Support Darius Build

Support Darius Build.

Support Darius build with runes and items. Support Darius guide offers in-depth how-to play, skill order and tips. Play Support Darius build in League of Legends Patch 26.4!

Author: Wrekah

TLDR

Starting items
Guardian's Horn should be final item in your build.
Ruby Crystal should be final item in your build.
Quick Skill Order
Darius ability Apprehend should be leveled first.
E
Darius ability Decimate should be leveled second.
Q
Darius ability Crippling Strike should be leveled third.
W
Final items
Ionian Boots of Lucidity should be final item in your build.
Knight's Vow should be final item in your build.
Fimbulwinter should be final item in your build.
Sunfire Aegis should be final item in your build.
Kaenic Rookern should be final item in your build.
Bandlepipes should be final item in your build.
Quick Runes
Major rune Aftershock from Resolve tree.
Minor rune Precision.
Summoner spells
Pick Mark as your Summoner Spell.
Pick Flash as your Summoner Spell.

Support Darius Runes

Resolve
Resolve major tree Grasp of the Undying rune.
Resolve major tree Aftershock rune.
Resolve major tree Guardian rune.
Resolve major tree Demolish rune.
Resolve major tree Font of Life rune.
Resolve major tree Shield Bash rune.
Resolve major tree Conditioning rune.
Resolve major tree Second Wind rune.
Resolve major tree Bone Plating rune.
Resolve major tree Overgrowth rune.
Resolve major tree Revitalize rune.
Resolve major tree Unflinching rune.
Precision
Precision minor tree Absorb Life rune.
Precision minor tree Triumph rune.
Precision minor tree Presence of Mind rune.
Precision minor tree Legend: Alacrity rune.
Precision minor tree Legend: Haste rune.
Precision minor tree Legend: Bloodline rune.
Precision minor tree Coup de Grace rune.
Precision minor tree Cut Down rune.
Precision minor tree Last Stand rune.
Passive
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Attack Speed rune (+10% Attack Speed).
Passive tree Ability Haste rune (+8 Ability Haste).
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Move Speed rune (+2 Movement Speed).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).
Passive tree Health rune (+65 Health).
Passive tree Tenacity And Slow Resist rune (+10 Tenacity and Slow Resist).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).

Optional Summoner Spells

Heal

Heal

Good option if you want extra healing and sustain for your team. Provides movement speed burst and can be used in clutch situations.

Exhaust

Exhaust

Defensive option. Exhaust for more peel and protection against enemy divers and assassins.

Ignite

Ignite

Offensive option and fun button to press. Reduces your going-in potential, but adds some damage and Grievious Wounds for enemy healing. Good to score some kills early.

Looking for another support build? Check this:
HealerDarius

How it works

  1. As Darius playing a Support, your main goal is to soak up damage while protecting your carries.
  2. You offer excellent crowd control and peel, making it harder for the enemy team to reach your backline.
  3. Adapt your playstyle depending on your team's needs: either engage and start fights, or sit back and peel for your carries.
  4. Make sure to counter enemy team. Itemize defensively based on the main damage type of the enemy team.

Playstyle

  1. 🎭

    Identify your role: engage, peel, or frontline.

  2. 🛡️

    Soak damage and protect your carries. Use CC and utility to control fights.

  3. 🧰

    Adapt items to counter the enemy team.

How to play

  1. Identify your role within the team (engage, peel, frontline)

Adaptation

  1. If your team needs engage, go Trailblazer and Shurelya's Battlesong.
  2. Your team getting poked to death? Consider getting Redemption AND/OR Locket of the Iron Solari next.
  3. If your team needs peel, go Knight's Vow and Locket of the Iron Solari.
  4. Knight's Vow is a surprisingly good item. Buy it and use it if you have carry or bruiser/fighter who is doing well.
  5. You need to adapt your items to the game. Enemy team heavy on AP? Buy MR. They heavy on AD? Buy Armor. You need some damage? Well buy that.

Buffing your team

  1. Bandlepipes is a great utility item for engaging and buffing your auto attackers when you CC enemies.

Runes

  1. Be careful to not waste Aftershock. Try timing it and keeping it for going in.

Tips and Tricks

Champion

Hemorrhage (Passive)

  1. Darius is all about bleeds. Focus on getting 5 stacks - for example, you can stack it on their tanks/frontline, and once stacked you can focus on their backline for easier kills (Mark/Flash).

Decimate (Q)

  1. You can Flash during Decimate (Q) animation.
  2. Slow enemies with your Crippling Strike (W), so you have much easier time to hit your Decimate (Q).
  3. Remember that your Decimate (Q) heals, so do not forget to use it in clutch moments.

Crippling Strike (W)

  1. Your Crippling Strike (W) resets auto. Try weaving it: auto - W - auto. This maximizes damage output (especially important to push turrets faster).

Apprehend (E)

  1. Apprehend (E) is a powerful cooldown. You can use to cancel enemy abilities. Do not waste it right away, but wait for a good moment (like when somebody tries to Flash away from you, or to cancel some of their abilities).

Darius Combos

  1. Decimate (Q) + Flash Combo: wait till the very end of Q animation to Flash. This way, your enemies will have less time to react, and you can surprise them.

Riot

  1. Decimate is a powerful harassment ability. Strike an enemy from maximum range for the greatest effect.
  2. Noxian Guillotine does more damage the more attacks you can land prior to it. Use Noxian Might to deal maximum damage.
  3. Darius benefits greatly from enhanced survivability. The longer you can prolong a fight, the more powerful he becomes.

Skill Order

  • Darius [object Object] ability.
    Q
    Decimate
  • Darius [object Object] ability.
    W
    Crippling Strike
  • Darius [object Object] ability.
    E
    Apprehend
  • Darius [object Object] ability.
    R
    Noxian Guillotine

Items

Starting items
Guardian's Horn item.
Ruby Crystal item.
Boots
Plated Steelcaps item.
Ionian Boots of Lucidity item.
Mercury's Treads item.
For peel
Knight's Vow item.
Locket of the Iron Solari item.
For engage
Shurelya's Battlesong item.
Trailblazer item.
Good tank items
Protoplasm Harness item.
Fimbulwinter item.
Jak'Sho, The Protean item.
Bandlepipes item.
Warmog's Armor item.
Good MR items
Kaenic Rookern item.
Spirit Visage item.
Abyssal Mask item.
Hollow Radiance item.
Force of Nature item.
Good Armor items
Unending Despair item.
Randuin's Omen item.
Sunfire Aegis item.
Dead Man's Plate item.
Thornmail item.
Frozen Heart item.
Iceborn Gauntlet item.
Situational items
Wit's End item.
Titanic Hydra item.
Zeke's Convergence item.
For the last fight
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Elixir of Iron item.
Elixir of Wrath item.
Example final build
Ionian Boots of Lucidity item.
Knight's Vow item.
Fimbulwinter item.
Sunfire Aegis item.
Kaenic Rookern item.
Bandlepipes item.