Draven vs Darius
How to Beat Darius as Draven
based on 4,361 Draven vs Darius matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Draven vs Darius Matchup Summary
Best Draven vs Darius Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Darius as Draven
Tips for Playing as Draven against Darius
If Draven doesn't move, Spinning Axe will fall near his present location. It will fall directly on him, or just to the right or left.
If Draven does move after attacking, Spinning Axe will lead him in the direction of his movement. Use this to control where the Spinning Axe will go.
Advice to Win Against Darius
When Darius's axe grab is on cooldown, he is vulnerable to harassment attacks.
Darius's ability to escape from fights is limited. If you have an advantage against him, press your lead.
Draven vs Darius Counter Stats
How to Counter Darius with Draven in LoL
The stats shown here underscore several critical Draven against Darius matchup statistics that may help us appreciate the differences between the two. As an example, Draven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Darius’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Draven may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Darius..
Draven normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes less damage than Darius. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Draven and Darius
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Who is Better, Draven or Darius?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Draven usually fairs equally well when playing against Darius, with a 50.8% win rate. Thus, Draven makes an ok counter to Darius.
While Draven does have a higher win rate compared to Darius, when facing one another, Draven also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Draven into Dariusas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Draven has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Darius. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Draven vs Darius matchups, Draven is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Draven is a decent counter to Darius. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Draven against Darius.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Draven in order to counter Darius during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Draven most often picks up a similar amount of CS as Darius. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Draven versus Darius build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Hubris, and Opportunity. When Draven incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when fighting Darius than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Draven boasted an average win rate of 50.8% when playing against Darius with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Darius as Draven, you should equip the Hail of Blades, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Presence of Mind, and Legend: Bloodline runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Draven vs Darius battles, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.8% winrate overall.
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