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How to Win Darius vs Graves Counter MatchupDarius is in the b tier of champions

Darius vs Graves

How to Beat Graves as Darius in LoLDarius is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Graves as Darius

based on 5,828 Darius vs Graves matchups
Win Rate
49.7 %
K/D/A
1.78
Pick Rate
4.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of recently ranked LoL games each and every week. Within our data, Darius engaged Graves 5828 times. Including so many games with Darius vs Graves provides us faith in our capability to prepare useful stats and a solid build to destroy your opponent. This particular pairing is fairly uncommon. Darius fights Graves in only 4.3% of his games.

Darius vs Graves Matchup Summary

Darius does a ok job of countering Graves. On average, he wins a acceptable 49.7% of matches the champs oppose each other in. In Darius against Graves rounds, Darius’s team is 0.1% more probable to gain first blood, indicating that he probably will get first blood against Graves.

Best Darius vs Graves Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordHearthbound Axe

Core Darius Items

~22 Mins
Black CleaverTrinity ForceDead Man's Plate

Optional Items

Death's DanceSterak's GageHullbreakerJak'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
ResolveSecond WindUnflinching
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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Q
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Guide to Countering Graves as Darius

Tips for Playing as Darius against Graves

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 Win Against Graves

Leaving the Smoke Screen's area of effect removes the harmful effect immediately.

Graves deals mostly physical damage so Armor is an effective counter.

Darius vs Graves Counter Stats

Darius Image
Win Rate
49.7 %
VS
Win Rate
50.3 %
Graves Image
6.7
< Kills >
7.2
6
< Deaths >
5.8
4
< Assists >
7
1.54
< Killing Sprees >
1.65
171
< Minions Killed >
53
0.15
< Dragons Killed >
1.52
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.48
15,864
< Physical Damage >
17,521
87
< Magic Damage >
855
3,827
< True Damage >
1,646
19,779
< Damage Dealt >
20,022
31,615
< Damage Taken >
29,446
11,969
< Gold Earned >
12,725
2.29
< Towers >
1.72
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.37
7,669
< Total Healing >
13,644
14,649
< Experience >
14,343
17
< Vision Score >
23
8
< Wards Placed >
6
160
< Time Dealing CC >
489

How to Counter Graves with Darius in LoL

The stats provided here feature several vital Darius vs. Graves counter stats that can help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. Darius’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Graves’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Darius may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Graves..

Darius usually has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Graves. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Darius and Graves

Damage Types Compared

Darius
Graves
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Darius
Graves

Who is Better, Darius or Graves?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Darius usually fairs equally well when taking on Graves, with a 49.7% win rate. Therefore, Darius makes an ok counter for Graves.

While Darius does have a lower win rate compared to Graves, when they face off with one another, Darius also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Darius into Graves.

Additionally, Darius also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Graves. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Darius vs Graves matchups, Graves is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Darius is a somewhat poor counter to Graves. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Darius against Graves.

Other Champion Matchups Against Darius

Darius Loses Against

Dr. MundoDr. Mundo44.9% winrateTeemoTeemo45.1% winrateLilliaLillia45.2% winrateZyraZyra45.2% winrate

Darius Wins Against

K'SanteK'Sante55.6% winrateYuumiYuumi55.5% winrateNidaleeNidalee55.3% winrateOlafOlaf55% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

MaokaiMaokai+ 52.9% 5160 GamesZyraZyra+ 52.9% 5818 GamesZacZac+ 53.5% 2449 GamesLilliaLillia+ 54.3% 7927 Games

Additional Information for Darius Players

How We Calculated Our Darius vs Graves Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Graves as Darius, we analyzed 5,828 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Graves as Darius comes from real 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 the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Darius to counter Graves during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Darius often accumulates much more CS as Graves. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Darius versus Graves build consist of Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Dead Man's Plate. When Darius combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better vs Graves than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Darius had an average win rate of 49.7% when playing against Graves with this counter build.

To have the best chance of crushing Graves as Darius, Darius players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Unflinching, and Second Wind runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Darius vs Graves face-offs, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.7% win rate overall.

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