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Vi vs Darius

How to Beat Darius as Vi in LoLVi is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Darius as Vi

based on 3,926 Vi vs Darius matchups
Win Rate
51.6 %
K/D/A
2.32
Pick Rate
3.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of recently ranked League of Legends matches every week. Within our dataset, Vi faced Darius in 3926 rounds. Using so many matchups for Vi versus Darius provides us faith in our capacity to prepare informative statistics and a pro build to counter Darius. This particular counter pairing is relatively rare. Vi fights Darius in only 3.6% of her matches.

Vi vs Darius Matchup Summary

Vi has done a decent job of countering Darius. Typically, she wins a acceptable 51.6% of the time the champs battle each other in. In Vi versus Darius rounds, Vi’s side is 0.1% less expected to obtain first blood, indicating that she probably won't be able to get first blood against Darius.

Best Vi vs Darius Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsCaulfield's Warhammer

Core Vi Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageDeath's DanceSundered Sky

Optional Items

Guardian AngelSpear of ShojinBlack CleaverThornmail

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

DominationHail of BladesSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Alacrity
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Vi's passive ability p
Vi's q ability q
Vi's w ability w
Vi's e ability e
Vi's ultimate ability r
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W
2
E
3
Q
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Darius as Vi

Tips for Playing as Vi against Darius

A fully charged Vault Breaker will deal double damage. It's great for catching and finishing off fleeing enemies.

Relentless Force does full damage to anyone caught in the shockwave. Use it on minions in lane to hit enemies hiding behind them.

Cease and Desist is a powerful initiation tool, just remember not to get too far ahead of the rest of your team.

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.

Vi vs Darius Counter Stats

Vi Image
Win Rate
51.6 %
VS
Win Rate
48.4 %
Darius Image
6.3
< Kills >
6.9
6.2
< Deaths >
6.2
8.1
< Assists >
4.4
1.47
< Killing Sprees >
1.57
33
< Minions Killed >
167
1.63
< Dragons Killed >
0.15
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.47
16,073
< Physical Damage >
16,505
84
< Magic Damage >
99
865
< True Damage >
3,949
17,023
< Damage Dealt >
20,553
29,890
< Damage Taken >
32,176
11,635
< Gold Earned >
11,995
1.34
< Towers >
2.36
0.34
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
11,168
< Total Healing >
7,829
13,500
< Experience >
14,620
23
< Vision Score >
18
6
< Wards Placed >
8
282
< Time Dealing CC >
168

How to Counter Darius with Vi in LoL

The stats shown here highlight several important Vi against Darius matchup stats that may help us interpret the differences and similarities between the pair. Vi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Darius’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Vi may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Darius..

Vi typically has a similar longest killing spree as her opponent does. Commonly, she takes a similar amount of damage to Darius. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Vi and Darius

Damage Types Compared

Vi
Darius
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Vi
Darius

Who is Better, Vi or Darius?

Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Vi usually wins when playing against Darius, with a 51.6% win rate. Thus, Vi makes a good counter for Darius.

While Vi does have a higher win rate compared to Darius, when they face off with one another, Vi also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Vi into Darius.

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

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Vi vs Darius matchups, Vi is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Vi is a decent counter to Darius. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Vi against Darius.

Additional Information for Vi Players

How We Calculated Our Vi vs Darius Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Darius as Vi, we analyzed 3,926 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 Darius as Vi 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Vi to counter Darius during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Vi typically gets a lot less CS compared to Darius. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.

The best items to use in your Vi versus Darius build include Sterak's Gage, Death's Dance, and Sundered Sky. When Vi combined at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better when fighting Darius than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Vi had an average win rate of 51.6% when countering Darius with this counter build.

To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Darius as Vi, you should take the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Triumph, and Legend: Alacrity runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Vi vs Darius clashes, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.6% winrate overall.

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