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Darius vs Elise

What is Darius's win rate vs Elise?

In Top, Darius wins 54% against Elise across 43 observed ranked games.

Global ranked sample: games from every region and every rank pooled together, not one server's stats. Data runs through patch 26.12; curves updated 2026-08-07.

By 15 minutes the median game has Darius behind by 571 gold.

Darius at 15:00

Typical gap to Elise, from 43 games that reached 15:00.

Does Darius counter Elise?

Too close to call. Darius sits at 54% over 43 games, so neither pick counters the other here. The lane goes to whoever wins the spots below, like the gold lead at 10:00 or staying alive until 15:00, so play for those and let the pick argument go.

How to beat Elise as Darius

The median first death in this lane comes at 3:14; the level 6 spike lands around 5:43. Respect the all-in window until your spike is online.

What does Darius build in Top?

The most-finished Darius core is Youmuu's Ghostblade, Dead Man's Plate, Death's Dance: 59.1% across 1,935 games when all three got done. All matchups, patches 26.1-26.12.

Most games start Doran's Blade + Health Potion; the first finished item is usually Stridebreaker (23,397 games).

Skill plan: Darius players max Q first and take W at level 1.

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