How to Beat Darius Toplane Guide + Advanced Darius Laning Guide (2 in 1)

Timestamps:

00:00 - Introduction + Video Structure
02:10 - Tips AGAINST Darius
02:11 - Survive Lane And Scale Better (Teamfight Champs, Divine Champs, Hyperscalers)
04:07 - Camp Him With Jungle
04:58 - Quick Trades Are Better than All Ins
06:11 - Use Your Range + Tips for Ranged Toplaners
07:14 - Mobility Is Great
08:04 - Make Sure To Outplay His Q
09:08 - How to Dodge His Hook
09:47 - CC is Huge
11:24 - Ignite Counters Darius
12:44 - Tips FOR Darius Players
12:55 - Wave Control Importance
15:07 - Macro & Jungler Tracking
16:55 - Dealing With Poke
18:28 - Important Cooldowns
21:00 - Dealing with Ignite
22:40 - Teamfights for and against Darius

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Intro Song:
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[Adrian-ueic]

I'm from Brazil and I watch your videos to learn Darius. Here people don't teach in as much detail as you do. I feel like I'm evolving after I started watching you. Thanks!

[simplyded]

Darius players laning against thier worst nightmares, another Darius main

[waardal]

God damn, You are the first known to me OTP that actually gives ppl tutorial how to beat champion you one trick, man great video!

[Zakru]

Haha, I had wondered about a video like this some time ago. Fun to see the turns tabled.

[DarknessOzLa]

I always get an extra data with these videos even being chall xd, it is appreciated

[TheGreatwhitellama]

The most frustrating thing about playing against Darius, is that he's such a bully to most melee top laners that you are forced to sit back and I disagree with your point that it's okay to sit back in top lane, because if you do that as a top laner you may as well roll dice on whether your team wins that game or not because you're not influencing it at all. For Kayle specifically, sure it could be okay because of insane exp scaling, but for the rest - good luck.

Most of the meta picks go pretty good into Darius (Renekton, Riven, Kennen, Jayce, Jax etc). But if you're a non-meta player like me, this sucks ass. Because no one destroys a weaker laner harder than a Darius. He limits the champion pool by a lot. There's a reason he's so widely banned, even in Plat he's a regular ban.

He has counter play, but a competent Darius player can easily overcome the things you talk about. Darius can apprehend straight into Q, almost guaranteeing the heal. If you're trying to stay on top of him to avoid apprehend and Q, his W slow is hard enough that he can get an easy apprehend into Q and your back to square one. If you use your CC to try and end trades early, like you mentioned Orn, he has to dash into Darius to get his main CC off, leaving him vulnerable to apprehend reengage. His brittle strikes don't knock back enough to avoid an apprehend reengage either. Orn doesn't win because of his CC, he wins because of his poke with Q. Most champions with hard CC top lane that can also get out of range of Darius like you described are funnily enough the exact list of meta picks in top lane.

This isn't a guide to how to beat Darius with any champion, this is how to beat him with specific champions. He's not stated as OP and needing a nerf because he has a high or low winrate; it's because he chokes out the champion pool and forces you to play specific champions or flip a coin.

[axelrein]

1. Ignite
2.Jgl ganks
3. Divine sunderer
4. Short Trades
5. Dodge Q
6. CC

[bradleyamos]

standing around and farming is the easiest way to lose in low elo. 0 impact early and your botlane is 3/17 and playing solo my jungler doesnt listen to shit. also if you blind pick a champ like garen none of this is helpful

[roundhousetodaface]

Learning how to win as darius gave me just as much info on how to beat him tbh

[AkinBelieve]

Started playing Sett and now you're making a video on how to beat him. Damn...

[nu_kercat]

what am i supposed to do against darius if i cant get close to farm without losing 3/4 of my hp just from level 1?

[theafterburner]

"I got a better one for you. I'll ban him instead HAHA". Average Vayne Top player

[pynkman]

Idk but sometimes all Darius needs are Auto Attacks and Lethal Tempo. Not saying hes broken but its really frustrating when you dodge ALL his abilities and he still Autos you to death.

[theancientone]

what if you are playing a champion without range mobility or cc. Like Gwen. It seems impossible to do anything.

[awdsgrgde]

At least Darius has a weapon in contrary to a lot of toplaners. Sett has to fight barehanded, Jax doesn't have a real weapon unless he uses the gladiator skin and Camille can only kick you over and over doing her best not to trip on the ground(how is she even walking with these blades :O).

[edgarjauregui]

I became a better top laner as soon as I learned how to destroy Darius mains

[OrlandoDelgadilloLuna]

Renek's E is perfect for short trades against Darius. I usually preactivate W, then go E (always through minions), Stun, Q, E Back. Darius won't have time to apply a single stack on you.

[IYPITWL]

As a Teemo player I auto-cancel to bait out his E. Matchup was unplayable, several really, when bruisers had a dash item.

[NoidedStarChild]

OH MY GOD a daris main channel holy hell, ill bite

[mhz]

No cap but the cap with rhoku sensai is really cool