Glacial Augment Darius Build

Glacial Augment Darius Build.

Glacial Augment Darius build with runes and items. Glacial Augment Darius guide offers in-depth how-to play, skill order and tips. Play Glacial Augment Darius build in League of Legends Patch 25.24!

Author: Wrekah

TLDR

Starting items
Guardian's Horn should be final item in your build.
Ruby Crystal should be final item in your build.
Quick Skill Order
Darius ability Apprehend should be leveled first.
E
Darius ability Decimate should be leveled second.
Q
Darius ability Crippling Strike should be leveled third.
W
Final items
Ionian Boots of Lucidity should be final item in your build.
Knight's Vow should be final item in your build.
Thornmail should be final item in your build.
Frozen Heart should be final item in your build.
Imperial Mandate should be final item in your build.
Warmog's Armor should be final item in your build.
Quick Runes
Major rune Glacial Augment from Inspiration tree.
Minor rune Resolve.
Summoner spells
Pick Mark as your Summoner Spell.
Pick Flash as your Summoner Spell.

Glacial Augment Darius Runes

Inspiration
Inspiration major tree Glacial Augment rune.
Inspiration major tree Unsealed Spellbook rune.
Inspiration major tree First Strike rune.
Inspiration major tree Hextech Flashtraption rune.
Inspiration major tree Magical Footwear rune.
Inspiration major tree Cash Back rune.
Inspiration major tree Triple Tonic rune.
Inspiration major tree Time Warp Tonic rune.
Inspiration major tree Biscuit Delivery rune.
Inspiration major tree Cosmic Insight rune.
Inspiration major tree Approach Velocity rune.
Inspiration major tree Jack Of All Trades rune.
Resolve
Resolve minor tree Demolish rune.
Resolve minor tree Font of Life rune.
Resolve minor tree Shield Bash rune.
Resolve minor tree Conditioning rune.
Resolve minor tree Second Wind rune.
Resolve minor tree Bone Plating rune.
Resolve minor tree Overgrowth rune.
Resolve minor tree Revitalize rune.
Resolve minor tree Unflinching rune.
Passive
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Attack Speed rune (+10% Attack Speed).
Passive tree Ability Haste rune (+8 Ability Haste).
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Move Speed rune (+2 Movement Speed).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).
Passive tree Health rune (+65 Health).
Passive tree Tenacity And Slow Resist rune (+10 Tenacity and Slow Resist).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).

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How it works

General

  1. You disrupt fights with CC and Glacial Augument, soak damage, peel off your carries or initiate for your team.
  2. You can rush Imperial Mandate as #1 item, then adapt to the enemy team - buy Armor or Magic Resist.
  3. Your Glacial Augument and slows trigger Font of Life, healing your allies.
  4. You benefit most from Ability Haste and lots of tankiness.

How to play

General

  1. Start the game with Guardian's Horn.
  2. Rush Imperial Mandate if you want to have fun with Glacial Augument. Otherwise, get items that are going to counter enemy team the most.
  3. Knight's Vow is a surprisingly good item.
  4. You are tank: adapt to enemy team. Enemy team heavy on AP? Buy MR. They heavy on AD? Buy Armor. You need some damage? Well buy that.

Tips and Tricks

Hemorrhage (Passive)

  1. Darius is all about bleeds. Focus on getting 5 stacks - for example, you can stack it on their tanks/frontline, and once stacked you can focus on their backline for easier kills (Mark/Flash).

Decimate (Q)

  1. You can Flash during Decimate (Q) animation.
  2. Slow enemies with your Crippling Strike (W), so you have much easier time to hit your Decimate (Q).
  3. Remember that your Decimate (Q) heals, so do not forget to use it in clutch moments.

Crippling Strike (W)

  1. Your Crippling Strike (W) resets auto. Try weaving it: auto - W - auto. This maximizes damage output (especially important to push turrets faster).

Apprehend (E)

  1. Apprehend (E) is a powerful cooldown. You can use to cancel enemy abilities. Do not waste it right away, but wait for a good moment (like when somebody tries to Flash away from you, or to cancel some of their abilities).

Darius Combos

  1. Decimate (Q) + Flash Combo: wait till the very end of Q animation to Flash. This way, your enemies will have less time to react, and you can surprise them.

Riot

  1. Decimate is a powerful harassment ability. Strike an enemy from maximum range for the greatest effect.
  2. Noxian Guillotine does more damage the more attacks you can land prior to it. Use Noxian Might to deal maximum damage.
  3. Darius benefits greatly from enhanced survivability. The longer you can prolong a fight, the more powerful he becomes.

Skill Order

  • Darius [object Object] ability.
    Q
    Decimate
  • Darius [object Object] ability.
    W
    Crippling Strike
  • Darius [object Object] ability.
    E
    Apprehend
  • Darius [object Object] ability.
    R
    Noxian Guillotine

Items

Starting items
Guardian's Horn item.
Ruby Crystal item.
Boots
Ionian Boots of Lucidity item.
Mercury's Treads item.
Plated Steelcaps item.
Good tank items
Warmog's Armor item.
Jak'Sho, The Protean item.
Fimbulwinter item.
Good MR items
Kaenic Rookern item.
Spirit Visage item.
Abyssal Mask item.
Hollow Radiance item.
Force of Nature item.
Good Armor items
Thornmail item.
Randuin's Omen item.
Unending Despair item.
Sunfire Aegis item.
Iceborn Gauntlet item.
Frozen Heart item.
Dead Man's Plate item.
Situational items
Shurelya's Battlesong item.
Locket of the Iron Solari item.
Trailblazer item.
Situational DMG items
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Sterak's Gage item.
Overlord's Bloodmail item.
Wit's End item.
Blade of The Ruined King item.
Titanic Hydra item.
For the last fight
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Elixir of Iron item.
Elixir of Wrath item.
Example final build
Ionian Boots of Lucidity item.
Knight's Vow item.
Thornmail item.
Frozen Heart item.
Imperial Mandate item.
Warmog's Armor item.