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Darius

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · All regions

Bans, presence and fearless: Darius across all builds. Build, best results and matchups: the selected build.

Tournament presence · pick + ban

9.8%#84 of 173 champions

Pick: 3.3%picked in 931 of 28,365 games
Ban: 6.5%1,491 bans over 23,108 games, against 9.0% in soloQ

Win rate as Top49.4% between 46.5% and 52.3% over 814 gamesSoloQ 50.3%: no clear gap

Median length29.2 minsoloQ 27.6 min

Amateur: 28,642 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR 65% · EUW 24% · NA 10%. SoloQ Master+: 897,301 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.DraftLength
How to play itConqueror, then Youmuu's Ghostblade, Dead Man's Plate, and Death's Dance: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compTakes its kills in duels first: more duels than 94% of top laners.Duelist
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftTaken at any point of the series.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.

DraftPicked less often in amateur play
Amateur
1.4%
SoloQ
2.6%
1.4% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 2.6% in soloQ.
DraftBanned less often in amateur play
Amateur
6.5%
SoloQ
9.0%
6.5% ban rate in amateur play over 14,779 games, against 9.0% in soloQ over 364,710 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.2 min
SoloQ
27.6 min
Median of 29.2 min in amateur play, against 27.6 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Conqueror, then Youmuu's Ghostblade, Dead Man's Plate, and Death's Dance: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesConqueror53% · 27,306

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Ghost58% · 29,893

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 69 games

Core (3 legendaries)17% · 3,577

17%of soloQ games

Youmuu's Ghostblade
Dead Man's Plate
Death's Dance

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Takes its kills in duels first: more duels than 94% of top laners.

Takes its kills in duelstop7%36% · top laners: 28%

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other top laners

What marks it

Duelist

Like other top laners

Absorbs damage
Crowd control (CC)
Team damage

What it is not

Few teamfights
Carries its own kills
No poke
No split-push

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 11 in lane, 5 in mid game and 17 in late game, out of 100 top laners.

530-69 vs 599

765-103 vs 868

970-109 vs 1,079

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Dariustop laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 82% of top laners against the direct opponent.

top laners

Where it stands among top laners · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 11 of 100 among top laners530 · median 599
Damage in mid game · rank 5 of 100 among top laners765 · median 868
Damage in late game · rank 17 of 100 among top laners970 · median 1,079
Gold at 15 min · rank 84 of 100 among top laners+404 · median +119
Gold at 20 min · rank 82 of 100 among top laners+512 · median +100
Absorbs damage · rank 39 of 100 among top laners813 · median 970
Plays teamfights · rank 7 of 100 among top laners46% · median 53%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 94 of 100 among top laners36% · median 28%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 3 of 100 among top lanersrank 3 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 38 of 100 among top laners0.6 · median 0.8
Team damage · rank 33 of 100 among top laners19% · median 20%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.