Darius vs Aurelion Sol
How to Beat Aurelion Sol as Darius
based on 2,112 Darius vs Aurelion Sol matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Darius vs Aurelion Sol Matchup Summary
Best Darius vs Aurelion Sol Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Aurelion Sol as Darius
Tips for Playing as Darius against Aurelion Sol
Noxian Guillotine does more damage the more attacks you can land prior to it. Use Noxian Might to deal maximum damage.
Darius benefits greatly from enhanced survivability. The longer you can prolong a fight, the more powerful he becomes.
Decimate is a powerful harassment ability. Strike an enemy from maximum range for the greatest effect.
Advice to Win Against Aurelion Sol
He gains speed while chasing in a straight line, but taking damage makes him lose that momentum.
Try to get inside his orbit, since his stars can't hurt you up close.
His stars disappear while stunned or silenced, giving you an easy opportunity to fight him.
His Starsurge ability can grow to cover a huge area - don't stay in the same place too long!
Darius vs Aurelion Sol Counter Stats
How to Counter Aurelion Sol with Darius in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore several strategic Darius versus Aurelion Sol matchup statistics that can help us appreciate the distinctions between this set of champs. As an example, Darius’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Aurelion Sol’s ratio of NaN, showing that Darius may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Aurelion Sol..
Darius normally has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Aurelion Sol. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Darius and Aurelion Sol
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Who is Better, Darius or Aurelion Sol?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Darius usually loses when facing off against Aurelion Sol, with a 47.9% win rate. Thus, Darius makes a bad counter for Aurelion Sol.
While Darius does have a lower winrate compared to Aurelion Sol, when facing one another, Darius also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging character to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Darius into Aurelion Sol.
Additionally, Darius also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Aurelion Sol. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Darius vs Aurelion Sol matchups, Aurelion Sol is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Darius is a terribly counter to Aurelion Sol. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Darius against Aurelion Sol.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Darius to counter Aurelion Sol during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Darius on average gets a similar amount of CS compared to Aurelion Sol. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Darius versus Aurelion Sol build include Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Sundered Sky. When Darius bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better countering Aurelion Sol than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Darius boasted an average win rate of 47.9% when countering Aurelion Sol with this build.
To have the best chance of defeating Aurelion Sol as Darius, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Celerity, and Nimbus Cloak runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Darius vs Aurelion Sol counters, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.9% win rate overall.
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