Tanky Support Darius Build

Tanky Support Darius Build.

Tanky Support Darius build with runes and items. Tanky Support Darius guide offers in-depth how-to play, skill order and tips. Play Tanky Support Darius build in League of Legends Patch 14.24!

Updated: 2024-05-20 ()

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.
Sunfire Aegis should be final item in your build.
Trailblazer should be final item in your build.
Fimbulwinter should be final item in your build.
Kaenic Rookern should be final item in your build.
Quick Runes
Major rune Aftershock from Resolve tree.
Minor rune Precision.
Summoner spells
Pick Mark as your Summoner Spell.
Pick Flash as your Summoner Spell.

Tanky Support Darius Runes

Resolve
Resolve major tree Grasp of the Undying rune.
Resolve major tree Aftershock rune.
Resolve major tree Guardian rune.
Resolve major tree Demolish rune.
Resolve major tree Font of Life rune.
Resolve major tree Shield Bash rune.
Resolve major tree Conditioning rune.
Resolve major tree Second Wind rune.
Resolve major tree Bone Plating rune.
Resolve major tree Overgrowth rune.
Resolve major tree Revitalize rune.
Resolve major tree Unflinching rune.
Precision
Precision minor tree Absorb Life rune.
Precision minor tree Triumph rune.
Precision minor tree Presence of Mind rune.
Precision minor tree Legend: Alacrity rune.
Precision minor tree Legend: Haste rune.
Precision minor tree Legend: Bloodline rune.
Precision minor tree Coup de Grace rune.
Precision minor tree Cut Down rune.
Precision minor tree Last Stand 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)).

How it works

General
  1. You play Support who goes tanky.

How to play

General
  1. Identify your role within the team (engage, peel, frontline)
  2. If your team needs engage, go Trailblazer and Shurelya's Battlesong
  3. If your team needs peel, go Knight's Vow and Locket of the Iron Solari.
  4. Knight's Vow is a surprisingly good item. Buy it and use it if you have carry or bruiser/fighter who is doing well.
  5. You need to adapt your items to the game. Enemy team heavy on AP? Buy MR. They heavy on AD? Buy Armor. You need some damage? Well buy that.
  6. Be careful to not waste Aftershock. Try timing it and keeping it for going in.

Tips and Tricks

General
  1. Combo #1: You can Flash during Decimate (Q) animation.
  2. Decimate (Q) + Flash Combo: wait till the end of Q animation to Flash. This way, your enemies will have less time to react, and you can surprise them.
  3. 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).
  4. Apprehend (E) is a powerful cooldown. You can use to cancel enemy abilities (example: Riven Q3 or Camille and many more). 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 abilities).
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
Mercury's Treads item.
Plated Steelcaps item.
Ionian Boots of Lucidity item.
For peel
Knight's Vow item.
Locket of the Iron Solari item.
For engage
Shurelya's Battlesong item.
Trailblazer item.
Good tank items
Warmog's Armor item.
Fimbulwinter item.
Jak'Sho, The Protean item.
Good MR items
Force of Nature item.
Spirit Visage item.
Abyssal Mask item.
Hollow Radiance item.
Kaenic Rookern item.
Good Armor items
Sunfire Aegis item.
Randuin's Omen item.
Unending Despair item.
Thornmail item.
Frozen Heart item.
Dead Man's Plate item.
Iceborn Gauntlet item.
Situational items
Titanic Hydra item.
Zeke's Convergence 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.
Sunfire Aegis item.
Trailblazer item.
Fimbulwinter item.
Kaenic Rookern item.