Who wins Darius vs Garen?
Darius wins 49.0% of 6,703 NA and EUW ranked games against Garen in top lane, against 48.8% in that role overall. In the 9 high-elo VODs on MID.GG, Darius won 78%.
Darius vs Garen at a glance
Ranked record In line
Across 6,703 NA and EUW ranked games in Top lane, Darius wins 49.0% against Garen, in line with the 48.8% Darius wins in that role overall.
VOD library Favoured Small sample
In our library of 9 high-elo VODs (latest patch 16.19), Darius won 78% against Garen and averaged 8.4/3.7/4.8. That is a small sample, so treat it as a starting point.
Pro build
The most played Darius setup into Garen takes Stormraider's Surge (Sorcery and Precision) and builds Youmuu's Ghostblade, Dead Man's Plate and Death's Dance. It shows up in 4 of 9 games with a 50% win rate. The main alternative is Conqueror (2 games).
Solo kills by level
A solo kill is a kill on the lane opponent with no assist. The bars over each champion above count them by champion level, from 6,703 NA and EUW ranked games in Top lane; the amber marks are where that champion's kills usually fall.
Darius's solo kills on Garen Fewer kills Later
Darius gets 2.1 solo kills per game against Garen, fewer than the 2.2 Darius averages in top lane, and 23% of them come before level 6, later than the usual 26%.
Garen's solo kills on Darius
Garen gets 1.8 solo kills per game against Darius, in line with the 1.9 Garen averages in top lane, and 21% of them come before level 6, about the usual 20%.
How they built Darius into Garen
Taken from the 9 VODs on this page, patch 16.19, 16.18, 16.16.
Most played setup
Runes
Core items
Alternative setup
Runes
Core items
Streamers who play Darius
Every streamer in the library with ranked Darius games, most games first. Each links to their VODs on MID.GG.
drututt 
Grandmaster 
AutolykusLoL 
Master 
lolmalice Master 
Broxah Master 
loltyler1 Grandmaster 
Canyon Grandmaster 
NattyNattLoL Master 
Tempest 
Challenger 
Quantum Master
Common questions about Darius vs Garen
What should Darius build against Garen?
The most-played setup is the Stormraider's Surge rune page, taken in 4 of the 9 high-elo VODs on MID.GG, with Youmuu's Ghostblade, Dead Man's Plate and Death's Dance as its most common core items.
Which pros and streamers play Darius?
EUWXYZ (331 games), RaiderGO (237) and Strey_LoL (26) have the most Darius VODs on MID.GG, each with their runes, build and full timeline.
Latest Darius vs Garen games
The most recent games in this matchup, newest first.
- Victory 12/1/4EUWXYZ Master · Top Patch 16.19
- Victory 9/6/6EUWXYZ Master · Top Patch 16.19
- Defeat 7/5/3RaiderGO Grandmaster · Top Patch 16.19
- Victory 8/6/7RaiderGO Grandmaster · Top Patch 16.18
- Defeat 1/4/1RaiderGO Grandmaster · Top Patch 16.18
- Victory 8/1/8Strey_LoL Master · Top Patch 16.16
- Victory 8/7/5EUWXYZ Grandmaster · Top Patch 16.16
- Victory 9/1/7RaiderGO Master · Top Patch 16.16
- Victory 14/2/2EUWXYZ Grandmaster · Top Patch 16.15
