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How to Win Ahri vs Darius Counter MatchupAhri is in the b tier of champions

Ahri vs Darius

How to Beat Darius as Ahri in LoLAhri is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Darius as Ahri

based on 3,862 Ahri vs Darius matchups
Win Rate
49.9 %
K/D/A
2.44
Pick Rate
3.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our matchup statistics from the millions of recently rated LoL rounds that we review each week. Our guide on how to beat Darius as Ahri came out of an evaluation of 3862 ranked matches where both champions engaged one another. This particular pairing is somewhat rare. Ahri is forced to battle against Darius in only 3.4% of her matches.

Ahri vs Darius Matchup Summary

Ahri does a average job of beating Darius. On average, she wins a acceptable 49.9% of the time the champions battle each other in. In Ahri versus Darius games, Ahri’s team is 0.1% less probable to gain first blood, indicating that she most likely won't get first blood against Darius.

Best Ahri vs Darius Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLost Chapter

Core Ahri Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Liandry's TormentCryptbloomMalignanceLuden's Companion

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Ahri to level upq
>
Second ability for Ahri to level upw
>
Last skill for Ahri to max oute

Runes

DominationElectrocuteTaste of BloodEyeball CollectionUltimate Hunter
SorceryManaflow BandTranscendence
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Ahri's passive ability p
Ahri's q ability q
Ahri's w ability w
Ahri's e ability e
Ahri's ultimate ability r
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W
2
Q
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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W
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Q
10
W
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W
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E
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Guide to Countering Darius as Ahri

Tips for Playing as Ahri against Darius

Initiate team fights using Charm, and chase down stragglers with Spirit Rush.

Spirit Rush enables Ahri's abilities, it opens up paths for Charm, helps double hitting with Orb of Deception, and closes to make use of Fox-Fire.

Use Charm to set up your combos, it will make landing Orb of Deception and Fox-Fire dramatically easier.

Advice to Win Against Darius

When Darius's axe grab is on cooldown, he is vulnerable to harassment attacks.

Darius's ability to escape from fights is limited. If you have an advantage against him, press your lead.

Ahri vs Darius Counter Stats

Ahri Image
Win Rate
49.9 %
VS
Win Rate
50.1 %
Darius Image
6
< Kills >
6.7
5.5
< Deaths >
6.1
7.4
< Assists >
4.2
1.39
< Killing Sprees >
1.52
162
< Minions Killed >
164
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.16
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.47
1,450
< Physical Damage >
15,800
14,628
< Magic Damage >
92
5,082
< True Damage >
3,730
21,160
< Damage Dealt >
19,623
19,749
< Damage Taken >
31,629
11,039
< Gold Earned >
11,802
1.96
< Towers >
2.28
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
4,661
< Total Healing >
7,750
13,993
< Experience >
14,467
20
< Vision Score >
17
10
< Wards Placed >
8
69
< Time Dealing CC >
165

How to Counter Darius with Ahri in LoL

The stats shown here underscore several influential Ahri versus Darius counter stats that can help us appreciate the distinctions between these two champs. For instance, Ahri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Darius’s ratio of NaN, showing that Ahri may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Darius..

Ahri normally has a similar longest kill spree as her enemy does. Typically, she takes less damage than Darius. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Ahri and Darius

Damage Types Compared

Ahri
Darius
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Ahri
Darius

Who is Better, Ahri or Darius?

Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Ahri usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Darius, with a 49.9% win rate. Therefore, Ahri makes an ok counter for Darius.

While Ahri does have a lower win rate compared to Darius, when facing one another, Ahri also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Ahri into Darius.

Moreover, Ahri has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Darius. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Ahri vs Darius matchups, Darius is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Ahri is a somewhat poor counter for Darius. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Ahri against Darius.

Other Champion Matchups Against Ahri

Ahri Loses Against

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Ahri Wins Against

ZeriZeri54.1% winrateYuumiYuumi53.5% winrateRek'SaiRek'Sai53.4% winrateOriannaOrianna52.6% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Ahri Players

How We Calculated Our Ahri vs Darius Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Darius as Ahri, we analyzed 3,862 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Darius as Ahri comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Ahri Build Darius Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Ahri in order to counter Darius during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Ahri usually racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Darius. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The best items to have in your Ahri versus Darius build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Ahri incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better countering Darius than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Ahri had an average win rate of 49.9% battling Darius with these items in her kit.

To have the highest probability of beating Darius as Ahri, you should use the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Ahri vs Darius fights, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.9% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Darius as Ahri are displayed for every ranked division. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to an individual player tier, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.