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There is no greater symbol of Noxian might than Darius, the nation's most feared and battle-hardened commander. 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 his cause is just, and never hesitates once his axe is raised, those who stand against the leader of the Trifarian Legion can expect no mercy.
Noxus' mightiest warrior, Darius, cleaves his way from the top lane of League of Legends into Riftbound''s first set, Origins. The Noxian leader strikes fear into his foes while rallying his allies as a senior commander, which is fitting considering he combines the aggression of Fury and the unified assault of Order.
The combination of Fury and Order makes Darius perfect for an aggressive unit-based strategy, that wants to amass a huge army to send a commanding battle to the face of your foes, uncaring for the units are lost in the process. The main way that Darius' champion card, Darius Trifarian enables this is by rewarding you for playing multiple cards.
On the other hand Darius Executioner grows your other friendly units, making your united offensive stronger and able to conquer battlefields much more easily, as well as the ability to come in readied if you've played another card before it.
With this, Darius wants to play a ton of aggressive bodies as well as the synergistic, unit-based cards of Order, ramping up into big battalion-esque attacks to try to hold battlefields, with Darius himself at the forefront being able to attack two times in a singular turn if sequenced correctly. With this, you'll also be making a lot of tokens that'll be able to either die for the Noxian cause or hold the battlefield in the event of a bloody battle.
Darius Signature Cards
Darius's signature cards are both based around the Legion mechanic, meaning that you'll want to play a spell prior to utilising both of them. His legend, Hand of Noxus is an Energy rock that lets you add another energy if you've played a card prior, meaning that you can ramp yourself ahead +1 if you can consistently double-spell.
His signature spell, Noxian Guillotine is an Action card that lets you either kill a unit in a delayed fashion, or in the event that Legion is active, right away. This can work well during combat scenarios as you're able to play this during Showdowns, which is a huge way to be able to swing the game in your favour at the blink of an eye.
Darius Staple Cards and Synergies
This will be updated as cards are revealed over spoiler season.
To be able to go as wide as possible, cards like Faithful Manufactor and Vanguard Captain that make other units are great to have an easy source of a large amount of units to be able to boost with Darius Executioner. Similarly, Noxus Hopeful is an aggressive body that can be played for cheap if you've met the Legion requirement, giving you 4 Might for 2 energy.
Grand Strategem is a great buff to be able to steal a battlefield full of big defenders. It's a lot of investment, but if you can play it at the right time, it can do a lot of damage and cripple your opponents' gameplan and possibly waste the turns they've invested in. With this, you don't want to be playing as many of these huge spells, though, as they're hard to fit in when Legion is so important to your gameplan.
Darius Sample Decks – Wield the Hand of Noxus
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