# Darius Build, Runes and Counters · 26.22

> Best build for Darius: rune page, item set, summoner spells, skill order and counter picks — 26.22 patch, ranked match data.

Source: https://gamerone.org/en/champion/darius · Patch: 26.22 · Top lane

## Darius — the Hand of Noxus

- Tier: S+ (#2 of 132 in Top lane)
- Win rate: 50.9%
- Pick: 6.9%
- Ban: 12.2%
- Games: 28,285

## Runes

- **Precision**: Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand
- **Sorcery**: Axiom Arcanist, Celerity
- Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, Health scaling with level

## Summoner spells

Flash, Ghost

## Items

- Starting items: Doran's Blade, Health Potion
- **Bruiser** (Win rate: 53.3% · Games: 5,475): Stridebreaker → Dead Man's Plate → Death's Dance → (Death's Dance / Force of Nature) → (Sterak's Gage / Randuin's Omen / Death's Dance)
- **Lethality** (Win rate: 53.0% · Games: 4,683): Youmuu's Ghostblade → Dead Man's Plate → Death's Dance → (Death's Dance / Force of Nature) → (Sterak's Gage / Randuin's Omen / Death's Dance)
- **Tank** (Win rate: 54.8% · Games: 1,567): Youmuu's Ghostblade → Dead Man's Plate → Force of Nature → (Death's Dance / Force of Nature) → (Sterak's Gage / Randuin's Omen / Death's Dance)
- Boots: Plated Steelcaps

## Skill order

Q > E > W

## Struggles against

- LeBlanc: -22.7 pp win rate difference (22 games)
- Kassadin: -16.7 pp win rate difference (15 games)
- Nidalee: -16.7 pp win rate difference (12 games)
- Ivern: -16.7 pp win rate difference (12 games)
- Nocturne: -11.1 pp win rate difference (18 games)

## Strong against

- Shyvana: +23.3 pp win rate difference (30 games)
- Kayn: +20.8 pp win rate difference (24 games)
- Karthus: +19.2 pp win rate difference (13 games)
- Ashe: +18.8 pp win rate difference (16 games)
- Lee Sin: +15.0 pp win rate difference (20 games)

The data is calculated per patch from ranked matches in the selected tier and region.

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