Darius ARAM Mayhem Build

The Hand of Noxus. A middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: #86 of 173 champions.

BPatch 26.21FighterTankNo runes in Mayhem

Tier: B
Win rate: 49.5%
Pick rate: 6.9%
Rank: #86 of 173
Games: 1,607,304
Patch: 26.21

How to play Darius in ARAM Mayhem

Darius is a solid, middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: tier B, #86 of 173 champions, with a 49.5% win rate over 1,607,304 games. Riot rates it 2/10 for difficulty: easy to pick up when it lands on your bench.

77% of Darius's damage to champions is physical, so enemy armor is what slows it down. A notable 16% of it is true damage. It soaks 66,987 damage per game and mitigates another 80,196, so it belongs at the front: start fights and absorb the poke your carries can't.

The Tank build, tank items, is both the most played and the top-ranked path: Heartsteel, Overlord's Bloodmail and Warmog's Armor, with a 50.3% win rate over 427,910 games. For boots, most players buy Mercury's Treads, but Boots of Swiftness rank higher.

The cards that do best on Darius are Mad Scientist, Armored Impact and Escape Plan. Cards built around ability haste fill most of the top of its list, followed by movement speed. Skip Ultimate Revolution and Fey Magic when you can: they do worst on Darius. A pair to look for: Infernal Soul with Fruitify.

Take Flash and Mark (83% of players). Max Q (Decimate) first, then E, then W.

Darius ARAM Mayhem build

ARAMKit groups every Darius game by build path. The top-ranked path comes first, with the items most players start with, buy first and add later.

Tank build · top ranked

50.3% win rate · 32% of Darius games · 427,910 games

Start

Giant's Belt
Ruby Crystal

Core items, in buying order

Heartsteel
Overlord's Bloodmail
Warmog's Armor

Boots on the Tank build for Darius, top ranked first, with the share of players who buy them
Boots, best first	Players
No boots	40%
Boots of Swiftness	6%
Mercury's Treads	40%

Situational, after the core

Unending Despair15% buy it
Jak'Sho, The Protean10% buy it
Endless Hunger6% buy it
Titanic Hydra4% buy it
Spirit Visage22% buy it
Force of Nature7% buy it

Other build paths

Other Darius build paths with share of games, win rate and core items
Path	Games	Win rate
LethalityHubris, The Collector, Death's Dance	0.7%	47.5%
BruiserStridebreaker, Death's Dance, Sterak's Gage	25.3%	49.1%
CritHubris, The Collector, Infinity Edge	5.2%	45.7%

Games: the share of all Darius games that went this way.

Most bought items

Mercury's Treads46% of games
Heartsteel45% of games
Death's Dance39% of games
Spirit Visage29% of games
Sundered Sky24% of games
Stridebreaker22% of games
Dead Man's Plate19% of games
Warmog's Armor19% of games
Sterak's Gage18% of games
Trinity Force17% of games

Best augments for Darius

Every card with enough Darius games, by tier and best first within each tier. Tiers are Darius's own: a card can be S tier here and C tier on another champion. As Riot's policy asks, cards are shown by tier and order only, never with a win rate. Click a card for its own page; the augment tier list ranks them over all champions.

PrismaticBest prismatic cards

GoldBest gold cards

SilverBest silver cards

S- and A-tier cards for Darius

16 S tier and 31 A tier, best first.

The S- and A-tier augments for Darius in ARAM Mayhem, best first, with their rarity and what they do
Augment	Rarity	Tier	What it does
Mad Scientist	Prismatic	Tier S	On each Revive, you grow large (gaining 30% Adaptive Force and 20% Health) or tiny (gaining 70 Ability Haste and 40% Movement Speed).
Armored Impact	Gold	Tier S	After casting an Ability, your next Attack deals (50–125 (by level) +250% Bonus Armor) bonus physical damage to nearby enemies.
Escape Plan	Silver	Tier S	Gain a massive (65% Max Health) decaying Shield, decaying 150% Movement Speed, and a decaying shrink effect upon reaching 35% Health (75…
The Boom and the Bass	Gold	Tier S	After casting an Ability, your next Attack within 6 seconds is faster, deals Melee (50–200 (by level) +50% Bonus Attack Damage+30% Ability…
Giant Slayer	Prismatic	Tier S	Become tiny, gain 20% Movement Speed, and deal between 10% and 30% bonus damage to champions based on how much larger they are than you.
Hand of Baron	Prismatic	Tier S	Gain 25% Adaptive Force. Nearby allied minions are greatly empowered.
Stay Resolute	Silver	Tier S	Damaging enemy champions with selected ability grants you 1–3 (by level) Armor or Magic Resistance based on their Adaptive Force Damage…
Upgrade Immolate	Silver	Tier S	Hollow Radiance and Sunfire Aegis grant 12 Gold per target affected with Immolate. Gain 250 Gold.
Back To Basics	Prismatic	Tier S	Your Ultimate Ability is sealed. Gain 35% Ability Damage, Healing, Shielding, and 70 Ability Haste.
Omni Soul	Prismatic	Tier S	Gain 3 random Dragon Souls.
Circle of Death	Prismatic	Tier S	Your healing and Health Regen deal 70% of the value magic damage to the nearest enemy champion.
Sap Magic	Gold	Tier S	Every 20 seconds, your next Attack deals (80–300 (by level) +5% Bonus Health) bonus physical damage and restores (50–250 (by level) +8% Max…
Goliath	Prismatic	Tier S	Become large, gaining 35% Health and 15% Adaptive Force.
Steel Your Heart	Gold	Tier S	QUEST: Possess Heartsteel with 300 stacks. REWARD: Multiply Heartsteel stacks by 3.
Weapon of Destiny	Gold	Tier S	Your first Legendary Item becomes the Weapon of Destiny. When a champion you damaged within the last 3 seconds dies, increase the Weapon of…
Leg Day	Silver	Tier S	Gain 50 Movement Speed and 50% Slow Resist.
Fruitify	Silver	Tier A	Scoring a Takedown causes the slain champion to explode into 3–6 (by level) Fruit. Fruit restores 6% of your maximum health and restores 6%…
Clown College	Prismatic	Tier A	Backstab: You deal (20–35 (by level) +35% Ability Power +50% Bonus Attack Damage) bonus physical damage when striking from behind. Deceive…
Heavy Hitter	Silver	Tier A	Your Attacks deal additional (3.5% Max Health) physical damage.
Ocean Soul	Silver	Tier A	Gain the Ocean Soul, granting high Health and Mana Regen after damaging enemies.
Tank Engine	Gold	Tier A	On takedown, gain a stack that grants 5% increased size and 5% max Health. Lose 65% of stacks on death.
Ultra Hydra	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain a Tiamat when completing a Hydra Item. QUEST: Possess Titanic Hydra, Ravenous Hydra and Profane Hydra. REWARD: Get Ultra Hydra.
Forged By The Master	Silver	Tier A	Your Item and Augment damage are increased by 45%.
Pressure Cooker	Gold	Tier A	Every second, apply an infinitely stacking Burn to nearby enemy champions, dealing (0.5% Max Health) magic damage per second for 2 seconds…
En Passant	Prismatic	Tier A	Periodically identify Vitals on enemy champions. Hitting Vitals with Attacks or Abilities deals an additional 6% + 1.5% per stack max Health…
Final Form	Prismatic	Tier A	After casting your Ultimate, gain a 50% max Health Shield, 20% Omnivamp and 30% bonus Movement Speed for 10 seconds. (20 seconds Cooldown).
Flashbang	Silver	Tier A	Your Flash causes an explosion that deals (70–240 (by level) +60% Ability Power +70% Attack Damage) damage and Slows (resets on death).
Blunt Force	Silver	Tier A	–
Donation	Gold	Tier A	Receive 1750 Gold. Thanks chat!:)
Celestial Body	Gold	Tier A	Gain 1500 Health, but you deal 10% less damage.
Infinite Recursion	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 60 Ability Haste, plus 3 Ability Haste per takedown.
Stats on Stats!	Gold	Tier A	Gain 3 Stat Anvils, with a higher chance of Gold and Prismatic Anvils!
Get Excited!	Gold	Tier A	Gain 100% Movement Speed and 15% Attack Speed for 4 seconds on takedown.
Dawnbringer's Resolve	Gold	Tier A	When dropping below 50% Health, heal for 30% max Health over 3 seconds. Resets on death or every 45 seconds.
Lonely Warrior	Silver	Tier A	Gain 15% Attack Speed, 10 Armor, and 10 Magic Resist for each nearby enemy champion within 600 Range.
Kill Secured	Silver	Tier A	Gain 60% Movement Speed towards enemies below 40% health.
Flashy	Gold	Tier A	Your Flash has 3 charges. After 120 seconds, regain all charges.
Stats on Stats on Stats!	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 4 Stat Anvils, with a higher chance of Gold and Prismatic Anvils! On your next Augment selection, gain one additional reroll per slot.
Shark Bait	Gold	Tier A	On death, become Shark Bait. You can take no actions other than moving, which slows nearby enemies by 40%. After a few seconds, a Shark…
Transmute: Chaos	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 2 random Augment Tier Augments.
Transmute: Prismatic	Gold	Tier A	Gain a random Augment Tier Prismatic Augment.
Porcupine	Gold	Tier A	Taking damage from champions builds up a burst of needles. At critical mass, the needles burst, dealing (75–200 (by level) +125% Bonus…
Take'em Down Down Down	Gold	Tier A	Attacks and Abilities apply a stack to enemy champions for 5 seconds and deal Melee (5–30 (by level) +35% Bonus Attack Damage+15% Ability…
Shrink Engine	Gold	Tier A	Takedowns grant a stack that makes you 4% smaller, grants 8 Ability Haste, and 1% Movement Speed. Lose 65% stacks on death…
Don't Blink	Silver	Tier A	Gain 1% bonus damage per 10 Movement Speed more you have than the target.
Biggest Snowball Ever	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 100 Ability Haste on Snowball. Your snowball is BIG and will pass through minions. It Slows enemies for 20% for 2 seconds, Knocks Up…
Endless Decimation	Gold	Tier A	Autocast a circular axe swing that deals physical damage every 8 seconds in combat. Enemies along the outer edge take increased damage…

Average on Darius
56 cards, best first

Below average on Darius
28 cards, best first

Weakest on Darius
9 cards, best first

Best first augment for Darius

Your first card decides the early fights, and a card that is great as a first pick can be a weak fourth. ARAMKit ranks Darius's cards for each pick on its own; these are the top five per pick, with their tier in that pick. For the first pick, Armored Impact, Mad Scientist and Upgrade Immolate come out on top.

The best augments for Darius in each pick of an ARAM Mayhem game, best first, with their tier in that pick
#	First pick	Second pick	Third pick	Fourth pick
1	Armored ImpactTier S	Bread And ButterTier S	Hand of BaronTier S	Mad ScientistTier S
2	Mad ScientistTier S	Mad ScientistTier S	Mad ScientistTier S	Escape PlanTier S
3	Upgrade ImmolateTier S	Stay ResoluteTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S	Hand of BaronTier S
4	Omni SoulTier S	Escape PlanTier S	Escape PlanTier S	Giant SlayerTier S
5	Giant SlayerTier S	Bread and CheeseTier S	Back To BasicsTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S

Strong card pairs

Two cards that do especially well together on Darius, best pair first.

Summoner spells and skill order

Summoner spells

Flash + Mark83% of players · 49.7% win rate
Ghost + Mark3% of players · 49.4% win rate
Flash + Ghost13% of players · 49.0% win rate

Skill order

QDecimate
EApprehend
WCrippling Strike

Max Q first. 69% of players use this order (50.6% win rate); put points in R whenever you can.

Darius in an average Mayhem game

Averages per game over every game on this patch.

K / D / A: 11.6 / 12.0 / 22.8
KDA: 3.20
Damage to champions: 40,350
Damage taken: 66,987
Self-mitigated: 80,196
Healing on allies: 2
Shielding on allies: 0
Crowd control: 30 s
Kill participation: 62%
Game length: 17:03

Damage type

Physical 77%Magic 7%True 16%

Questions and answers

What is the best Darius build in ARAM Mayhem?

On patch 26.21 ARAMKit ranks the Tank build first for Darius: Heartsteel, Overlord's Bloodmail and Warmog's Armor. It is also the most played build.

What are the best augments for Darius in ARAM Mayhem?

The S-tier cards for Darius, best first: Mad Scientist, Armored Impact, Escape Plan, The Boom and the Bass and Giant Slayer. The full list by tier is on this page.

Is Darius good in ARAM Mayhem?

Darius is tier B on patch 26.21, #86 of 173 champions, with a 49.5% win rate over 1.6 million games. That makes it a solid, middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem right now.

What is the best first augment for Darius in ARAM Mayhem?

For Darius's first pick on patch 26.21: Armored Impact, Mad Scientist, Upgrade Immolate, Omni Soul and Giant Slayer, best first. Cards rank differently in later picks; the table on this page has all four.

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ARAM Mayhem tier list
Every champion by tier on patch 26.21.
ARAM Mayhem augment tier list
Every card from S to D over all champions.
All Mayhem builds
Pick a champion from the full list.
ARAM Mayhem rules
Augment levels, rerolls and why there are no runes.
ARAM Mayhem guide
How the mode, the cards and the picks work.
Darius counters
Its lane matchups on Summoner's Rift.
ARAM Mayhem overlay
The card picker and build in the app.

Source: ARAMKit, used with permission. Patch 26.21, 23,177,263 ARAM Mayhem games, data of October 28, 2026. Riot keeps Mayhem games out of its public match API, so these aggregates come from ARAMKit. Card tiers are shown without win rates, as Riot's developer policy asks.