Vayne Extreme This is a very difficult matchup! I would recommend taking Conq with Sorcery, this with nimbus clock and celerity. Your goal in this lane is to let her push and run her down with your Jungler at level 3. If this is not successful you need to make sure she burns, flash and that the jungle repeat ganks her. When trading try to save your E for when she gets greedy and Q's into you. If you can rush Tabi and phage with a bramble vest you can take favorable trades and look for the all in when she is below 50% HP. When she hits level 6 make sure that you disengage and fight her without ult! It's far too risky to fight her without as she can dodge your E very easily. I would just ban if I was you at the moment she is very strong into Darius.

Kennen Major Kennen When playing against Kennen make sure that you rush Merc's as soon as possible! Try and force trades after he uses E while also positioning behind minions to prevent his Q hitting you. This makes it harder for him to free trade you with Q, W. If you can get a gun early you can snowball against him hard with an early phage and you can always run him down after he uses E with ghost. You beat him hard late game as you can itemize very well into him.

Cassiopeia Major This is a hard lane for Darius as Cassiopeia can poke from range and stay out of combat with Phase Rush. Make sure you dodge her Q as then she will have to waste her W to stop you from trading. Make sure that you start Dorans Sheild and rush Mercs treads! Your third item has to be an Adaptive helm!

Heimerdinger Major More annoying than effective! Make sure that you take Dorans Shield and that you are able to get Q's off against him tower at level 2! Once you get Merc Treads you can safely Q his towers while trying to dodge his stun. If you can take out 2 towers without his response make sure you try to run him down and finish him off.

Jayce Major Laning against Jayce early is really difficult! He can disengage from your lockdown with his Hammer Form E as well as his kite ability in his gun form. In this lane, I take phase rush and try to stay healthy until level 3! At level 3 take a full E, W, Q trade and back out with phase rush. You should end up healthier than the Jayce! Try and bait the next trade with your jungle and run him down with Ghost after he uses Hammer form E. Rush Tabi's and take Dead man's third if you start to fall behind.

Quinn Major If you can land your E, it's fairly easy to reposition yourself behind her and run her down. If she plays very safe, try and freeze the lane and wait for your jungle!

Teemo Major Teemo is annoying, but as long as you don't die to him early he shouldn't be a problem! Try not to waste your W when you are blinded and wait out the duration before attacking! A Teemo's team fighting is dreadful, so make sure you have ghost and flash up and use him as a stacking tool when he falls out of position. If you find this matchup hard you can go phase rush and let the first 3 waves push, while staying healthy and running him down level 3 with ease. The only problem will be that you won't scale into the late game as hard compared to conquerer.

Aatrox Even This is a skill matchup that favors Darius. Try to bait out his first Q at level 1 and then hit yours! Try to rush him at level 2 and force a big wave under his tower at level 3. You should be able to back on an extra Dblade and completely out trade him once the wave pushes back in your favor. If you get ahead, make sure you buy an executioner as this significantly reduces his healing. If you are ahead Aatrox shouldn't pose any threat to you. If you are behind, then build a bramble vest and wait till level 16 3 items to stomp him.

Akali Major She is very annoying to lane against as she can go in and out of Darius's abilities. Rush mercs in this lane and try not to get hit by her empowered autos after she Q's. Only go in against her after she has used her shroud, and start trades with your Q.

Camille Even Camille can be a problem early if you fail to respect her shield and her W. Make sure you are poking her with Q in the early laning phase, while also being wary of lane position. You can pull her out of the E2 so try and take extended trades once you have achieved this! Don't be fearful of taking early trade damage as you will mostly always win extended trades against her. Please be careful late game as she does outscale you! You need to press your lead during the midgame.

Fiora Even In all honesty, as long as you're not facing a challenger Fiora you really can't lose as Darius, contrary to popular belief. Start Dsheild and play inside your minions, when she goes to a Q trade with yours. Make sure that when she starts the engage you must wait for her W to then hit yours! You need to be really sneaky and mask when you use your E, for example, if she QAAW avoid the W then Q instantly E and run her down. Rush Bramble every time! Remember, you win at 5 stacks before 40mins! I see so many Darius players fearing Fiora but she has to play the lane a lot more cautiously and cleanly to create a lead for herself. One big issue I see is that players fear her scaling! In the current meta and state of the game, it is very hard for the game to go 40+ minutes so have confidence!

Gangplank Major This lane is very annoying for Darius! He will constantly poke you down with Q and Grasp. Make sure you rush tabi and take trades when he has used his barrels. If you are smart enough, you can AA W to destroy the barrels quickly. Try to fight him at level 3 with E and force early trades. Good luck.

Gnar Even Go Phaserush and try to run him down at level 3 once the wave is near your tower! You can beat him at all stages of the game if you have higher HP than him and he has no E! Rush Tabi's and phage and look to bait his E! if you are losing early you can comeback into the game significantly at level 11 and once more at level 16. Try not to let him proc his passive too much as the movement speed will be too much to handle.

Illaoi Major This is very favorable to Darius before level 6 so you need to abuse this. Force jungle pressure and control the waves so that you can freeze and stop her scaling harder. when she is 6 make sure you instantly disengage if she hits you with an E, and even if she doesn't try to not fight her inside tentacles. I would recommend going executioners early into a Tri - Ster and forcing any mistakes she makes with your jungler.

Jax Major This lane depends on how well, Jax does in the early trading! If you can land 2 clean Q's without getting hit by his E at level 1 you can snowball the lane very hard! Make sure you take your E level 2 to disengage if he tries to leap on you! rush phage and try to get Trinity quickly to push your lead. Once he gets BORK the lane becomes difficult, you will need to purchase bramble and start to wait on Ster. Jax's main weakness is his tilt! Try to pressure him with the jungler and make sure he doesn't just get to free farm.

Kayle Major Kayle before level 6 is easy. Don't push the wave and try to force mistakes out of her at level 3. If you get a lead try to snowball by tower diving her and pressuring top hard. Be wary though if the game goes past 35mins she will beat you!

Kled Even This is a purely skill-based matchup! If you can fight him within your wave you should win sustained trades. Make sure that you can avoid his Q as the heal reduction limits your sustain. You beat him until he hits level 11. Try not to trade with him if he has his W up as this increases his burst significantly. Once he dismounts try to get close and time your E with his Q. Kill him as fast as possible once he has dismounted.

Olaf Major This can be difficult if you allow him to get free trades off early. You have much better range, which means you can poke him down with E, Q, W at level 3, just don't make sure you are pushed as his Q and gap close will become a problem for you. I would recommend rushing phage and poking with Q, using the movement speed to avoid his Axe’s, while also ensuring the wave doesn’t perma push. Once you Hit level 6 with Phage and Tabi you can look to fight him if you can bait out his W.

Pantheon Major Pantheon is heavily favored early game, but he falls off hard. If you manage to dodge his empowered Q you can engage him. Try not to use your ult until he has used his E, bait this out with Q’s and you E to get him in close. I would recommend waiting until level 6 to hard engage or waiting for a clear ganking opportunity.

Renekton Even Level 1 and 2 favor Darius, but at level 3 he can dodge your Q while also stunning you and escaping at the same time… try to poke with Q and bait out his E by stepping back inside the wave. If you manage to get a freeze off in lane it is very favorable for you as he must push up and burn his cooldowns to do anything. You do outscale Renekton but it is harder due to the Blade buffs. Try and fight him when you have at least Tri-ster alongside bramble and Tabi.

Riven Minor She is still ok, her changes make her lane sustain more annoying but she needed it, to be honest, just don't go for crazy trades and waste mana early. Look to build early tabi and hp and outlast her in long trades in which you win hard. I would also recommend going Grasp into this matchup, it is very successful at deterring a riven from short trades as you can end up gaining a lot from them while the wave still shoves in your favor. Also building HP vs Riven is very effective as this slows down her powerspike especially at level 6.

Ryze Major It can be difficult if you take a bad early trade. They usually take E first so try and farm within your wave. Look to poke with Q and once the wave is shoving you can run him down at level 3 once he uses W. He must use a lot of mana early to shove u in so try and capitalize on this and track his mana costs. Rush Mercs into this matchup. If the game goes too late he will just burst and poke you down with ease.

Rumble Even It can be difficult if you take a bad early trade. They usually take E first so try and farm within your wave. Look to poke with Q and once the wave is shoving you can run him down at level 3 once he uses W. He must use a lot of mana early to shove u in so try and capitalize on this and track his mana costs.

Tryndamere Even This is free for Darius if you can zone him from the wave as soon as possible. Make sure you land all the Q's you can so he has to heal with his Rage. You can abuse your range with W and E allowing him to be kited and poked inside both waves. Try not to fall behind in CS and make sure you rush tabi and phage.

Vladimir Minor This is not too bad for Darius as you will almost certainly have a base movement speed advantage. Rush phage and try and get on him as much as possible. you can land your E whenever he goes to auto the wave, just make sure he uses Phase rush and his W before hard engaging on him.

Cho'Gath Minor You can abuse Cho if he uses his Q too frequently within the wave. Once you have a freeze it is really easy to run him down with a Flash E, W, AA Q to then finish him off near his tower. This has a high success rate when Cho is at about 60% HP.

Dr. Mundo Minor Rush Executioner's Calling. Make sure you avoid his Q with minions as this will automatically push the wave in your favor. make sure you can land your E, Q outside of his minions as this will invite ganks. You should be able to still beat him late game with your true damage and sustain with Q.

Garen Minor Garen is so free for Darius its kinda unreal. You can free poke him with Q and kite out his Q with your E. Make sure if he goes in hard you can still land a Q, W AA before his Q lands. The only way you lose is if you engage him at half hp and he has his ult up. Just keep poking him in lane and set up a nice engage once you are level 6 and have higher HP than he does.

Irelia Minor Don't fight her when she has her passive stacked!!! make sure you are only fighting her inside her wave as she cannot stack her passive as easily. If you can dodge her E and then you can set up the rest of you engage with an easy Q into AA, W, AA E, AA, and R. It is easy for her to beat you once she gets blade now so wait until you have completed Trinity in order to re-engage her.

Mordekaiser Even You win this matchup early, but you have to be able to get a sustainable lead otherwise he can come into the game post level 6. Make sure you get your passive as soon as you can and try to avoid his E, as this can ruin your Q hitbox. If you can cast your Ult early to avoid the shield and kite back the trade until your Q is off cooldown.

Ornn Minor It is easier to beat Ornn now as you can get away with rushing phage into boots, then going Blade into this matchup. Make sure you always pull his E as he can chain cc you too death. Try and only fight him at level 6 until 13 and then at level 16.

Urgot Minor You can win this matchup hard if you can dodge his E or if he uses his W prematurely. Try to stick to one side of him when trading with him as this will ensure his passive won’t shred you. Capitalize on the mistakes he makes as this will make as it is easy to do in this matchup. Watch out for your HP once he gets to level 6.

Wukong Major Just a big yikes tbh, I'm really confused at what the peeps at Riot HQ thought with this one? I guess they were too busy listening to all the Wu mains crying about his terrible win-rate. Just ban Wukong tbh, he has 2 ways to gap close inside your Q, his sustain can match Darius's while also having the chance to cast his Ult twice which can slow down stacking. The Blade Buffs just mean the only time in the game you can fight him is if he is somehow level 15 to your 16.

Malphite Tiny You can poke him and dominate every aspect of the lane here! just freeze and watch as his cs falls below 75% of yours. just make sure to ping missing as he can just press R on your mid laner and they will flame you for it.

Maokai Tiny Poke with auto's and run him down at level 3.if he dodges your Q with his E, press ghost and end him. if you get far enough ahead you can easily 2v1 the jungler as Moakai becomes a stacking tool.

Nasus Tiny One of the easiest Darius lanes. you bully him so hard that all you need to be careful of is constantly getting ganked. If you are a level up, on him and have over 50% more hp don't be afraid to attempt the 2v1!

Yasuo Tiny Yasuo can only stand in lane against Darius at level 1 and 2. After this once he has shoved brainlessly, run him down with ghost and try to E his E to land an easy Q. Once he hits level 6, try to trade close and time his knock-up with your E so that he can't ult. Yasou does outscale you but the game should be over by then.

Sion Tiny Sion eats your Q! make sure you are avoiding his Q and landing clean E's in lane. try and poke him down and force him out of lane early to start building a sustainable lead.

Sett Even Auto-space him with your W like you would a Tryndamere. Make sure you play around his W, it's longer than everything you have apart from your E! If you can poke with Q and try to avoid fighting in minions. You beat him hard late game once u get some armor!! Try to all in him when he uses W and kill him before it comes back online!!

Shen Even This is Darius favored, don't underestimate Shen's early burst. You can start to beat him hard at level 6, try to pressure waves so he doesn't ult, look to run him down once he has used his taunt.

Singed Minor As long as you try not to get a leash early you can handle his first wave pressure and absorb the minion aggro with your Q on him. Make sure you hard engage him as much as possible once you hit level 3 and also try to freeze when your jungler is topside! Easy lane once you get ahead but can be a nightmare if you somehow fall behind.

Soraka Major Yes.... she is back!!! Someone at Riot HQ thought lets buff her again because she's underperforming in bot lane..... Well guess what she is back in top lane. I would recommend to either dodge or if u can't wait till level 3 and try to run her down with jungle pressure. If she has barrier then you can't do much just wait till 6 and try to spit and snowball against her.