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How to Synergize Darius with Nilah on the Same TeamDarius is in the b tier of champions

Darius with Nilah

How to Win With Darius and Nilah Paired TogetherDarius is in the s tier of champions
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How to Synergize Darius and Nilah

based on 2,033 Darius with Nilah pairs
Win Rate
51.4 %
K/D/A
1.8
Pick Rate
1.5 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We pull the stats from from millions of League of Legends matches straight from Riot Games each and every week. Darius has been on the same team as Nilah in 2033 recent, competitive matches. By accumulating so much relevant data directly from the developers of League, we have complete confidence that we can showcase high quality, usable builds to help Darius synergize with Nilah. It is relatively rare for Darius to play alongside Nilah on the same side. This has only happened in about 1.5% of rounds with Darius.

Darius Nilah Synergy Summary

Darius does a decent job of playing alongside Nilah. Typically, he wins an acceptable 51.4% of games the champions fight together on the same side. If you want to play better as Darius when fighting on the same team as Nilah by learning how to better synergize your strategy with them, then dig into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Darius vs Nilah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordPhage

Core Darius Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageDead Man's PlateForce of Nature

Optional Items

Sundered SkyBlack CleaverTitanic HydraTrinity Force

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
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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E
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E
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E
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W
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Guide to Synergizing Darius and Nilah

Tips for Playing as Darius with Nilah

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.

Darius Nilah Synergy Stats

Darius Image
Win Rate
51.4 %
VS
Win Rate
48.6 %
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6.8
< Kills >
6.9
6.1
< Deaths >
6.2
4.2
< Assists >
4.3
1.55
< Killing Sprees >
1.57
164
< Minions Killed >
167
0.12
< Dragons Killed >
0.16
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.45
16,197
< Physical Damage >
16,431
95
< Magic Damage >
95
3,796
< True Damage >
3,911
20,089
< Damage Dealt >
20,437
31,137
< Damage Taken >
32,094
11,711
< Gold Earned >
11,944
2.29
< Towers >
2.29
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
7,462
< Total Healing >
7,840
14,352
< Experience >
14,609
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
158
< Time Dealing CC >
164

How to Play with Nilah as Darius in LoL

The Darius Nilah synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Nilah, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Darius sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Nilah. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Nilah helps Darius perform worse in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Darius is paired with Nilah, he gets a little decrease in his full damage dealt. This change may demonstrate that Nilah does not provide cover for him to deal more damage or that their allyship also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Darius is played together with Nilah on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Nilah.

Additionally, when Darius plays with Nilah on the same team, he usually receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage may indicate that Nilah does a decent job of protecting Darius during teamfights.

Synergies between Darius and Nilah

Damage Types Compared

Darius
Nilah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Darius
Nilah

Is Darius better when played alongside Nilah?

There is no one best champion pairing for Darius that will always be his ideal teammate. However, overall, Nilah is a decent companion for Darius. By playing on the same team as Darius, they increases their win rate by 2.2% to 51.4%. This signals that there is pretty good bond between Darius and Nilah that allows them to perform better together than without each other.

Nilah has a much greater difficulty compared to Darius. That means Darius players must be cautious when enlisting Nilah allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a much greater level of skill to fight well with you.

Working alongside, Darius players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. Together, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.

Conversely, by aligning Darius and Nilah together, you may not be providing your team a lot of magical damage output. We recommend you include other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative hole in this pairing's kit.

Regardless of the ability of your Nilah teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Darius Players

How We Calculated Our Darius Nilah Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Darius and Nilah, we analyzed 2,033 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Darius with Nilah comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to truly master Darius in order to pair well with Nilah during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should continue reading to master additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly.

The most crucial items to use in your Darius and Nilah synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Dead Man's Plate, and Force of Nature. When Darius incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when paired up with Nilah than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Darius had an average win rate of 51.4% when playing alongside Nilah with these items in his kit.

To have the best probability of defeating your oponents, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Celerity, and Nimbus Cloak runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for this team composition, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.4% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to synergize Nilah with Darius are shown for all skill levels, merged. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to a particular player tier, you may use the selection menu located earlier on the page.