Darius with Orianna
How to Synergize Darius and Orianna
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Darius Orianna Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Darius and Orianna
Tips for Playing as Darius with Orianna
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 Understand How Orianna Will Play
Command: Protect can be used on yourself to return the Ball back to you quickly. Combine this with Command: Attack for a quick harassment.
Command: Dissonance is a very powerful escape tool if Orianna has the Ball. The combination of speed and leaving a slowing obstacle can be quite powerful.
Command: Shockwave can be used to drag enemies towards you or away from you if you position the Ball properly.
Darius Orianna Synergy Stats
How to Play with Orianna as Darius in LoL
The Darius Orianna synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Orianna, 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 Orianna. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Orianna helps Darius perform poorer in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Darius plays on the same team as Orianna, he sees a marginal improvement in his total damage dealt. This could demonstrate that Orianna supports by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that her presence on the team also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Darius is played with Orianna on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Orianna.
Moreover, when Darius plays with Orianna on the same team, he often receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Orianna does a decent job of covering Darius during teamfights.
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Is Darius better when played alongside Orianna?
There is no universally accepted best synergy for Darius that will 100% of the time be his ideal ally. However, Orianna is a below average companion for Darius. By playing on the same side as Darius, she drops their win rate by -1.3% to 47.9%. This shows that there is a negative bond between Darius and Orianna that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Orianna has a much greater difficulty compared to Darius. That means Darius players should be very careful when arranging Orianna allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a much higher level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Working on the same side, Darius players should see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. When paired, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
In contrast, by grouping Darius and Orianna together, you may not be granting your side a great deal of crowd control. Make sure to include other champs on your team that neutralizes this gap in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of the ability of your Orianna ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Darius to work well with Orianna during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The top finished items to focus on in your Darius and Orianna synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Dead Man's Plate, and Force of Nature. When Darius incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he performed a lot better as an ally of Orianna than with many other common builds. In fact, Darius boasted an average winrate of 47.9% when playing alongside Orianna with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of annihilating your oponents, Darius players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Celerity, and Nimbus Cloak runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for this champion pairing, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.9% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Orianna with Darius are given for all skill levels combined. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to an individual player tier, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.