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How to Win Vex vs Darius Counter MatchupVex is in the b tier of champions

Vex vs Darius

How to Beat Darius as Vex in LoLVex is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Darius as Vex

based on 2,544 Vex vs Darius matchups
Win Rate
50 %
K/D/A
2.31
Pick Rate
3.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our matchup statistics from the millions of ranked League games that we get from Riot Games every week. This guide on how to beat Darius as Vex resulted from an examination of 2544 ranked matches where both champs fought one another. This particular champion pairing is fairly rare. Vex fights Darius in only 3.4% of their rounds.

Vex vs Darius Matchup Summary

Vex does a average job of countering Darius. Typically, they wins a acceptable 50.0% of the time the champs clash against one another in. In Vex versus Darius games, Vex’s team is 0.1% less expected to get first blood. This implies that they most likely won't get first blood against Darius.

Best Vex vs Darius Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLost Chapter

Core Vex Items

~22 Mins
Zhonya's HourglassShadowflameLuden's Companion

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapLiandry's TormentStormsurgeMalignance

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

DominationDark HarvestTaste of BloodEyeball CollectionUltimate Hunter
SorceryManaflow BandTranscendence
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Vex's passive ability p
Vex's q ability q
Vex's w ability w
Vex's e ability e
Vex's ultimate ability r
1
E
2
Q
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
W
9
Q
10
W
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R
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W
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W
14
E
15
E
16
R

Guide to Countering Darius as Vex

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.

Vex vs Darius Counter Stats

Vex Image
Win Rate
50 %
VS
Win Rate
50 %
Darius Image
7.2
< Kills >
7.1
6.4
< Deaths >
6.2
7.6
< Assists >
4.5
1.65
< Killing Sprees >
1.61
159
< Minions Killed >
165
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.16
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.48
1,377
< Physical Damage >
16,535
21,870
< Magic Damage >
95
878
< True Damage >
4,070
24,126
< Damage Dealt >
20,700
19,369
< Damage Taken >
32,662
11,449
< Gold Earned >
12,144
1.82
< Towers >
2.36
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
2,100
< Total Healing >
8,151
14,151
< Experience >
14,859
20
< Vision Score >
17
10
< Wards Placed >
8
549
< Time Dealing CC >
170

How to Counter Darius with Vex in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here clarify several influential Vex vs. Darius matchup stats that may help us understand the distinctions between this pair of champions. For instance, Vex’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Darius’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Vex may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Darius..

Vex usually has a similar longest killing spree as their enemy does. Typically, they receives less damage than Darius. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Vex and Darius

Damage Types Compared

Vex
Darius
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Vex
Darius

Who is Better, Vex or Darius?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Vex usually fairs equally well when taking on Darius, with a 50.0% win rate. As a result, Vex makes an ok counter for Darius.

While Vex does have a higher win rate than Darius, when they face off with one another, Vex also has a lower difficulty level that makes them a less difficult character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Vex into Darius.

Additionally, Vex has some amount of CC and other utility, 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 isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Vex vs Darius matchups, Darius is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Vex is a decent counter for Darius. Focus your strategy on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Vex against Darius.

Additional Information for Vex Players

How We Calculated Our Vex vs Darius Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Darius as Vex, we analyzed 2,544 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 Vex 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Vex in order to counter Darius during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Vex on average gets a similar amount of CS compared to Darius. Champions who typically don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.

The best items to use in your Vex versus Darius build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Vex incorporated at least these three pieces in their build, they performed significantly better vs. Darius than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Vex boasted an average winrate of 50.0% when playing against Darius with these items in their kit.

To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Darius as Vex, you should take the Dark Harvest, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Vex vs Darius battles, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.0% win rate overall.

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