

Darius vs Pantheon
In the top lane on patch 26.21, Darius is among Pantheon's worst matchups in LazyElo players' lobbies: at least 8 games in the matchup, a win rate below 50% after it is pulled toward 50%.
Pantheon wins 50.7% of its 134 top games on patch 26.21 (tier A), and Darius is one of the opponents it does worst against: this is a counter by the site's rule. Darius itself wins 50.3% of 571 games there (tier A). The games are those of LazyElo players and the players they met, at their own elo, not Emerald and above.
The per-champion pages: Darius counters and Pantheon counters.
- Darius top games
- 571
- Pantheon top games
- 134
- Min. games per matchup
- 8
- Patch
- 26.21
Darius vs Pantheon at a glance
Topmeasured
| Champion | Tier | Win rate | Games | Pick rate | In this matchup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 50.3% | 571 | 5.2% | Beats Pantheon: Pantheon has it among its worst matchups | |
| A | 50.7% | 134 | 1.2% | Loses to Darius: among its worst matchups here |
Tiers and win rates are each champion's own top numbers on patch 26.21, from the Top Lane tier list. “Loses to” means at least 8 games in the matchup and a win rate below 50% after it is pulled toward 50%.
Jungle
| Champion | Tier | Win rate | Games | Pick rate | In this matchup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 52.3% | 130 | 1.2% | No counter relation with 8 games | |
| B | 50.0% | 44 | 0.4% | No counter relation with 8 games |
Tiers and win rates are each champion's own jungle numbers on patch 26.21, from the Jungle tier list. “Loses to” means at least 8 games in the matchup and a win rate below 50% after it is pulled toward 50%.
Support
| Champion | Tier | Win rate | Games | Pick rate | In this matchup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Too few games in this lane for a line of its own. | |||||
| C | 45.7% | 186 | 1.7% | No counter relation with 8 games | |
Tiers and win rates are each champion's own support numbers on patch 26.21, from the Support tier list. “Loses to” means at least 8 games in the matchup and a win rate below 50% after it is pulled toward 50%.
Mid
| Champion | Tier | Win rate | Games | Pick rate | In this matchup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Too few games in this lane for a line of its own. | |||||
| S+ | 59.7% | 72 | 0.7% | No counter relation with 8 games | |
Tiers and win rates are each champion's own mid numbers on patch 26.21, from the Mid tier list. “Loses to” means at least 8 games in the matchup and a win rate below 50% after it is pulled toward 50%.
How Darius plays this matchup
Riot lists Darius as fighter and tank, on mana, and rates it 9 for attack, 5 for defense, 1 for magic and 2 for difficulty on its own ten-point scale (Data Dragon). Those ratings describe the kit, not the matchup; what the games say is below.
In the top lane on patch 26.21, Darius is tier A with a 50.3% win rate over 571 games (5.2% of top picks). Against Pantheon it does better than that: Pantheon has Darius among the opponents it loses to most, with at least 8 games in the matchup. The lane is on Darius's side on average; your own record in it decides whether it is on yours.
Darius's other worst top matchups on this patch: Darius vs Akali, Darius vs Yone, Darius vs Malphite. Whether a matchup is a counter follows from six things, range and sustain first: what decides a counter.
How Pantheon plays this matchup
Riot lists Pantheon as fighter and assassin, on mana, and rates it 9 for attack, 4 for defense, 3 for magic and 4 for difficulty on its own ten-point scale (Data Dragon). Those ratings describe the kit, not the matchup; what the games say is below.
In the top lane on patch 26.21, Pantheon is tier A with a 50.7% win rate over 134 games (1.2% of top picks). Against Darius it does worse than that: Darius is one of the opponents it loses to most, with at least 8 games in the matchup and a win rate below 50% after it is pulled toward 50%. Playing Pantheon here means playing for the lane you get: give up the early trades its kit does not win, keep the CS and wait for your item spike or your jungler.
What each side builds
Darius
Most built items
Games · Win rateThe finished items Darius ends top games with most often.
Youmuu's Ghostblade61.6%48.1%
Dead Man's Plate60.7%53.2%
Plated Steelcaps59.0%49.4%
Death's Dance37.3%57.6%
Force of Nature34.1%52.6%
Stridebreaker27.2%55.6%
Runes
Games · Win rateThe keystone with its secondary tree, most played first.

Stormraider's Surge + Precision39.8%47.8%
Conqueror + Sorcery36.2%48.1%
Conqueror + Resolve19.4%61.2%
Builds rest on 563 Darius games in this lane on patch 26.21 whose items were shared; every item and rune page above was in at least 10 of them. Games: the share of those games with it. This is Darius's top build over every opponent, not a build for this matchup.
Pantheon
Most built items
Games · Win rateThe finished items Pantheon ends top games with most often.
Plated Steelcaps62.9%54.2%
Eclipse53.0%55.7%
Black Cleaver41.7%58.2%
Voltaic Cyclosword37.1%51.0%
Mercury's Treads25.8%44.1%
Bastionbreaker25.0%45.5%
Runes
Games · Win rateThe keystone with its secondary tree, most played first.

Stormraider's Surge + Precision30.8%51.4%
Press the Attack + Sorcery21.7%69.2%
Conqueror + Sorcery20.8%44.0%
Builds rest on 132 Pantheon games in this lane on patch 26.21 whose items were shared; every item and rune page above was in at least 10 of them. Games: the share of those games with it. This is Pantheon's top build over every opponent, not a build for this matchup.
Other matchups
Darius's other matchups
Darius vs Yoneloses, top
Darius vs Malphiteloses, top
Darius vs Viegoloses, jungle
Darius vs Akaliloses, top
Darius vs Teemowins, top
Darius counters, every lane.
Pantheon's other matchups
Pantheon vs Luxloses, support
Pantheon vs Swainloses, support
Pantheon vs Seraphinewins, support
Pantheon vs Mordekaiserwins, top
Pantheon counters, every lane.
Your record in Darius vs Pantheon
Your plan, asked first
Once LazyElo can tell that Darius or Pantheon is your lane opponent, a card in champ select asks for your plan against them, and only then shows the notes you wrote earlier.Your record in it
Games, wins and losses, when you last played the matchup and your average KDA in it, plus your CS and gold difference at 10 minutes from the games with a timeline.How others did
How other players in your stored games did in the same matchup, with the number of games.
Matchups is part of Plus; the free plan shows the best 3 picks from your pool. The feature: your own notes for this matchup.
Questions and answers
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Does Pantheon counter Darius?
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Related
- All matchupsEvery measured pair, per lane and per champion.
- All countersEvery champion's hardest matchups per lane.
- Darius countersWho Darius struggles against and beats, per lane.
- Pantheon countersWho Pantheon struggles against and beats, per lane.
- Top Lane tier listThe full lane ranking.
- What decides a counterThe six things behind a matchup, and when not to counter pick.