Darius vs Lulu
How to Beat Lulu as Darius
based on 2,048 Darius vs Lulu matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Darius vs Lulu Matchup Summary
Best Darius vs Lulu Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lulu as Darius
Tips for Playing as Darius against Lulu
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 Lulu
Lulu excels when opponents heavily commit. Don't give her this chance! Use heavy harass tactics instead to force Lulu and her partner out of lane.
The shots from Lulu's faerie can be intercepted - hide behind your minions to avoid the additional Faerie attacks.
Darius vs Lulu Counter Stats
How to Counter Lulu with Darius in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify several valuable Darius versus Lulu counter stats that can help us appreciate the differences between the pair. For instance, Darius’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Lulu’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Darius may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Lulu. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Darius normally has a much larger longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he receives more damage than Lulu. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Darius and Lulu
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Who is Better, Darius or Lulu?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Darius usually fairs equally well when taking on Lulu, with a 50.6% win rate. Therefore, Darius makes an ok counter for Lulu.
While Darius does have a higher winrate than Lulu, when they face off with one another, Darius also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Darius into Lulu.
Moreover, Darius also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Lulu. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Darius vs Lulu 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 Lulu. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Darius against Lulu.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Darius to counter Lulu during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Darius most often gets much more CS as Lulu. Champions who on average don't get much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Darius versus Lulu build include Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Sundered Sky. When Darius included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better countering Lulu than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Darius boasted an average win rate of 50.6% when countering Lulu with this build.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Lulu as Darius, Darius players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Celerity, and Nimbus Cloak runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Darius vs Lulu battles, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.6% win rate overall.
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