Darius vs Orianna
How to Beat Orianna as Darius
based on 1,881 Darius vs Orianna matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Darius vs Orianna Matchup Summary
Best Darius vs Orianna Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Orianna as Darius
Tips for Playing as Darius against Orianna
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 Orianna
Orianna can only affect the area the Ball is around. Use this to your advantage.
Watch out for Orianna's Ball returning to her due to leashing. This may cause some unexpected situations.
Darius vs Orianna Counter Stats
How to Counter Orianna with Darius in LoL
The stats shown here highlight some vital Darius vs. Orianna counter statistics that can help us understand the differences between the two. Darius’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Orianna’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Darius may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Orianna..
Darius normally has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Orianna. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Darius and Orianna
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Who is Better, Darius or Orianna?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Darius usually wins when facing off against Orianna, with a 52.4% win rate. Therefore, Darius makes a good counter to Orianna.
While Darius does have a higher winrate compared to Orianna, when facing one another, Darius also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming champion to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Darius into Orianna.
Additionally, Darius also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Orianna. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Darius vs Orianna matchups, Darius is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Darius is an above average counter for Orianna. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Darius against Orianna.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Darius in order to counter Orianna during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Darius on average accumulates a similar amount of CS as Orianna. Champions who on average don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Darius versus Orianna build consist of Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Sundered Sky. When Darius combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting Orianna than with many other common item sets. In fact, Darius boasted an average winrate of 52.4% battling Orianna with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of defeating Orianna as Darius, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Celerity, and Nimbus Cloak runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Darius vs Orianna clashes, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.4% winrate overall.
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