Darius vs Taric
How to Beat Taric as Darius
based on 1,316 Darius vs Taric matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Darius vs Taric Matchup Summary
Best Darius vs Taric Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Taric as Darius
Tips for Playing as Darius against Taric
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 Taric
Taric reduces his spell cooldowns by basic attacking enemies with Bravado. Try to kite him in teamfights and punish him for approaching the minion wave in lane.
Taric's ultimate, Cosmic Radiance, has a long delay before its effect. Try to quickly assess whether to disengage the fight or attempt to kill his allies before it goes off.
Darius vs Taric Counter Stats
How to Counter Taric with Darius in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show several vital Darius vs. Taric counter stats that may help us explain the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. For instance, Darius’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Taric’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Darius may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Taric. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Darius often has a much larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives more damage than Taric. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Darius and Taric
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Who is Better, Darius or Taric?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Darius usually loses when facing off against Taric, with a 47.9% win rate. Therefore, Darius makes a poor counter to Taric.
While Darius does have a lower win rate than Taric, when they face off with one another, Darius also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming champ to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Darius into Taric.
Moreover, Darius also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Taric. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Darius vs Taric matchups, Taric is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Darius is a terribly counter for Taric. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Darius against Taric.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Darius to counter Taric during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Darius usually gets much more CS compared to Taric. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Darius versus Taric build consist of Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Titanic Hydra. When Darius included at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better versus Taric than with most other typical builds. In fact, Darius boasted an average winrate of 47.9% when playing against Taric with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating Taric as Darius, Darius players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Darius vs Taric fights, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.9% win rate overall.
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