Darius (League of Legends)

* Base
* Dunkmaster
* God-King

## Summary

There is no greater symbol of Noxian might than Darius, the nation’s most feared and battle-hardened leader. Rising from humble origins to become the Hand of Noxus, he cleaves through the empire’s enemies—many of them Noxians themselves. Knowing that he never doubts that his cause is just and never hesitates once his axe is raised, those who stand against the commander of the Trifarian Legion can expect no mercy.

## Mentality

**Personality**: Consistent and concise, Darius is a powerful man who represents Noxus' strength as an ideal. He is an imperialist, believing that only those with their own strength should hold important positions and ascend in your country, regardless of origin or status.

**Intelligence:** **Genius** (As Commander General of the Trifarian Legion, Darius is a highly trained military strategist and combatant, his fearsome notoriety so widely recognized even in the lands beyond Noxus that it is not uncommon for entire cities to surrender at the first sight of his banners. Having served in the Noxian army since he was 12 years old, Darius has spent most of his life fighting numerous and grueling campaigns of conquest from one end of the known world to the other, as well as crushing a series of rebellions against the throne. As he steadily rose through the ranks, he gained great respect for his aggression, discipline, and refusal to step back, even going as far as to decapitate a Noxian general after he ordered a retreat, rallying the bands of warriors scattered and winning a great and unexpected victory against a much more numerous enemy. As a result, he was rewarded with a high command of his own, attracting many thousands of eager recruits from across the empire, of whom he accepted only the strongest, most disciplined, and strong-willed. With the establishment of Trifarix, Darius raised a new elite force, the Trifarian Legion, the most loyal and prestigious warriors the empire could produce, and leads the armies of Noxus into a glorious new era of conquest. These soldiers, personally trained by Darius, enjoy a reputation known throughout Valoran, even among those who have never fought alongside or against them, and are so feared that only two legionnaires could take over an entire city. In combat, Darius is a cold-blooded assassin, moving across the battlefield with powerful and precise movements and striking with deadly force where it matters most).

## Power and Stats

**Powers and Abilities:**

* Base
* Dunkmaster
* God-King
Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Hemorrhage inducement, Weapon Mastery (Axe), Martial Arts (Skilled in hand-to-hand combat), Damage Amplification (Via Noxian Might and Crippling Strike), Healing (Via Decimate), Statistics Reduction (Speed Reduction Via Crippling Strike and Apprehend), Extrasensory Perception (Via Apprehend), Fear Manipulation (Actively Via Noxian Guillotine, Passively via fear aura), Resistance to Extreme Cold (Able to withstand the cold of the Freljord, which is so cold that steel instant shatters upon contact with the air of the region).

**Dunkmaster Form**: Same as before.

**God-King Form**: All powers as her base plus: Immortality (Types 1), Cosmic Awareness, Regeneration (Rank I), Transformation (Into a Forsaken Wolf), Darkness Manipulation, Soul Manipulation (Able to summon his soul as a manifestation of his untamed might), Telekinesis (Able to telekinetically control his armor).

**Dimensionality:** **3D** | **3D** | **3D**

**Existential Status:** **Concrete** | **Concrete** | **Concrete** can affect **Spiritual**

**Attack Potency:** **Building level** (It must be at least comparable, if not much higher, than Draven, who is described as being able to beat him easily if he fought seriously.) | **Town level** (Via this calculation) | **Constellation Level** (Has fought and killed gods on the level of the God Fist and the God Staff and sees them as lesser beings, Defeated God-King Garen).

**Durability:** **Building level** (It must be at least comparable if not much higher than Draven, is described as being able to beat him easily if he fought seriously) | **Town level** (Via this calculation) | **Constellation Level** (Has fought and killed gods on the level of the God Fist and the God Staff and sees them as lesser beings, Defeated God-King Garen).

**Speed:** **Subsonic**, At Most **Supersonic** (Able to fight at a comparable speed to Draven) | **Subsonic**, At Most **Supersonic** (Same as before) | **Massively FTL+** (Comparable to God King Garen, Lee Sin, and God Staff Jax).

**Lifting Strength:** **Class kN** | **Class kN** (Tanks a Meteor) | **Unknown**.

**Stamina:** **Superhuman** (Was able to fight non-stop against an army of Winter's Claw from sunset to sunrise after just having walked non-stop from sunrise to sundown) | **Superhuman** (Tanks a Meteor) | **Unknown**.

**Range:** **Extended Melee** | **Extended Melee** | **Unknown**.

**Weaknesses:** **None notable** | **None notable** | **None notable**.

**Key:** Base | Dunkmaster | God-King

## Arsenal

**Standard Equipment:** War Axe.

**Notable Attacks/Techniques:**

* **Hemorrhage - Passive:** Darius's attacks and damaging abilities cause enemies to bleed for physical damage over 5 seconds, stacking up to 5 times.
* **Decimate - Q:** Darius winds up and swings his axe in a wide circle. Enemies struck by the blade take more damage than those struck by the handle. Darius heals based on enemy champions and large monsters hit by the blade.
* **Crippling Strike - W:** Darius's next attack strikes an enemy's crucial artery. As they bleed out, their Movement Speed is slowed.
* **Apprehend - E:** Darius hones his axe, passively causing his physical damage to ignore a percentage of his target's Armor. When activated, Darius sweeps up his enemies with his axe's hook and pulls them to him.
* **Noxian Guillotine - R:** Darius leaps to an enemy champion and strikes a lethal blow, dealing true damage. This damage is increased for each stack of Hemorrhage on the target. If Noxian Guillotine is a killing blow, its cooldown is refreshed for a brief duration.

## Note

1. Credits to the artist **Nasus\_Kim** by the Dunkmaster form.
2. Credits to the artist **lejia chan** by the God-King form.

## Trivia

* **Darius**,  **Draven**,  **Invetia Varn**, and  **Quilleta Varn** were all born in Basilich.
* *Darius isn't a crazed, bloodthirsty maniac but more of a cold-blooded killer moving through the battlefield with powerful, precise movements and striking with deadly force where it matters most. He takes pride in combat, but there's no primal bloodlust needing to be sated. Unpredictable sadists don't always make for the best commanders.*" — Harrow, narrative writer for Riot.
* Darius's *Trifarian Legion* is probably based on the Triarii, the elite unit in the Roman Republic's early period ​legions​s;
	+ The stem *Trifar-* is possibly based on Latin *trifārius* "in three parts~places" (cf. Sanskrit cognate त्रिधा *tridhā*), from PIE *\*tri-**dʰóh₁-*.
* Having been raised as an orphan, Darius doesn't care for titles or privileges, only to serve his empire through his Noxian Might.
* His armor and axe were likely made with ore from the Delverhold of the Ironspike Mountains.

## References

1. **Darius - Biography**.
2. **Darius - The Winterspike Road**.
3. **Darius - The Principles of Strength**.
4. **Darius - Proclamation of the Trifarix**.
5. **Darius - Blood Of Noxus**.
6. **Darius: Fear | League Animation Workshop**.
7. **Darius - Tales of Runeterra: Noxus | “After Victory”**.
8. **Darius - League of Legends Wiki”**.