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Darius vs Naafiri
Top Lane MatchupDarius vs Naafiri TOP matchup tips: who wins, how to trade, wave control and common mistakes.
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Who Wins
- Pre-6 you win this matchup convincingly from level 1 onward because your W slow removes her escape after she engages, and your E guarantees you can pull her back into full passive stacks; level 3 is your strongest spike since you have all three abilities to lock her down and bleed her out.
- Post-6 you remain the dominant duelist because your R executes her before her reset can save her, especially if you have even partial passive stacks before the fight.
How to Trade
- Your best pattern is to bait her Q poke by walking slightly forward, then immediately E when she steps in to follow up, W to slow her escape, and auto-attack to the outer edge of your Q to stack bleed to five; once she is at five stacks and below 40% health, R ends the fight.
- Avoid chasing her into jungle without vision because her packmates deal meaningful damage in extended chases and she can kite you in open space.
Wave Control
- You want to slow-push the wave into a large crash, then back or roam, because she has no reliable way to stop your shove and a large minion wave under her tower forces her to choose between losing CS and overextending.
- Freezing near your side of the lane is also strong once you have an HP lead, as it forces her to walk up into your E range to farm.
Mistakes to Avoid
- Do not waste your E on a minion or use it when she is already outside pull range, because missing E removes your primary lockdown tool and she will immediately trade back or disengage freely for the next 14 seconds.
- Darius players who panic-E at max range when she dashes away often lose the kill opportunity and give her a free window to poke you down.
Created on 09/03/2026
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