By GamGem ResearchLast updated 18 Oct 2026
the Hand of Noxus
Patch 26.20 · Stats from the 26.18 Master+ sample (3,159 games).
Darius, the Hand of Noxus, stacks Hemorrhage bleeds to five and then resets Noxian Guillotine on a kill. Counted Master+ players went Stormraider's Surge more often than Conqueror on him, and opened their most-bought path with Youmuu's Ghostblade.
FighterTank
Patch 26.18 · Top · Ranked Solo/Duo · Master+ · EUW · KR · NA · 3,159 games · Preview sample
3,159
Games
High
Confidence
Win rate by lane
63.0%Win Rate
Flash
Ghost51.9%Win Rate
Flash
Ignite
This exact page: taken in 22.1% of games·50.9% win rate over 697 games.
Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist.
After casting a Summoner Spell, gain a short Move Speed increase that allows you to pass through units.
All Move Speed bonuses are 7% more effective on you and gain 1% Move Speed.
Gain increasing amounts of AD or AP, adaptive over the course of the game.
Takedowns on enemies grant permanent Attack Speed.
Takedowns restore 5% of your missing health and grant an additional 20 gold.
Conqueror37.4% taken · 48.6% win1,181 games
Hail of Blades0.5% taken · 66.7% win15 games
Electrocute0.4% taken · 38.5% win13 gamesSorcery + Precision49.3% taken · 50.5% win1,557 gamesPrecision + Sorcery21.0% taken · 49.6% win663 games
Precision + Resolve15.3% taken · 46.7% win482 gamesWhich ability to max first, and the level each point goes in — Darius's most common path.
QDarius winds up and swings his axe in a wide circle.
Cooldown 9/8/7/6/5s · 25/30/35/40/45 Mana
WDarius's next attack strikes an enemy's crucial artery.
Cooldown 5s · 40 Mana
EDarius hones his axe, passively causing his physical damage to ignore a percentage of his target's Armor.
Cooldown 26/23.5/21/18.5/16s · 70/60/50/40/30 Mana
RDarius leaps to an enemy champion and strikes a lethal blow, dealing true damage.
Cooldown 120/100/80s · 100/100/0 ManaMax Q first, then E, then W. Take R whenever available (6 / 11 / 16).
| Ability | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QDecimate | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | |||||||||||||
| WCrippling Strike | W | W | W | W | W | |||||||||||||
| EApprehend | E | E | E | E | E | |||||||||||||
| RNoxian Guillotine | R | R | R |
How Darius performs against enemy top laners
Recommended items by enemy team composition
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Avoid extended fights — its sustain grows with every trade it survives
Build percentage damage — flat penetration falls off against the stats it stacks
Punish the cooldown — Darius is exposed while its rotation is down
Ward the flank — vision is what turns its best opening into a worse one
Respect the spike — Riot rates the kit 2/10, so a practised player gets more out of it than the average
PHemorrhage
Darius' attacks and damaging abilities cause enemies to bleed for physical damage over 5 seconds, stacking up to 5 times. Darius enrages and gains massive Attack Damage when his target reaches max stacks.
Passive — never cast
QDecimate
Darius winds up and swings his axe in a wide circle. Enemies struck by the blade take more damage than those struck by the handle. Darius heals based on enemy champions and large monsters hit by the blade.
Cost 25/30/35/40/45 ManaCooldown 9/8/7/6/5sRange 1
WCrippling Strike
Darius's next attack strikes an enemy's crucial artery. As they bleed out, their Move Speed is slowed.
Cost 40 ManaCooldown 5sRange 300
EApprehend
Darius hones his axe, passively causing his physical damage to ignore a percentage of his target's Armor. When activated, Darius sweeps up his enemies with his axe's hook and pulls them to him.
Cost 70/60/50/40/30 ManaCooldown 26/23.5/21/18.5/16sRange 535
RNoxian Guillotine
Darius leaps to an enemy champion and strikes a lethal blow, dealing true damage. This damage is increased for each stack of Hemorrhage on the target. If Noxian Guillotine is a killing blow, its cooldown is refreshed for a brief duration.
Cost 100/100/0 ManaCooldown 120/100/80sRange 460
Riot's notes from patch 25.S1.1 to 26.20 change Darius in 4 patches. The latest is patch 26.4, published 2026-02-18.
PHemorrhage
Last year Darius was tearing up the jungle so we nerfed his monster mod to keep him from taking over. This year, after the changes, Darius is very weak in the jungle, so we're going to split the difference so that he can be in a stable, fair power level there.
QDecimate
Darius hasn't been in the best shape for a few patches now, so we're here to give him a light buff. We're doing this by increasing the payout of his highest counterplay ability, his Q, so that its heal can keep Darius in the middle of the action longer.
Base Stats
EApprehend
Darius has been overperforming all over the rift, not just in the jungle. We're looking to expand the window of safety and ability for opponents to punish a Darius after use of E in the early game. This change aims to make E a more intentional choice and the impacts of wasting it should be felt more clearly.
PHemorrhage
Darius has skyrocketed as the best jungler to play with his new move-speed build that creates reliable ganks. Since we don't want to nerf top lane Darius while hitting his jungle performance, we've got 12 separate lines that are mathematically proven to be equivalent in all… just kidding, we're hitting the jungle mod.
Riot's data lists 16 looks for Darius with their own art, the base skin included and 57 chroma variants.
Best ARAM build
This champion’s win rate on each patch the preview sample spans, over its own games there. What actually changed each patch is in Riot’s own notes.
| Stat | Darius | Rank | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base health | 652 | 25th | 620 |
| Health per level | 114 | =14th | 104 |
| Base armor | 37 | =14th | 30 |
| Armor per level | 5.2 | =3rd | 4.6 |
| Base magic resist | 32 | =32nd | 32 |
| Magic resist per level | 2.05 | =4th | 1.55 |
| Base attack damage | 64 | =29th | 59 |
| Base attack speed | 0.625 | =117th | 0.656 |
| Attack speed per level | 1% | =166th | 2.5% |
| Move speed | 340 | =37th | 335 |
| Attack range | 175 | =87th | 175 |
| Stat | Level 1 | Per level | Level 18 | Rank at 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health | 652 | +114 | 2590 | 12th of 173 |
| Mana | 263 | +58 | 1249 | 32nd of 145 |
| Armor | 37 | +5.2 | 125.4 | 2nd of 173 |
| Magic resist | 32 | +2.05 | 66.85 | =5th of 173 |
Riot Data Dragon 16.20.1. Growth curve: League of Legends Wiki — Champion statistic.
Darius, the Hand of Noxus, is a Fighter and Tank champion in League of Legends. Riot rates the kit 2/10 for difficulty, 9/10 for attack, 5/10 for defense and 1/10 for magic. Darius spends Mana and has 16 skins with their own art.
There is no greater symbol of Noxian might than Darius, the nation's most feared and battle-hardened commander. Rising from humble origins to become the Hand of Noxus, he cleaves through the empire's enemies—many of them Noxians themselves. Knowing that he never doubts his cause is just, and never hesitates once his axe is raised, those who stand against the leader of the Trifarian Legion can expect no mercy.
Published by League of Legends on YouTube, 23 May 2012.
14 years old. League of Legends has been patched since, so watch it for how the kit plays, not for numbers — the rest of this page is written for the current patch.
It plays in YouTube’s own player once you press play. Nothing is downloaded or re-hosted here, and nothing loads from YouTube until then.
