Everything for Darius Jungle on patch 16.11, pulled from real Emerald+ ranked games — the build path, rune pages, the counters worth banning, the strongest teammates, and Darius's win conditions.
Darius is an AD juggernaut in the jungle, and on patch 16.11 they grade out as a strong pick — a 52.4% win rate, 0.7% pick rate, 8,612 ranked games sampled. On the power curve, Darius is front-loaded: at peak strength early and falling off the longer the game runs, so the win condition is to convert early pressure into objectives and leads before the 25-minute mark.
How Darius wins: splitpushing a side lane and forcing the enemy to answer it, and grouped 5-v-5 teamfights, where Darius tips the fight. The kit grades 8/10 split-push, 7/10 teamfighting. Darius's soft spots are engage and roaming (3/10, 3/10) — avoid fights that hinge on them.
The most-played core build is Youmuu's Ghostblade, Dead Man's Plate, Force of Nature, which holds a 50.3% win rate across 798 games this patch. Item order and defensive swaps update against whichever enemy comp you select.
The matchup to respect is Senna, where Darius sits at just 43.5%, the lane swings the other way into Rengar (58.3%), and on the team side, Darius gains the most from a Annie (+10.6% pair win rate).
Most-played core build and runes for Darius Jungle this patch, from Emerald+ ranked games. Pick the enemy team at the top of the page for a comp-specific build.
The picks Darius Jungle struggles into most this patch, sorted by your in-matchup win rate. These are your priority bans.
Who Darius Jungle wants on the team: partners with the biggest positive swing on Darius's win rate this patch.
Darius is also played in this other role this patch.
Take Darius into the Team Builder to plan around every pick, or check the Tier List to see exactly where Darius ranks this patch.