Darius Wild Rift Build & Guide

Innate: Hemorrhage 

Darius’s auto-attacks apply Hemorrhage which makes enemies bleed dealing physical DPS. Hemorrhage can stack up to five times and once an enemy has max stacks, Darius gains Noxian Might. 

Noxian Might grants Darius bonus AD and makes his attacks and abilities immediately apply the full stacks of Hemorrhage. Each time Darius reapplies Hemorrhage, Noxian Might’s duration is reset.

You have to play bully during the laning phase with Darius because as the fight drags longer, you’ll deal more damage. Do not chicken out or think twice in the middle of the fight because you’ll lose out on the passive’s benefits which shine the more a fight goes on.

Q | 1st: Decimate

Decimate makes Darius deal physical damage to a circular area around him. Those hit at the edges receives more damage, heals Darius, and applies Hemorrhage. If Darius has Noxian Might active, he applies the full stack of Hemorrhage to enemies hit by the edge.

There is a cast delay to this ability which makes it a bit hard to hit and the delay also gives the enemy time to react to it and avoid it using their mobility abilities. To counteract this, use Decimate after slowing the enemy through 2nd, Crippling Strike or 3rd, Apprehend. 

A good Baron laner or once the enemy dies to you once or twice, they’ll play extra careful around you. When this happens, you can use Decimate to deny your enemy’s last hits. Do this especially when they’re going for the cannon minion.

Decimate + Flash is a good way to quickly damage multiple enemies and apply Noxian Might to them. Use Flash at the very last millisecond before Darius swings his axe because the better you time it, the less chance for the enemy to react to you. This is also a good way to proc a large amount of heal by hitting multiple opponents.

In skill matchups, e.g. Fiora, Jax, Vayne, they will try to engage you if you fail to hit Decimate so spamming this ability is highly discouraged.

W | 2nd: Crippling Strike

Crippling Strike is an auto-attack reset which means that you won’t have to wait for your attack to refresh after casting this ability. It makes your next attack deal extra physical damage and it also drastically slow down the target for a second.

Crippling Strike is a great farming tool because its cooldown is reduced in half and the mana cost is refunded if you killed the enemy using this ability. The auto-attack reset function is also a good way to “salvage” last hits you mistime.

E | 3rd Apprehend

Apprehend is your gap closer. It pulls all enemies in the target duration. Enemy champions cannot hide behind their minions because they are going to be pulled together with it. Be careful though, minions in wild rift deal significant damage especially in a slow pushed wave.

this ability also grants a passive armor penetration bonus which makes you scary effective against tanks.

Apprehend can sometimes interrupt dash abilities due to the fact that it cannot be stopped. Use it to stagger and outplay those who try to initiate on you.

You can do Flash + 3rd with Apprehend but it has an extremely time window to do it. I recommend reserving your flash your 1st + Flash if an opportunity for multiple kills is available.

R | Ultimate: Noxian Guillotine

Noxian Guillotine is Darius’s signature move. It allows him to dunk on his enemies, executing them, one by one. This ultimate deals true damage which increases based on the number of Hemorrhage stacks the target has. If the target is successfully executed, nearby minions and monsters flee in terror, and this ability’s cooldown is reset.

A foolproof way to guarantee that Noxian Guillotine will execute the enemy is to be aware of its damage by long-pressing the ability button or by accessing it through the scoreboard. Multiply it by two and you’ll get its maximum damage. (In the picture, Noxian Might is active by the way.) Look at the enemy’s HP value before casting and you’ll have a sure execution every time. And yes, this way takes too long in terms of “real-time split-second decision making”. This is for absolute beginners and do not worry, you’ll get used to the feel of it in no time and you’ll be doing pentakill dunks before you know it.

You can buffer Noxian Guillotine to make it cast faster by using Flash. This is a good way to kill fleeing enemies. You have to do it extremely quickly, though. And I’ve found that it doesn’t work sometimes if you are holding the directional button while doing Ult + Flash.

Combo: 3rd + AA + 2nd + 1st + Ult