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How to Win Darius vs Lissandra Counter MatchupDarius is in the b tier of champions

Darius vs Lissandra

How to Beat Lissandra as Darius in LoLDarius is in the a tier of champions
FighterTank
Mage

How to Beat Lissandra as Darius

based on 1,591 Darius vs Lissandra matchups
Win Rate
47.9 %
K/D/A
1.77
Pick Rate
1.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup stats from the millions of recently ranked LoL matches that we get from Riot Games each and every week. This guide on how to beat Lissandra as Darius came out of an evaluation of 1591 ranked rounds where both champions opposed each other. This champion matchup is fairly rare. Darius has to counter Lissandra in only 1.2% of his rounds.

Darius vs Lissandra Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Darius does a below average job of countering Lissandra. Typically, he wins a lowly 47.9% of the time the champions face off with each other in. In Darius versus Lissandra games, Darius’s team is 0.1% more likely to get first blood. This indicates that he probably will get first blood versus Lissandra.

Best Darius vs Lissandra Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordGlowing Mote

Core Darius Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageTrinity ForceTitanic Hydra

Optional Items

Dead Man's PlateSundered SkyStridebreakerJak'Sho, The Protean

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Darius to level upq
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Second ability for Darius to level upe
>
Last skill for Darius to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: TenacityLast Stand
ResolveBone PlatingUnflinching
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Darius's passive ability p
Darius's q ability q
Darius's w ability w
Darius's e ability e
Darius's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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E
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E
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R
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E
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Lissandra as Darius

Tips for Playing as Darius against Lissandra

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 Lissandra

Lissandra's Ring of Frost has a long cooldown at early ranks; engage her while it's on cooldown.

Lissandra's Ice Shard only slows the first unit it hits. Approach Lissandra from behind your team's minions to avoid being slowed.

The best way to stop Lissandra from moving using her Glacial Path is to immobilize her before she reactivates it.

Darius vs Lissandra Counter Stats

Darius Image
Win Rate
47.9 %
VS
Win Rate
52.1 %
Lissandra Image
6.6
< Kills >
5.7
6.2
< Deaths >
6.1
4.4
< Assists >
8.9
1.53
< Killing Sprees >
1.34
168
< Minions Killed >
165
0.15
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.46
16,117
< Physical Damage >
1,158
92
< Magic Damage >
19,201
3,755
< True Damage >
997
19,964
< Damage Dealt >
21,357
31,918
< Damage Taken >
22,230
11,890
< Gold Earned >
11,213
2.29
< Towers >
1.87
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
7,698
< Total Healing >
3,363
14,509
< Experience >
13,987
17
< Vision Score >
21
8
< Wards Placed >
10
163
< Time Dealing CC >
492

How to Counter Lissandra with Darius in LoL

The stats shown here emphasize some vital Darius against Lissandra matchup stats that can help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Darius’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Lissandra’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Darius may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Lissandra..

Darius often has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. On average, he receives more damage than Lissandra. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Darius and Lissandra

Damage Types Compared

Darius
Lissandra
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Darius
Lissandra

Who is Better, Darius or Lissandra?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Darius usually loses when facing off against Lissandra, with a 47.9% win rate. Therefore, Darius makes a bad counter for Lissandra.

While Darius does have a lower winrate than Lissandra, when they face off with one another, Darius also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champion to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Darius into Lissandra.

Furthermore, Darius has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Lissandra. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Darius vs Lissandra matchups, Lissandra is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.

Darius is a trash counter to Lissandra. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Darius against Lissandra.

Additional Information for Darius Players

How We Calculated Our Darius vs Lissandra Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Lissandra as Darius, we analyzed 1,591 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Lissandra as Darius comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Darius in order to counter Lissandra during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Darius on average gets a similar amount of CS as Lissandra. Champs who on average don't get much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to focus on in your Darius versus Lissandra build include Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Titanic Hydra. When Darius combined at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better against Lissandra than with many other common item sets. In fact, Darius boasted an average winrate of 47.9% when playing against Lissandra with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest chance of annihilating Lissandra as Darius, Darius players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Darius vs Lissandra face-offs, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.9% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Lissandra as Darius are presented for every ranked division. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a specific rank, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.