Top Matchup

Kled vs Darius

Patch: 15.15 (25.15)
League: Platinum+
Kled

Kled

the Cantankerous Cavalier
Top
Kled Top Overall Win Rate
50.54%

Matchup Win Rate

47.7%
Kled vs Darius Wins
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52.3%
Darius vs Kled Wins
Darius

Darius

the Hand of Noxus
Top
Darius Top Overall Win Rate
49.06%

Kled vs Darius - Top Matchup Guide Patch 15.15 (25.15)

Kled Top vs Darius Top - Who is stronger?

Kled Top has trouble against Darius (47.7% win rate) based on 686 games. This is a tough matchup for Kled players.

View detailed statistics below: items, runes, and counter builds for Kled Top vs Darius Top in patch 15.15 (25.15), including win rates and pick rates. With proper study, this can improve your chances of victory up to 67.5% in this matchup.

Statistical Matchup Analysis

With 2.6% popularity, Kled constantly encounters meta-dominant Darius (6.8%, 4th place out of 62 Top champions). Understanding how to play against this popular champion becomes essential for consistent Kled performance in the current patch. Surprising upset: Despite Kled's higher tier rating, Darius wins 52.3% of encounters. This suggests Darius's kit specifically counters Kled's playstyle, overriding general meta strength - approach this matchup with extra caution. Every edge matters: In this tough matchup, the proven Conqueror + Triumph combination (69.2% win rate) plus optimal itemization Titanic Hydra, Heartsteel, Overlord's Bloodmail, and Plated Steelcaps boosts your chances from 47.7% to 67.5% - potentially game-changing.

Farm your way back: Kled's superior farming (6.27 vs 6.14/min, 44th among Top) offers a comeback path. Focus on safe CSing and capitalize on your 0.13 CS/min natural advantage. Damage doesn't equal wins: Kled outputs more damage (849 vs 712/min, 2nd place) but still loses the matchup. The issue likely lies in survivability, mobility, or damage timing rather than raw output. Strong individual performance: Kled maintains better KDA (2.10, 10th place vs 41st for Darius), but loses the matchup overall. High KDA without wins suggests difficulty translating individual advantages into victory conditions.

Kled vs Darius - Top Stats Comparison

Kled Top
Kled Top		Versus
Darius Top
Darius Top
B+TierB
47.7%Matchup Winrate52.3%
50.54%Role Winrate49.06%
#27Winrate Rank#49
2.6%Pickrate6.8%
2.1Average KDA1.8
441Gold per Minute428
6.27CS/Min6.14
0.29Wards per Minute0.30
849Damage per Minute712

How to Beat Darius as Kled (Top)

Difficult matchup requiring deep understanding of game mechanics and flawless execution. Patience and proper macro play are the keys to victory in this confrontation.

Except for rare builds, Kled deals physical damage. Focus on eliminating enemy carries. Darius deals mainly physical damage (77.66%), additional items against this damage type may be required against snowballing or aggressive play.

An important advantage of Kled is higher farming statistics (ranked 44th among role champions) (versus 49th for Darius), which provides a stable gold advantage in extended games and allows faster access to key items. Meanwhile, their lower KDA (1.8 versus 2.1) suggests they are less effective in team fights.

Key aspects of the Kled Top versus Darius Top matchup

In this difficult confrontation, it is critically important for the Kled player to avoid attempts to force trades and all-ins with the Darius player, as the matchup requires a patient and calculated approach. Extended trades without clear tactical advantage often lead to unfavorable consequences, and ignoring opportunities to receive team support can be a fatal mistake for game progression.

Kled vs Darius: Top Lane Summoner Spells

Most Popular

Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Teleport
Teleport After a brief channel, become untargetable and travel to an allied unit. Upgrades into Unleashed Teleport, which significantly increases travel speed.
46.4% Win Rate45.3% Pick Rate

Highest Win Rate

Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Ignite
Ignite Deals true damage over time to target enemy champion and reduces healing effects on them for the duration.
51.3% Win Rate40.5% Pick Rate

Kled vs Darius: Top Lane Runes

Most Frequent Runes

Primary Path
Precision
Conqueror
Conqueror Basic attacks or spells that deal damage to an enemy champion grant 2 stacks of Conqueror for 5s, gaining 1.8-4 Adaptive Force per stack. Stacks up to 12 times. Ranged champions gain only 1 stack per basic attack.

When fully stacked, heal for 8% of the damage you deal to champions (5% for ranged champions).

Conqueror

Basic attacks or spells that deal damage to an enemy champion grant 2 stacks of Conqueror…

Triumph
Triumph Takedowns restore 5% of your missing health, 2.5% of your max health, and grant an additional 20 gold.


'The most dangerous game brings the greatest glory.'
—Noxian Reckoner

Triumph

Takedowns restore 5% of your missing health, 2.5% of your max health, and grant…

Legend: Alacrity
Legend: Alacrity Gain 3% attack speed plus an additional 1.5% for every Legend stack (max 10 stacks).

Earn progress toward Legend stacks for every champion takedown, epic monster takedown, large monster kill, and minion kill.

Legend: Alacrity

Gain 3% attack speed plus an additional 1.5% for every Legend stack (max 10 sta…

Last Stand
Last Stand Deal 5% - 11% increased damage to champions while you are below 60% health. Max damage gained at 30% health.

Last Stand

Deal 5% - 11% increased damage to champions while you are below 60% health. Max…

Secondary Path
Resolve
Demolish
Demolish Charge up a powerful attack against a tower over 3s, while within 600 range of it. The charged attack deals 100 (+35% of your max health) bonus physical damage.

Cooldown: 45s

Demolish

Charge up a powerful attack against a tower over 3s, while within 600 range of …

Bone Plating
Bone Plating After taking damage from an enemy champion, the next 3 spells or attacks you receive from them deal 30-60 (based on level) less damage.

Duration: 1.5s
Cooldown: 55s

Bone Plating

After taking damage from an enemy champion, the next 3 spells or attacks you re…

Adaptive
Attack Speed
Attack Speed Increases attack speed by 10%

Attack Speed

Increases attack speed by 10%

Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Scaling Health
Scaling Health Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

Scaling Health

Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

47.1% Win Rate83.8% Pick Rate

Best Win Rate Runes

Primary Path
Precision
Conqueror
Conqueror Basic attacks or spells that deal damage to an enemy champion grant 2 stacks of Conqueror for 5s, gaining 1.8-4 Adaptive Force per stack. Stacks up to 12 times. Ranged champions gain only 1 stack per basic attack.

When fully stacked, heal for 8% of the damage you deal to champions (5% for ranged champions).

Conqueror

Basic attacks or spells that deal damage to an enemy champion grant 2 stacks of Conqueror…

Triumph
Triumph Takedowns restore 5% of your missing health, 2.5% of your max health, and grant an additional 20 gold.


'The most dangerous game brings the greatest glory.'
—Noxian Reckoner

Triumph

Takedowns restore 5% of your missing health, 2.5% of your max health, and grant…

Legend: Alacrity
Legend: Alacrity Gain 3% attack speed plus an additional 1.5% for every Legend stack (max 10 stacks).

Earn progress toward Legend stacks for every champion takedown, epic monster takedown, large monster kill, and minion kill.

Legend: Alacrity

Gain 3% attack speed plus an additional 1.5% for every Legend stack (max 10 sta…

Last Stand
Last Stand Deal 5% - 11% increased damage to champions while you are below 60% health. Max damage gained at 30% health.

Last Stand

Deal 5% - 11% increased damage to champions while you are below 60% health. Max…

Secondary Path
Domination
Sudden Impact
Sudden Impact Damaging basic attacks and abilities deal a bonus 20 - 80 True Damage based on level to enemy champions after using a dash, leap, blink, teleport, or when leaving stealth for 4s.

Cooldown: 10s

Sudden Impact

Damaging basic attacks and abilities deal a bonus 20 - 80 True Damage based on …

Treasure Hunter
Treasure Hunter Gain an additional 50 gold the next time you collect a Bounty Hunter stack. Increase the gold gained by 20 gold for each Bounty Hunter stack, up to 130 gold.

Bounty Hunter stacks are earned the first time you get a takedown on each enemy champion.

Treasure Hunter

Gain an additional 50 gold the next time you collect a Bounty Hunter stack. Inc…

Adaptive
Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Scaling Health
Scaling Health Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

Scaling Health

Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

69.2% Win Rate6.0% Pick Rate

Kled vs Darius: Top Lane Item Builds

Most Popular Build

Starting Items
Stealth Ward
Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
Doran's Blade
Doran's Blade (450 gold) 10 Attack Damage
80 Health
3% Life Steal
Health Potion
Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
51.0% Win Rate70.7% Pick Rate
Popular Boots
Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps (1200 gold) 25 Armor
45 Move Speed
Plating
Reduces incoming damage from Attacks by 10%.
49.7% Win Rate53.8% Pick Rate
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads (1250 gold) 20 Magic Resist
45 Move Speed
30% Tenacity
50.9% Win Rate26.3% Pick Rate
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
Fleetfooted
Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
53.5% Win Rate3.0% Pick Rate
Core Build
Tiamat
Tiamat (1200 gold) 20 Attack Damage
Cleave
Attacks deal physical damage to nearby enemies.
Crescent
Deal physical damage to enemies around you.
->
Titanic Hydra
Titanic Hydra (3300 gold) 40 Attack Damage
600 Health
Cleave
Attacks deal physical damage on-hit and to enemies behind the target.
Titanic Crescent
Empower your next Cleave to deal bonus physical damageOn-Hit and deal bonus physical damage to enemies behind the target.
Black Cleaver
Black Cleaver (3000 gold) 40 Attack Damage
400 Health
20 Ability Haste
Carve
Dealing physical damage to champions reduces their Armor by 6% for 6 seconds. (stacks 5 times).
Fervor
Dealing physical damage grants 20 Move Speed for 2 seconds.
Sterak's Gage
Sterak's Gage (3200 gold) 400 Health
20% Tenacity
The Claws that Catch
Gain bonus Attack Damage.
Lifeline
Taking damage that would reduce your Health below 30% grants a decaying Shield for 4.5 seconds.
57.9% Win Rate12.5% Pick Rate
Final Build
Overlord's Bloodmail
Overlord's Bloodmail (3300 gold) 30 Attack Damage
550 Health
Tyranny
Gain 2% of your bonus Health as Attack Damage.
Retribution
Gain up to 10% increased Attack Damage based on your percent missing Health.
58.0% Win Rate10.7% Pick Rate

Best Win Rate Build

Starting Items
Oracle Lens
Oracle Lens (0 gold) Active (160 - 100s, max 2 charges)
Reveals enemy Stealth Wards and traps around you for 6 seconds.
Doran's Blade
Doran's Blade (450 gold) 10 Attack Damage
80 Health
3% Life Steal
Health Potion
Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
56.2% Win Rate0.3% Pick Rate
Highest Winrate Boots
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity (900 gold) 10 Ability Haste
45 Move Speed
Ionian Insight
Gain 10 Summoner Spell Haste.
55.2% Win Rate2.8% Pick Rate
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
Fleetfooted
Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
53.5% Win Rate3.0% Pick Rate
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads (1250 gold) 20 Magic Resist
45 Move Speed
30% Tenacity
50.9% Win Rate26.3% Pick Rate
Core Build
Tiamat
Tiamat (1200 gold) 20 Attack Damage
Cleave
Attacks deal physical damage to nearby enemies.
Crescent
Deal physical damage to enemies around you.
->
Titanic Hydra
Titanic Hydra (3300 gold) 40 Attack Damage
600 Health
Cleave
Attacks deal physical damage on-hit and to enemies behind the target.
Titanic Crescent
Empower your next Cleave to deal bonus physical damageOn-Hit and deal bonus physical damage to enemies behind the target.
Heartsteel
Heartsteel (3000 gold) 900 Health
100% Base Health Regen
Colossal Consumption (0s) per target
If an enemy champion is nearby for a few seconds, your next Attack against them deals 70 plus 6% of your max Health as bonus physical damage and grants 8% of the damage as max Health.
Goliath
For each 1000 max Health, gain 3% increased size, up to 30%.
Overlord's Bloodmail
Overlord's Bloodmail (3300 gold) 30 Attack Damage
550 Health
Tyranny
Gain 2% of your bonus Health as Attack Damage.
Retribution
Gain up to 10% increased Attack Damage based on your percent missing Health.
67.5% Win Rate1.0% Pick Rate
Final Build
Black Cleaver
Black Cleaver (3000 gold) 40 Attack Damage
400 Health
20 Ability Haste
Carve
Dealing physical damage to champions reduces their Armor by 6% for 6 seconds. (stacks 5 times).
Fervor
Dealing physical damage grants 20 Move Speed for 2 seconds.
64.3% Win Rate4.7% Pick Rate
Other Items
Jak'Sho, The Protean
Jak'Sho, The Protean (3200 gold) 350 Health
45 Armor
45 Magic Resist
Voidborn Resilience
After 5 seconds of champion combat, increase your bonus Armor and Magic Resist by 30% until end of combat.
56.1% Win Rate7.5% Pick Rate
Guardian Angel
Guardian Angel (3200 gold) 55 Attack Damage
45 Armor
Rebirth
Upon taking lethal damage, restores 50% base Health and 100% max Mana after 4 seconds of Stasis.
59.3% Win Rate5.4% Pick Rate
Death's Dance
Death's Dance (3300 gold) 60 Attack Damage
15 Ability Haste
50 Armor
Ignore Pain
A percentage of damage taken is dealt to you over 3 seconds instead.
Defy
When a champion that you damaged within 3 seconds dies, cleanse Ignore Pain's remaining damage and restore Health over 2 seconds.
52.1% Win Rate5.0% Pick Rate
Hullbreaker
Hullbreaker (3000 gold) 40 Attack Damage
500 Health
4% Move Speed
Skipper
Every fifth Attack against champions and epic monsters deals bonus physical damage, increased against Structures.
Boarding Party
Nearby allied siege and super minions gain Armor and Magic Resist.
59.4% Win Rate4.4% Pick Rate
Randuin's Omen
Randuin's Omen (2700 gold) 350 Health
75 Armor
Resilience
Receive 30% less damage from Critical Strikes.
Humility
Slow nearby enemies by 70% for 2 seconds.
37.4% Win Rate3.8% Pick Rate
Sundered Sky
Sundered Sky (3100 gold) 40 Attack Damage
400 Health
10 Ability Haste
Lightshield Strike
Your first Attack against a champion Critically Strikes and restores Health.
55.9% Win Rate3.7% Pick Rate
Voltaic Cyclosword
Voltaic Cyclosword (3000 gold) 55 Attack Damage
18 Lethality
10 Ability Haste
Galvanize
Dashes and Stealth stack Energized 75% faster.
Firmament
Your Energized Attack deals bonus physical damage and Slows for 0.75 seconds.
56.8% Win Rate3.3% Pick Rate

Kled vs Darius: Top Lane Skill (abilities) Orders

Most Frequent Skill Order

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Q
Q
Bear Trap on a Rope Kled throws a bear trap that damages and hooks an enemy champion. If shackled for a short duration, the target takes additional physical damage and is yanked toward Kled.

When dismounted, this ability is replaced by Pocket Pistol, a ranged gun blast that knocks back Kled and restores courage.
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
W
W
Violent Tendencies Kled gains massive attack speed for four attacks. The fourth attack deals more damage.
W
W
W
W
W
E
E
Jousting Kled dashes, dealing physical damage and gaining a short burst of speed. Kled can cast this ability again to dash back through his initial target, dealing the same damage.
E
E
E
E
E
R
R
Chaaaaaaaarge!!! Kled and Skaarl charge to a location, leaving a speed-granting trail behind them and gaining a shield. Skaarl locks onto and rams the first enemy champion encountered.
R
R
R
Max Order: Q > W > E
43.8% Win Rate43.0% Pick Rate

Highest Win % Skill Order

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R
Q
Bear Trap on a Rope Kled throws a bear trap that damages and hooks an enemy champion. If shackled for a short duration, the target takes additional physical damage and is yanked toward Kled.

When dismounted, this ability is replaced by Pocket Pistol, a ranged gun blast that knocks back Kled and restores courage.
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
R
W
Violent Tendencies Kled gains massive attack speed for four attacks. The fourth attack deals more damage.
W
W
W
W
W
R
E
Jousting Kled dashes, dealing physical damage and gaining a short burst of speed. Kled can cast this ability again to dash back through his initial target, dealing the same damage.
E
E
E
E
E
R
R
Chaaaaaaaarge!!! Kled and Skaarl charge to a location, leaving a speed-granting trail behind them and gaining a shield. Skaarl locks onto and rams the first enemy champion encountered.
R
R
R
Max Order: Q > W > E
95.8% Win Rate0.9% Pick Rate

Kled tips:

  • Kled generates some courage by killing minions, but gets much more from fighting Champions.
  • The last hit of Violent Tendencies deals more damage than the first three - make sure you hit it!
  • Chaaaaaaaarge!!! can be cast at a great range. Try and predict where the enemy team will be by the time you reach them.

Playing 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.

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