Darius vs Taliyah
How to Beat Taliyah as Darius
based on 1,451 Darius vs Taliyah matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Darius vs Taliyah Matchup Summary
Best Darius vs Taliyah Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Taliyah as Darius
Tips for Playing as Darius against Taliyah
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 Taliyah
When Taliyah casts Unraveled Earth in the lane, be on the lookout for Seismic Shove. If she throws you into her minefield, the throws and stones will break your bones.
Taliyah's Threaded Volley is locked into a direction. If she's throwing rocks at you, dodge to the side!
Darius vs Taliyah Counter Stats
How to Counter Taliyah with Darius in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several influential Darius vs. Taliyah matchup stats that may help you distinguish the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Darius’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Taliyah’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Darius may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Taliyah..
Darius normally has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. On average, he receives more damage than Taliyah. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Darius and Taliyah
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Who is Better, Darius or Taliyah?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Darius usually fairs equally well when taking on Taliyah, with a 50.8% win rate. As a result, Darius makes an ok counter to Taliyah.
While Darius does have a higher winrate than Taliyah, when on opposite teams, Darius also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Darius into Taliyah.
Furthermore, Darius also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Taliyah. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Darius vs Taliyah matchups, Darius is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Darius is a decent counter to Taliyah. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Darius against Taliyah.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Darius to counter Taliyah during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Darius most often gets a similar amount of CS compared to Taliyah. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Darius versus Taliyah build include Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Force of Nature. When Darius incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting Taliyah than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Darius had an average winrate of 50.8% battling Taliyah with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of beating Taliyah as Darius, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Darius vs Taliyah counterpicks, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.8% win rate overall.
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