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Darius

the Hand of Noxus

Recommended Build

Patch 16.14 · Diamond+ Solo Queue · Updated 7/22/2026

46.4% wr in Top

Build path

  1. Boots any step
    Plated Steelcaps
    Plated Steelcaps
    67% pick · 47.5% wr
  2. Item 1 2 options
    • Doran's Shield
      Doran's Shield
      51% pick · 49.0% wr
    • Doran's Blade
      or Doran's Blade
      43% pick · 45.2% wr
  3. Item 2 2 options
    • Youmuu's Ghostblade
      Youmuu's Ghostblade
      50% pick · 51.1% wr
    • Stridebreaker
      or Stridebreaker
      41% pick · 41.0% wr
  4. Item 3 3 options
    • Dead Man's Plate
      Dead Man's Plate
      49% pick · 59.0% wr
    • Sterak's Gage
      or Sterak's Gage
      15% pick · 41.7% wr
    • Spear of Shojin
      or Spear of Shojin
      14% pick · 54.5% wr
  5. Item 4 3 options
    • Death's Dance
      Death's Dance
      41% pick · 52.6% wr
    • Sterak's Gage
      or Sterak's Gage
      15% pick · 57.1% wr
    • Dead Man's Plate
      or Dead Man's Plate
      15% pick · 28.6% wr

Most-built legendary at each step (purchase order).

Summoner spells

Flash Flash + Ghost Ghost 57% · 49.1% wr

Skill order

— what to level when
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
Decimate Q
1
4
5
7
9
Crippling Strike W
2
14
15
17
18
Apprehend E
3
8
10
12
13
Noxian Guillotine R
6
11
16

Runes

22% · 42.9% wr
Sorcery Sorcery
Summon Aery
Arcane Comet
Stormraider's Surge
Deathfire Touch
Axiom Arcanist
Manaflow Band
Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence
Celerity
Absolute Focus
Scorch
Waterwalking
Gathering Storm
Precision Precision
Absorb Life
Triumph
Presence of Mind
Legend: Alacrity
Legend: Haste
Legend: Bloodline
Coup de Grace
Cut Down
Last Stand

Stat shards

Adaptive Force
Attack Speed
Ability Haste
Adaptive Force
Move Speed
Bonus Health
Health
Tenacity & Slow Resist
Bonus Health

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