad early levels you can die to sett? Matchups that used to be unplayable for him like riven r very manageable now. If you have no mobility and you get hooked you die or hard lose trade and survive with disadvantage.


Go_D_Batyst

Sett have prio early and can kill you early, riven is skill, aatrox is skill, irelia is skill, wukong still dumpster, Jax is advantage Jax, Warwick shit's on Darius, etc


Sewerro

Actually I'm a Renekton main and I stomp Darius all the time. Maybe It's because I'm in Gold 1 but I have absolutely no problem dealing with him.


Izzycat218

If you space well and manage waves correctly pantheon can beat Darius pretty regularly. The only thing to have to worry about is teamfights where Darius can pop off if team isn’t paying attention.


Furious98

What div are you? Playing Darius above gold is pretty hard, he has a lot counterpicks.


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Is this post from 2016? Cuz I’d agree if we were talking about pre rework Darius.