Darius vs Xayah
How to Beat Xayah as Darius
based on 2,006 Darius vs Xayah matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Darius vs Xayah Matchup Summary
Best Darius vs Xayah Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xayah as Darius
Tips for Playing as Darius against Xayah
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 Xayah
Xayah's Bladecaller will only root targets hit by 3 or more returning Feathers.
Long fights in the same area with Xayah will allow her to drop a lot of Feathers. Try to stay on the move!
Make sure you are ready when you go for the kill. Untargetability from Featherstorm can quickly turn an ambush in Xayah's favor.
Darius vs Xayah Counter Stats
How to Counter Xayah with Darius in LoL
The stats shown here highlight several significant Darius versus Xayah counter statistics that can help you interpret the differences between these two champions. Darius’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Xayah’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Darius may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Xayah..
Darius normally has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Xayah. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Darius and Xayah
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Who is Better, Darius or Xayah?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Darius usually wins when trying to fight Xayah, with a 51.6% win rate. Thus, Darius makes a good counter for Xayah.
While Darius does have a higher winrate than Xayah, when on opposite teams, Darius also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Darius into Xayah.
Moreover, Darius also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xayah. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter 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 Xayah matchups, Darius is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Darius is a decent counter for Xayah. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Darius against Xayah.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Darius to counter Xayah during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Darius typically racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Xayah. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to use in your Darius versus Xayah build include Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Death's Dance. When Darius used at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when facing Xayah than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Darius boasted an average winrate of 51.6% battling Xayah with this build.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Xayah as Darius, Darius players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Darius vs Xayah fights, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.6% win rate overall.
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