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

Darius vs Rammus

How to Beat Rammus as Darius in LoLDarius is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Rammus as Darius

based on 2,431 Darius vs Rammus matchups
Win Rate
48.7 %
K/D/A
1.97
Pick Rate
1.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our matchup statistics from the millions of recently rated League of Legends games that we get from Riot Games every week. This guide on how to beat Rammus as Darius resulted from an evaluation of 2431 ranked matches where both champions fought one another. This particular counter pairing is fairly rare. Darius fights Rammus in only 1.8% of his matches.

Darius vs Rammus Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Darius does a poor job of beating Rammus. Typically, he wins a acceptable 48.7% of matches the champions oppose one another in. In Darius against Rammus games, Darius’s team is 0.1% more probable to earn first blood. This implies that he most likely will be able to get first blood against Rammus.

Best Darius vs Rammus Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordTunneler

Core Darius Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageTrinity ForceJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

Black CleaverTitanic HydraDead Man's PlateForce of Nature

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: AlacrityLast Stand
SorceryNimbus CloakCelerity
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
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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Guide to Countering Rammus as Darius

Tips for Playing as Darius against Rammus

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 Rammus

Rammus often stacks high Armor, leaving him especially vulnerable to caster damage while not in Defensive Ball Curl.

Pay particular attention to when his Defensive Ball Curl is off. Rammus has much lower stats than a normal tank when he's out of the stance.

Darius vs Rammus Counter Stats

Darius Image
Win Rate
48.7 %
VS
Win Rate
51.3 %
Rammus Image
7.6
< Kills >
4
6.2
< Deaths >
5.8
4.6
< Assists >
11.4
1.72
< Killing Sprees >
0.89
164
< Minions Killed >
31
0.18
< Dragons Killed >
1.18
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.39
17,419
< Physical Damage >
2,403
110
< Magic Damage >
11,818
4,602
< True Damage >
761
22,130
< Damage Dealt >
14,983
33,373
< Damage Taken >
31,651
12,270
< Gold Earned >
10,570
2.36
< Towers >
1.14
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.31
8,659
< Total Healing >
12,239
14,743
< Experience >
12,932
17
< Vision Score >
20
8
< Wards Placed >
7
177
< Time Dealing CC >
578

How to Counter Rammus with Darius in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify some important Darius vs. Rammus counter statistics that can help you appreciate the distinctions between this pair of champs. For instance, Darius’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Rammus’s ratio of NaN, showing that Darius may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Rammus. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.

Darius normally has a much larger longest killing spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Rammus. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Darius and Rammus

Damage Types Compared

Darius
Rammus
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Darius
Rammus

Who is Better, Darius or Rammus?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Darius usually loses when taking on Rammus, with a 48.7% win rate. As a result, Darius makes a poor counter for Rammus.

While Darius does have a lower win rate than Rammus, when on opposite teams, Darius also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Darius into Rammus.

Moreover, Darius has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Rammus. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Darius vs Rammus matchups, Rammus is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.

Darius is a somewhat poor counter to Rammus. Focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Darius against Rammus.

Additional Information for Darius Players

How We Calculated Our Darius vs Rammus Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Rammus as Darius, we analyzed 2,431 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 Rammus 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 Rammus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Darius most often racks up much more CS relative to Rammus. Champs who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to focus on in your Darius versus Rammus build include Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Darius used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better versus Rammus than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Darius had an average win rate of 48.7% when playing against Rammus with this build.

To have the greatest probability of defeating Rammus as Darius, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Celerity, and Nimbus Cloak runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Darius vs Rammus clashes, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.7% winrate overall.

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