B tier

Darius Items · Jungle

26.22 (latest)Emerald+ Fighter · Tank · #15/66

The core Darius build is Youmuu's Ghostblade, Dead Man's Plate and Death's Dance. Sterak's Gage is the most common fourth item.

Win Rate+1.5 pts vs average (50.3 %)
51.8 %
Pick Rate
1.2 %
Ban Rate
16.3 %
Games
21K
KDA
2.48

Win Rate: +1.5 pts vs average (50.3 %)

Core build

Item 1 Youmuu's Ghostblade 52.1 % WR 18,389 games
Item 2 Dead Man's Plate 53.9 % WR (+2.1) 14,793 games
Item 3 Death's Dance 56.2 % WR (+4.4) 8,523 games
4th item
Sterak's Gage 61.9 % (+10.1) 1,966 games
Force of Nature 57.8 % (+6.0) 1,430 games
Randuin's Omen 57.2 % (+5.4) 737 games
5th item
Sterak's Gage 62.8 % (+11.0) 651 games
Randuin's Omen 53.6 % 390 games
Force of Nature 62.9 % 275 games
6th item
Guardian Angel too few games 56 games
Stridebreaker too few games 33 games
Jak'Sho, The Protean too few games 20 games

Win rate per item counts every game it was bought in. Items bought late (4th to 6th) read higher partly because players who got that far were often ahead already, not only because of the item.

Item combinations by build stage

Share of games that built exactly these items first, win rate from 100 games.

ItemsPick RateWin RateGames
Youmuu's Ghostblade + Dead Man's Plate63.8 %53.3 % (+1.5)11,803
Youmuu's Ghostblade + Force of Nature12.6 %51.4 %2,337
Youmuu's Ghostblade + Death's Dance5.6 %50.5 % (−1.3)1,035
Dead Man's Plate + Stridebreaker1.9 %53.3 %355
Sterak's Gage + Youmuu's Ghostblade1.9 %53.6 %352
Trinity Force + Youmuu's Ghostblade1.8 %54.0 %328
Youmuu's Ghostblade + Spear of Shojin1.7 %56.3 %314
Youmuu's Ghostblade + Stridebreaker1.5 %50.3 %281

Starting item & boots

ItemsPick RateWin RateGames
Gustwalker HatchlingStart89.9 %52.1 %17,985
Scorchclaw PupStart7.5 %49.7 % (−2.1)1,509
Mosstomper SeedlingStart2.5 %51.8 %500
Boots of SwiftnessBoots61.6 %52.4 %12,310
Plated SteelcapsBoots18.0 %52.0 %3,607
Mercury's TreadsBoots17.6 %50.9 %3,515

Starting items and boots: shares of the 20,000 newest games with an item timeline.

Early order

ItemsPick RateWin RateGames
Gustwalker Hatchling › Serrated Dirk › Rectrix › Long Sword8.8 %54.5 % (+2.7)1,765
Gustwalker Hatchling › Long Sword › Serrated Dirk › Rectrix8.7 %44.8 % (−7.0)1,748
Gustwalker Hatchling › Serrated Dirk › Long Sword › Rectrix8.4 %48.4 % (−3.4)1,679
from the 20,000 latest games with an item timeline

Summoner spells

Summoner spellsPick RateWin RateGames
Flash + Smite87.1 %52.0 %18,591
Ghost + Smite12.8 %50.8 % (−1.0)2,741
Exhaust + Smite0.0 %52.0 %5
Ignite + Smite0.0 %33.3 %4

Skill order

Skill orderPick RateWin RateGames
Q › E › W90.8 %52.5 %19,268
Q › W › E8.7 %45.3 % (−6.5)1,840
W › Q › E0.4 %34.9 %81

Build variants

BuildPick RateWin RateGames
Youmuu's Ghostblade › Dead Man's Plate59.0 %53.3 % (+1.5)11,803
Youmuu's Ghostblade › Force of Nature11.7 %51.4 %2,337
Youmuu's Ghostblade › Death's Dance5.2 %50.5 % (−1.3)1,035

Win rates are colored only when they are at least 1 point above or below Darius's average (51.8 %) and based on 500 or more games.

From ranked games ggez.gg collected through the Riot API.