Darius Wild Rift Guide, Build and Strategy

Darius is a melee fighter champion who sticks into targets, drops their health pools with bleeds and finally executes them for a kill. He is a bully in the laning stages of the game, harassing enemies to add Hemorrhage stacks whenever possible. He also excels at isolating and taking down squishy targets alone.

How to Play Darius

• Darius can harass enemies in his lane
• Decimate is a good sustain for Darius as it heals him for each enemy champions that are hit with the skill
• Use Apprehend to chase down enemies who are trying to escape
• You can also use apprehend to pull enemies through walls
• Try to mark enemies with more Hemorrhage stack as possible to deal more damage with your Noxian Guillotine
• Make sure that Noxian Guillotine will take down enemy champions so it will reset its cooldown
• Take advantage of Darius’ strong early game
• Darius can easily take down squishy heroes who has poor mobility
• Darius on the other hand has poor mobility and not that tanky too so make sure to think twice before entering a battle
• Skill Combo: 3rd Skill > 2nd Skill > 1st Skill > 4th Skill

Skills

Passive / Hemorrhage: Attacks cause enemies to bleed, dealing physical damage over 5 seconds. Can stack up to 5 times. Upon reaching full stacks, Darius gains Noxian Might for 5 seconds, gaining attack damage and applying full stacks of Hemorrhage instead of 1.

Skill 1 / Decimate: Swings his axe and after a delay, deals physical damage. Hitting enemies with the blade of the axe deals physical damage, heals himself for 15% of his missing health for each champion hit (max 45%) and applies Hemorrhage.

Skill 2 / Crippling Strike: Empowers his next attack for 8 seconds to deal an additional physical damage and slows by 90% for 1 second.

Skill 3 / Apprehend: Passive: Gains 15% Armor Penetration. Active: Pull in enemies in front of him, slowing them by 40% for 1.5 second.

Skill 4 / Noxian Guillotine: Leaps to execute a champion. Deals true damage, increased by 20% per Hemorrhage stack and applies Hemorrhage. Killing the target with Noxian Guillotin refreshes its cooldown, grants Noxian Might for 5 seconds and causes nearby minions and monsters to flee for 1.5 seconds.

Item Build

Trinity Force, Sterak’s Gage, Mercury’s Glory. Maw of Malmortius, Spirit Visage, Guardian Angel

Runes

• Conqueror – Gain stacks of Adaptive Force when hitting a champion with separate attacks or abilities. When fully stacked, deal bonus adaptive damage to champions. Stacks up to 5 times.
• Triumph – Champion takedowns restore 10% of missing health. Deal 3% more damage to enemies below 35% health.
• Hunter Titan – Gain 20 max health. Unique champion takedowns grant 20 max health and 4% tenacity.
• Sweet Tooth – Increases Honeyfruit healing by 25%. Each fruit also provides 20 gold.

Spells

• Ignite
• Flash

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