Champion profile

Darius in draft

Played at Top in 84% of its games. A role under 30 games still opens, with counts only.

Ban, presence, fearless and patch by patch: Darius, all builds combined. In a comp, with / against and build: the chosen build.

Presence (pick + ban)

11 %

picked or banned · 69th of 173 championshalf of the champions are under 9.3%

Picked 4% · 115 of 2,710 gamesBanned 7% · 142 of 2,009 drafts with bans

Win rate at Top

Everything below reads on 97 games at Top. · 149 drafts without entered bans excluded from the ban denominator (2,009 games with bans) · Index built on Oct 27, 2026, 1:37 AM

In short

Four answers. Each card opens its chapter.

01 · In draftOpening ban: removed in phase 1.What the scene picks when it is banned: not measurable yet.

02 · In a compWhat sets it apart from other top lanersDuelistNo pokeNo split-push

03 · With / againstNo pair reaches 30 games: counts only, no win rate.

04 · Build2 paths: Stridebreaker or Trinity Force.

Conqueror

Ban it or pick it?

Its place in the scene's drafts, and what happens when it is not there.

Read on Darius, all builds combined.

Where it is played

Share of Top picks taken by Darius, and its ban share, in each source

SoloQ

Master+ · ranked games of tracked players

2.9%12,043 picks out of 415,598banned in 9.4% of games · 7,028 of 74,465patches 16.21 → 16.19filtered by region

Tournaments

tournament code games

1.8%65 picks out of 3,686banned in 7.8% of games · 104 of 1,329patches 16.21 → 16.19filtered by region

Pro

all leagues · lolesports

0.0%1 picks out of 2,194lolesports does not provide banspatches 16.20 → 16.17region filter not applicable

Frequency only: share of the role's picks in each source, over ITS last 3 patches with games — the page's period does not apply · under 30 games in the role, not measured · the three sources are never added up · ban share over games whose bans are read only (soloQ: games collected since 10/17)

Presence by patch

Between 9% and 11% since 16.12 · 9.7% on 16.21 · 9.3% on 16.20

show the detail of the 10 patches

Patch	Presence	Games	Majority keystone
16.21	9.7%	2,671	Conqueror70% · 67
16.20	9.3%	7,858	Conqueror74% · 144
16.19	10.0%	6,733	Conqueror81% · 156
16.18	9.7%	5,762	Conqueror73% · 124
16.17	10.4%	5,728	Conqueror74% · 122
16.16	9.7%	5,992	Conqueror81% · 128
16.15	10.3%	5,530	Conqueror81% · 133
16.14	10.4%	5,702	Conqueror81% · 136
16.13	9.0%	7,391	Conqueror79% · 172
16.12	10.8%	5,118	Conqueror83% · 127

Presence = picks + bans over the patch's games, all regions · the axis follows the calendar: a patch without games leaves a void · hollow point under 30 games, nothing compared

When it gets banned

Opening ban: removed in phase 1.

142 bans of 2,009 drafts with bans · the phase in strong ink grounds the reading line

Fearless

Fearless: taken at any point of the series.

G12.9%
G23.3%
G3+3.1%

Once burnt, the series moves to

Below the floor: no measure published. · published from 30 series

Share of each series game where it is picked · replacements: series where it is played in G1 then replaced at the same role (22), published from 30 series

If it is banned, they pick

Read at Top, its main role: a ban has no role, it takes this one away first.

No champion comes out more often at Top when Darius is banned: both teams keep their usual picks.

142 games where it is banned · 1,780 where it is free and not picked · share of the role's picks: ○ free → ● banned · what the ban brings out, never why

When it is picked, the scene protects itself from

No feared counter: comps with Darius ban nothing in phase 2 more than usual.

× = phase 2 bans in its comps relative to other comps, kept from ×1.25 · 44,638 tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12, the draft review window

What does it bring to a comp?

What its kit brings to its team, phase by phase, then in fights.

Read on Darius, juggernaut build.

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

Phase by phase

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

Damage / mintick = the top laners

Lane · 5–14 min

Mid game · 15–22

Late · 23–30

Gold vs. direct opponent

Lane · 5–14 min

Mid game · 15–22

Late · 23–30

Not measured after 20 min: gold then follows the game's result.

Map pressuretakedowns outside its lane

Lane · 5–14 min

Not applicable to this position.

After 15 min

Measured before 15 min only.

Damage to champions per minute, at equal gold · gold against the direct opponent on a fixed ± 1,000 scale · map pressure before 15 min

In fights

ittop laners
Damage absorbed per minute.
Share of its takedowns taken with several allies.
Share of its takedowns taken in a duel.
Damage from its four allies per kill when it takes part: a high rank means it lets its allies carry the damage, a low rank that it carries it itself.
Riot CC score per minute.
Share of its team's damage.

Bar centred on top laners: to the right, more than them; to the left, less · fixed order, never sorted by value

What it is, what it is not

What marks itDuelist

What it is notNo pokeNo split-push

Labels set by the server: the fact's criterion when it has one, otherwise the role rank (from 75 or at 25 and below)

Its tempo

level 6 at 5:18 (5:18), 1st item at 13:36 (12:54), 2nd at 21:48 (21:12), 3rd at 27:30 (27:24).

47 games · median minute of each milestone, top laners in brackets

With whom, against whom?

The win rate is a range: only a range entirely on one side of 50% says something.

Read on Darius, juggernaut build.

Allies and opponents

Its opponents, most frequent first.

Facing	Games	Reading
OriannaMID	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
BraumSUP	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
WukongJGL	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
JinxADC	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
SivirADC	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
LuluSUP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
OrnnTOP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
LucianADC	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
NamiSUP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
NautilusSUP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)

Sorted by number of games · 10 pairs in this view.

Allies and opponents over 47 games, listed from 5 games per pair; under 30 games, only W/L counts are written.

How is it built?

Keystone, spells, first skill maxed and item paths, on the fallback level that has enough games.

Read on Darius, juggernaut build.

The usual build

Read on patch 16.21, all regions. Patch + region does not reach 30 games (3).

Patch + region16.21 · 3 games, below the floor of 30
Patch16.21 · 55 games
2 patches163 games
Window47 games

Keystone + secondary tree

Conqueror+

Sorcery

89% · 49 games

Summoner spells

Flash + Ghost

93% · 51 games

First maxed skill

100% · 55 games

show 4 other choices of runes, spells or skill maxed

Other runes

orStormraider's Surge+Precision11% · 6 games
orConqueror+Resolve27% · 15 games

Other spells

orFlash + Ignite6% · 3 games
orExhaust + Flash2% · 1 game

55 games at the level read · a level is read from 30 games

Item paths

2 item paths, from the most played 1st item to the least.

Stridebreaker53% · 13:42
Dead Man's Plate39% · 22:06
Trinity Force24% · 14:00
Spear of Shojin31% · 18:24

Each % reads along the path: at the 1st item, over the games that completed a 1st item; then, over those that made the previous steps AND completed one more item. A path stops under 10 games · median minute the item is completed, from 3 games.

show how we count

Draft, with / against and build: the filters at the top of the page (window, regions, level). What follows the meta moves fast.
In a comp and “the scene protects itself from”: 180 days of tournaments (from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12), the draft review window. A champion's kit changes little, it needs volume.
All games come from Master+ amateur tournaments. No soloQ.
A win rate is written from 30 games, always with its range. Under that threshold, wins and losses are written.
What the data does not say: the pick order (missing from the Riot API), engage (no reliable measure).