Pros
- Strong early game 2.Strong mid game
- Huge lane bully
- Can 1v2 the jg gank
- Tanky with tons of damage
- Build path is situational
- Huge carry potential
- Great teamfights
Matchup difficulty
Cons
- Immobile
- Easily kitable
- Vulnerable to ganks
- A lot of counterpicks for him
- Needs summoner spells to be a huge threat
- Weak late game
Early Game
Before the game starts and you are in loading screen think how the matchup goes level 1 and how it can progress during the lane. Do you win the level 1 if you try or do they outtrade you? If you think you win the level one then try to cheese on the tribush or in the lane bushes and hit them from behid the minion wave could also pop ghost from the get go. This will yield you a huge hp advantage, their flash or maybe even a kill. If we cant fight level one either focus on csing and just scaling in the midgame like champs that poke you down or you try to get extended trades if the matchup is favorable because Darius is best.
Mid Game
In midgame you can use your 2 item powerspike or if you have been farming decently and got a lead you are exceptionally strong and can hold a 1v2 or 1v3 in top so keep the pressure up. If your team is struggling going down towards botside and helping them with dragon or trying to kill the enemy bot is a good idea. Doing a baron 20-25 if you have top control is easy so try to encourage your team to do it.
Late game
Your powerspike is gone now and you fall off when everyone is full build. Especially enemy adcs that have 5 6 items will be a huge problem to you. If you are strong 1v1 you can continue splitting but if they have something like jax that has outscaled you, you want to teamfight. Depending on if your adc is stronger than theirs you either want to front to back utilising your adcs strength or if the enemy adc is stronger you might want to flash ghost on them and try to kill the enemy adc so you eliminate the biggest strenth of the enemy
