Champion profile

Darius in draft

Played at Top in 88% 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)

10 %

picked or banned · 85th of 173 championshalf of the champions are under 8.6%

Picked 3% · 900 of 27,744 gamesBanned 7% · 1,489 of 22,759 drafts with bans

Win rate at Top

Everything below reads on 791 games at Top. · 1,064 drafts without entered bans excluded from the ban denominator (22,759 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.Banned, it makes room for

Garen

Sett

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

03 · With / againstBad against Ahri.Good againstno clear pairBad against

Ahri33%30 gamesBad duo with

Lee Sin31%32 games

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

2.5%39,696 picks out of 1,584,432banned in 8.8% of games · 22,952 of 259,636patches 16.21 → 16.19

Tournaments

tournament code games

1.4%485 picks out of 34,524banned in 6.4% of games · 862 of 13,367patches 16.21 → 16.19

Pro

all leagues · lolesports

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

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.

1,489 bans of 22,759 drafts with bans · the phase in strong ink grounds the reading line

Fearless

Fearless: taken at any point of the series.

G12.5%
G22.8%
G3+2.9%

Once burnt, the series moves to

Aatrox13

K'Sante11

Ambessa10

series, of 174 where it is played in G1 then replaced at the same role

Share of each series game where it is picked · replacements: series where it is played in G1 then replaced at the same role (174), published from 30 series

If it is banned, they pick

What is played more often at Top when Darius is banned than when it is free, on both sides.

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

Garen
2.9% → 7.3%
Sett
3.1% → 6.4%
Gangplank
1.9% → 3.2%

show 1 other champion

Trundle
1.2% → 2.3%

1,489 games where it is banned · 20,546 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 (13:00), 2nd at 21:06 (21:06), 3rd at 26:36 (27:00).

456 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
NautilusSUP	48	Leans against itbetween 31% and 54%
K'SanteTOP	44	Leans against itbetween 34% and 58%
WukongJGL	43	Leans against itbetween 28% and 52%
BraumSUP	41	Leans against itbetween 30% and 54%
YunaraADC	40	Evenbetween 37% and 63%
LucianADC	38	Evenbetween 40% and 65%
SyndraMID	35	Leans against itbetween 28% and 54%
AsheADC	35	Evenbetween 35% and 62%
LuluSUP	35	Evenbetween 38% and 65%
Lee SinJGL	34	Evenbetween 36% and 64%

show 114 other pairs

JhinADC	32	Leans against itbetween 33% and 61%
AhriMID	30	Unfavourablebetween 21% and 48%
MilioSUP	30	Leans its waybetween 45% and 73%
OrnnTOP	29	Too few for a rate (29 of 30)
Jarvan IVJGL	28	Too few for a rate (28 of 30)
JinxADC	28	Too few for a rate (28 of 30)
CaitlynADC	27	Too few for a rate (27 of 30)
ViktorMID	26	Too few for a rate (26 of 30)
XayahADC	26	Too few for a rate (26 of 30)
SionTOP	25	Too few for a rate (25 of 30)
SylasJGL	25	Too few for a rate (25 of 30)
ViJGL	25	Too few for a rate (25 of 30)
EzrealADC	25	Too few for a rate (25 of 30)
Kai'SaADC	25	Too few for a rate (25 of 30)
LeonaSUP	25	Too few for a rate (25 of 30)
ThreshSUP	24	Too few for a rate (24 of 30)
AmbessaTOP	23	Too few for a rate (23 of 30)
OriannaMID	22	Too few for a rate (22 of 30)
SylasMID	22	Too few for a rate (22 of 30)
TristanaADC	22	Too few for a rate (22 of 30)
RakanSUP	22	Too few for a rate (22 of 30)
ViegoJGL	21	Too few for a rate (21 of 30)
Xin ZhaoJGL	21	Too few for a rate (21 of 30)
LockeMID	21	Too few for a rate (21 of 30)
ZeriADC	21	Too few for a rate (21 of 30)
SeraphineSUP	21	Too few for a rate (21 of 30)
MalphiteTOP	20	Too few for a rate (20 of 30)
XerathMID	20	Too few for a rate (20 of 30)
BlitzcrankSUP	20	Too few for a rate (20 of 30)
MordekaiserTOP	19	Too few for a rate (19 of 30)
RenektonTOP	19	Too few for a rate (19 of 30)
NocturneJGL	19	Too few for a rate (19 of 30)
KarmaSUP	19	Too few for a rate (19 of 30)
NasusTOP	18	Too few for a rate (18 of 30)
Miss FortuneADC	17	Too few for a rate (17 of 30)
MelMID	16	Too few for a rate (16 of 30)
VexMID	16	Too few for a rate (16 of 30)
ApheliosADC	16	Too few for a rate (16 of 30)
AlistarSUP	16	Too few for a rate (16 of 30)
JaxTOP	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
SettTOP	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
LeBlancMID	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
SivirADC	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
PoppySUP	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
ShenTOP	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
Cho'GathJGL	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
SejuaniJGL	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
TaliyahMID	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
RellSUP	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
AatroxTOP	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
OlafTOP	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
AkaliMID	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
AuroraMID	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
HweiMID	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
VarusADC	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
NamiSUP	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
YuumiSUP	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
Dr. MundoTOP	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
YoneTOP	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
ZaahenTOP	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
GravesJGL	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
Kha'ZixJGL	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
GalioMID	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
LissandraMID	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
YasuoMID	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
BardSUP	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
GarenTOP	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
NaafiriJGL	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
PantheonJGL	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
YoneMID	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
Twisted FateMID	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
ZedMID	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
ZiggsADC	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
MorganaSUP	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
CamilleTOP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
MaokaiJGL	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
QiyanaJGL	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
CassiopeiaMID	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
GalioMID	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
NasusMID	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
KalistaADC	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
SamiraADC	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
SorakaSUP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
GragasTOP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
KennenTOP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
VolibearTOP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
YorickTOP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
EkkoJGL	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
EliseJGL	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
JayceJGL	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
ShyvanaJGL	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
TrundleJGL	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
ZedJGL	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
AniviaMID	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
RyzeMID	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
ZoeMID	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
YasuoADC	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
LuxSUP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
MaokaiSUP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
NeekoSUP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
Renata GlascSUP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
AkaliTOP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
GwenTOP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
PoppyTOP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
RumbleTOP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
AmumuJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
FizzJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
PoppyJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
Rek'SaiJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
TaliyahJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
LuxMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
TalonMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
SmolderADC	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
JannaSUP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)

Sorted by number of games · 124 pairs in this view.

Allies and opponents over 456 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.

Patch16.21 · 55 games
2 patches163 games
Window456 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).