Darius vs Sivir
How to Beat Sivir as Darius
based on 1,944 Darius vs Sivir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Darius vs Sivir Matchup Summary
Best Darius vs Sivir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sivir as Darius
Tips for Playing as Darius against Sivir
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 Sivir
When laning against Sivir, it is possible to throw off the timing of her Spell Shield by faking an advance, then backing off.
Sivir is a powerful pushing champion, so leaving her unattended in a lane for too long will often result in your turrets being destroyed.
Boomerang Blade costs a lot of mana to cast, so dodging it sets Sivir back. If it hits you on the way out, avoid its path on the way back.
Darius vs Sivir Counter Stats
How to Counter Sivir with Darius in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify some important Darius against Sivir matchup stats that may help you appreciate the distinctions between these two champions. As an example, Darius’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Sivir’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Darius may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Sivir..
Darius usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he takes more damage than Sivir. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Darius and Sivir
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Who is Better, Darius or Sivir?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Darius usually fairs equally well when playing against Sivir, with a 50.6% win rate. Therefore, Darius makes an ok counter for Sivir.
While Darius does have a higher winrate than Sivir, when on opposite teams, Darius also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Darius into Sivir.
Furthermore, Darius has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sivir. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Darius vs Sivir matchups, Darius is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Darius is a decent counter to Sivir. Focus your strategy on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Darius against Sivir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Darius to counter Sivir during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Darius on average picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Sivir. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Darius versus Sivir build consist of Trinity Force, Sundered Sky, and Stridebreaker. When Darius bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better countering Sivir than with many other common item sets. In fact, Darius boasted an average winrate of 50.6% when countering Sivir with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Sivir as Darius, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Darius vs Sivir matchups, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.6% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Sivir as Darius are shown for all ranked divisions combined. To filter the stats and builds to a specific player tier, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.