Darius vs Vladimir
How to Beat Vladimir as Darius
based on 3,832 Darius vs Vladimir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Darius vs Vladimir Matchup Summary
Best Darius vs Vladimir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vladimir as Darius
Tips for Playing as Darius against Vladimir
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 Vladimir
Items that counter Health stacking, such as Liandry's Torment and Blade of the Ruined King, are very effective against Vladimir.
Making Vladimir use Sanguine Pool at the start of a fight will maximize the Health cost of the ability to him.
Try to take Vladimir down before Hemoplague detonates, as it will heal him for each afflicted enemy Champion.
Darius vs Vladimir Counter Stats
How to Counter Vladimir with Darius in LoL
The stats provided here clarify some strategic Darius versus Vladimir counter statistics that may help you interpret the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Darius’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Vladimir’s ratio of NaN, showing that Darius may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Vladimir..
Darius usually has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Vladimir. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Darius and Vladimir
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Who is Better, Darius or Vladimir?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Darius usually fairs equally well when taking on Vladimir, with a 50.8% win rate. Therefore, Darius makes an ok counter for Vladimir.
While Darius does have a higher winrate than Vladimir, when they face off with one another, Darius also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Darius into Vladimir.
Moreover, Darius also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vladimir. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Darius vs Vladimir matchups, Darius is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Darius is a decent counter for Vladimir. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Darius against Vladimir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Darius to counter Vladimir during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Darius typically gets a similar amount of CS as Vladimir. Champions who typically don't acquire 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 large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Darius versus Vladimir build include Sterak's Gage, Dead Man's Plate, and Stridebreaker. When Darius incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better versus Vladimir than with most other common item sets. In fact, Darius had an average win rate of 50.8% battling Vladimir with this build.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Vladimir as Darius, Darius players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Darius vs Vladimir battles, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.8% winrate overall.
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