Pantheon vs Darius
How to Beat Darius as Pantheon
based on 6,207 Pantheon vs Darius matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pantheon vs Darius Matchup Summary
Best Pantheon vs Darius Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Darius as Pantheon
Tips for Playing as Pantheon against Darius
Mortal Will activates after 5 spells or basic attacks - plan your way through fights to allow you to activate it more than once.
Whittle the enemy down with Comet Spears before you jump in.
If an enemy is going to get out of range of your Aegis Assault, you can recast the spell to immediately fire the shield slam.
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.
Pantheon vs Darius Counter Stats
How to Counter Darius with Pantheon in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight some significant Pantheon versus Darius counter statistics that can help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Pantheon’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Darius’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Pantheon may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Darius..
Pantheon often has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. On average, he receives less damage than Darius. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Pantheon and Darius
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Who is Better, Pantheon or Darius?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Pantheon usually fairs equally well when taking on Darius, with a 49.3% win rate. Therefore, Pantheon makes an ok counter for Darius.
While Pantheon does have a lower winrate than Darius, when on opposite teams, Pantheon also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Pantheon into Darius.
Additionally, Pantheon has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Darius. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Pantheon vs Darius matchups, Darius is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Pantheon is a somewhat poor counter for Darius. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Pantheon against Darius.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Pantheon in order to counter Darius during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pantheon usually accumulates less CS compared to Darius. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't have to have 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 large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Pantheon versus Darius build include Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin, and Eclipse. When Pantheon included at least these three items in his build, he did much better against Darius than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Pantheon had an average winrate of 49.3% when countering Darius with this build.
To have the best likelihood of beating Darius as Pantheon, you should use the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Coup de Grace, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Pantheon vs Darius counterpicks, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.3% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Darius as Pantheon are given for all skill levels combined. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to a particular division, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.