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Darius

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · KR

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

Tournament presence · pick + ban

9.6%#86 of 173 champions

Pick: 3.1%picked in 561 of 18,065 games
Ban: 6.5%1,106 bans over 17,118 games, against 4.2% in soloQ

Win rate as Top49.1% between 45.4% and 52.8% over 497 gamesSoloQ 51.4%: no clear gap

Median length29.2 minsoloQ 26.3 min

Amateur: 18,068 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR. SoloQ Master+: 304,693 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 87% 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
1.8%
1.4% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 1.8% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
6.4%
SoloQ
4.2%
6.4% ban rate in amateur play over 10,152 games, against 4.2% in soloQ over 112,312 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.2 min
SoloQ
26.3 min
Median of 29.2 min in amateur play, against 26.3 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

RunesConqueror75% · 9,343

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Ghost78% · 9,700

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 38 games

Core (3 legendaries)12% · 529

12%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 87% of top laners.

Takes its kills in duelstop13%33% · 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
Plays teamfights
Crowd control (CC)
Team damage

What it is not

No poke
No split-push

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 7 in lane, 8 in mid game and 5 in late game, out of 100 top laners.

523-76 vs 599

771-97 vs 868

899-180 vs 1,079

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

Dariustop laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 88% 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 7 of 100 among top laners523 · median 599
Damage in mid game · rank 8 of 100 among top laners771 · median 868
Damage in late game · rank 5 of 100 among top laners899 · median 1,079
Gold at 15 min · rank 90 of 100 among top laners+521 · median +119
Gold at 20 min · rank 88 of 100 among top laners+759 · median +100
Absorbs damage · rank 54 of 100 among top laners983 · median 970
Plays teamfights · rank 30 of 100 among top laners51% · median 53%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 87 of 100 among top laners33% · median 28%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 21 of 100 among top lanersrank 21 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 47 of 100 among top laners0.7 · median 0.8
Team damage · rank 54 of 100 among top laners21% · 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.