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

Darius with Xayah

How to Win With Darius and Xayah Paired TogetherDarius is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Darius and Xayah

based on 2,087 Darius with Xayah pairs
Win Rate
46.9 %
K/D/A
1.77
Pick Rate
1.5 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we download the stats from from millions of League of Legends games straight from Riot Games each week. Darius has gone into battle with Xayah in 2087 recently played, competitive games. By accumulating so much accurate data directly from the makers of LoL, we are totally sure that we can produce high quality, accurate builds to help Darius synergize with Xayah. It is relatively rare for Darius to play alongside Xayah as teammates. This has only taken place in about 1.5% of matches with Darius.

Darius Xayah Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Darius does a pathetic job of synergizing with Xayah. Normally, he wins a lowly 46.9% of games the champs play on the same team. If you want to play better as Darius when playing alongside Xayah by learning how to better synergize your tactics with her, then review the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Darius vs Xayah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsPhage

Core Darius Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceDead Man's PlateSundered Sky

Optional Items

Sterak's GageTitanic HydraForce of NatureJak'Sho, The Protean

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
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Last skill for Darius to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: TenacityLast Stand
ResolveBone PlatingUnflinching
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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W
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Q
3
E
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Darius and Xayah

Tips for Playing as Darius with 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 Understand How Xayah Will Play

Xayah's attacks and abilities leave Feathers on the ground that she can later recall for massive area damage and control.

Xayah can use Featherstorm to dodge almost any ability while also creating a ton of Feathers. Try to utilize the offensive and defensive aspects of this ability.

Darius Xayah Synergy Stats

Darius Image
Win Rate
46.9 %
VS
Win Rate
53.1 %
Xayah Image
6.8
< Kills >
6.9
6.2
< Deaths >
6.2
4.2
< Assists >
4.3
1.54
< Killing Sprees >
1.57
164
< Minions Killed >
167
0.14
< Dragons Killed >
0.16
0.42
< Inhibitors >
0.45
16,286
< Physical Damage >
16,431
81
< Magic Damage >
95
3,804
< True Damage >
3,911
20,171
< Damage Dealt >
20,437
31,454
< Damage Taken >
32,094
11,773
< Gold Earned >
11,944
2.24
< Towers >
2.29
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
7,590
< Total Healing >
7,840
14,352
< Experience >
14,609
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
167
< Time Dealing CC >
164

How to Play with Xayah as Darius in LoL

The Darius Xayah synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Xayah, 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 large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Xayah. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Xayah helps Darius perform poorer in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Darius is paired with Xayah, he gets a small decrease in his full damage output. This could demonstrate that Xayah does not provide protection for him to deal more damage or that her support also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Darius is played together with Xayah on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Xayah.

Additionally, when Darius plays with Xayah on the same team, he on average receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may mean that Xayah does a decent job of covering Darius in team fights.

Synergies between Darius and Xayah

Damage Types Compared

Darius
Xayah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Darius
Xayah

Is Darius better when played alongside Xayah?

There is no ideal companion for Darius that will 100% of the time be his ideal synergy. Yet, Xayah is a relatively poor teammate for Darius. By being on the same team as Darius, she drops their win rate by -2.3% to 46.9%. This proves that there is a negative bond between Darius and Xayah that results in them performing worse together than alone.

Xayah has a greater difficulty than Darius. That means you need to be cautious when enlisting Xayah comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to play well with you.

Fighting cooperatively, Darius players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

Conversely, by bringing Darius and Xayah together, you may not be providing your other teammates much AP. We recommend you have other champions on your team that fills this relative disparity in this pairing's potential.

Regardless of the ability of your Xayah ally, you should focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Darius Players

How We Calculated Our Darius Xayah Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Darius and Xayah, we analyzed 2,087 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 Xayah 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Darius in order to pair well with Xayah during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should keep reading to learn some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly.

The most crucial finished items to get in your Darius and Xayah synergy build consist of Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Sundered Sky. When Darius included at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Xayah than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Darius boasted an average winrate of 46.9% helping carry Xayah with this build.

To have the best likelihood of beating your oponents, Darius players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Darius and Xayah pairings, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 46.9% winrate overall.

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