Don't Feed Darius - Champion Spotlight Alternative

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I didn't enjoy Darius too much. He's incredibly easy to pick up kills with (and kill steal with), and he's very strong against many opponents in lane. Unfortunately he's also a very one dimensional champion with a low skill cap. He's also not too pleasant to have on your team, particularly if it starts costing your ranged carries a significant amount of gold.

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I played Darius primarily in the jungle, though I also played several games top lane. I originally tried a variety of builds that had a lot of damage in them, but ultimately found I was most successful just building tanky to stay in fights longer.

Here's what I wound up running for most jungle games:

Runes: Red Attack Damage, Yellow Armor, Blue Magic Resist, Quints Attack Damage.

Masteries: 9/21/0 or 21/9/0, both worked fine with little difference (though a little tankiness early in the 21/9/0 build is a must).

Summoner spells: Smite and Ghost/Flash. I primarily used Ghost, but Flash is great for team initiation with your Apprehend (flash + pull). If not jungling, Ghost/Ignite would both be fine.

Skills: R, then Q. I'd usually get one point in E and max W next, but against really high armor teams (malphite, etc.) I'd max E before W for the armor pen.

Items: Wriggles then Merc Treads or Ninja Tabi, followed by an early Phage. I usually went Frozen Mallet just for assured slow. Beyond these items, I would hybrid between defensive items (Force of Nature, Frozen Heart depending on matchup) and offensive items (early Brutalizer, zeal/phantom if movement speed was a real problem; if I did really well, Bloodthirster). Maw of Malmortius is *very* easy to justify.

Aura/activate items are good bets if you're picking up a lot of kills. Randuin's and Aegis were both exceptional.

As an odd note, with Last Whisper, maxed E (25% armor pen) and the bonus from masteries, my Armor Penetration came out to just about 60%. That's pretty serious Armor Penetration, though I wouldn't say it's a route you should often take unless they are going crazy with armor stacking.



SERIES UPDATE
With Don't Feed Darius done, the next major video in this series should be Don't Feed Draven, who will be releasing in a few days. No guarantees, but I anticipate his video will be done fairly quickly after release.

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Don't Feed is a video series that covers champions in greater detail than the Champion Spotlight. This series is descriptive, not prescriptive, meaning that I aim to provide you with solid information without telling you which items, runes, or masteries are best (as these frequently change). With this information, you can better play against these champions, and you may be interested in learning to play them. Even after more than a thousand games, I am still learning new things about these champions by making these videos, and I'm sure the vast majority of LoL players can learn a lot from these.

My goal is to provide these videos for all champions in League of Legends.

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[Gogito4]

Melle ADCs are Yi, Fi, Tryn and arguably GP.

[Gogito4]

Why? He's a textbook bruiser... he is NOTHING like an ADC.

[Cameron Morais]

It's pronounced "GOlem", not "gawlem".

[DuhBossMeme]

But still darius is not an ADC. Someone like Tryndamere is

[JeReeMyKinDom]

Poppy is an apc :)

[LagOknenonok]

Darius isn't an ADC. Yi, Tryndamere, ect. are ad carries, because their damage is in their basic attacks. Darius has his damage in his abilities.

[LagOknenonok]

MUSIC PLEASE!!!!!

[Gogito4]

Poppy? The texbook bruiser? Even if she wasn't an overgrown minion, she's a caster, not a carry.

[Jordan Nye]

You forgot poppy. 

[Domda797]

Dont feed Darius ---> YOU DONT SAY O.o

[Jlaxplyr]

i think weve learned by now is that any champion fed...your fucked