Release version[]

V14.9

• Stats
  • Gameplay radius reduced to 65 units from 80.
  • Selection radius reduced to 120 units from 125.

V14.7

• God-King Darius
  • Noxian Guillotine
    • Bug Fix: No longer incorrectly abruptly finishes its effects before the cast time if Darius is stunned before the ability's animation plays (and after the player uses it).

V14.4

• Dunkmaster Darius
  • Bug Fix: First encounter VO is now properly playing as intended for Amumu, Maokai, and Sona.
• Spirit Blossom Darius
  • Crippling Strike
    • Bug Fix: VFX no longer renders over impassable terrain.

V14.2

• Decimate
  • Mana cost reduced to 25 / 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 from 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50.
  • Heal increased to 15% − 45% (based on enemies hit by the blade) missing health from 13% − 39%.
• Apprehend
  • Armor penetration increased to 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40% from 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35%.

V13.14

• Dunkmaster Darius
  • Bug Fix: Basic attack animation now uses the VFX for this skin rather than the classic one.

V13.7

• Crippling Strike
  • Bug Fix: Empowered attack no longer fails if the attack expires during its windup.

V13.3

• General
  • Adjusted splash artwork for Academy Darius.

V12.22

• Stats
  • Mana growth increased to 58 from 57.5.

V12.21

• Noxian Guillotine
  • Bug Fix: Now properly resets its cooldown if a target died a moment before taking damage.

V12.10

• Stats
  • Base health increased to 652 from 582.
  • Health growth increased to 114 from 100.
  • Armor growth increased to 5.2 from 4.
  • Magic resistance growth increased to 2.05 from 1.25.
• Decimate
  • Heal reduced to 13% − 39% (based on enemies hit by the blade) missing health from 15% − 45% (based on enemies hit by the blade).

V12.6

• Noxian Guillotine
  • Base damage increased to 125 / 250 / 375 from 100 / 200 / 300.

V12.3

• General
  • Base voice lines have been remastered to sound clearer, cleaner, and smoother.

V11.21

• Crippling Strike
  • New Effect: Now trigger spell effects when dealing damage.

V11.20

• Crippling Strike
  • Cooldown reduced to 5 seconds at all ranks from 7 / 6.5 / 6 / 5.5 / 5.

V11.18

• Crime City Nightmare Darius
  • Heavier sound effects for Hemorrhage and Noxian Guillotine.

V11.14

• Hemorrhage
  • Bonus attack damage increased to 30 − 230 (based on level) from 20 − 205 (based on level).
• Apprehend
  • Cooldown reduced to 24 / 21.5 / 19 / 16.5 / 14 seconds from 26 / 24 / 22 / 20 / 18.

V11.10

• Apprehend
  • Cooldown increased to 26 / 24 / 22 / 20 / 18 seconds from 24 / 21 / 18 / 15 / 12.

V11.8

• Hemorrhage
  • Damage against monsters increased to 300% from 175%.

V11.7

• Noxian Guillotine
  • Undocumented/Bug Fix: Darius can no longer gain Noxian Might upon killing a unit other than his primary target during the 0.15 second reset window.

V11.2

• Hemorrhage
  • Bonus attack damage reduced to 20 − 205 (based on level) from 30 − 230 (based on level).

V11.1

• Stats
  • Base health reduced to 582 from 582.24.
  • Base magic resistance reduced to 32 from 32.1.

V10.23

• Stats
  • Mana growth increased to 57.5 from 37.5.

V10.16

• Crippling Strike
  • Bug Fix: Now properly deals damage to a target with spell shield.

V10.6

• Crippling Strike
  • AD ratio reduced to 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60% AD from 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70% AD.
  • Mana cost increased to 40 from 30.
• Apprehend
  • Mana cost changed to 70 / 60 / 50 / 40 / 30 from 45 at all ranks.

V10.5

• Hemorrhage
  • Damage against monsters increased to 175% from 120%.

V10.4

• Hemorrhage
  • New Effect: Bleed now deals 120% damage against monsters.
• Decimate
  • New Effect: Now also heals off of large monsters hit.

V10.2

• Noxian Guillotine
  • Bug Fix: Maximum damage always factors in Noxian Might, not only when the latter is active.

V9.24

• Decimate
  • Bug Fix: Now does not heal from Decimate when hitting spell-shielded enemies with his axe's handle.

V9.23

• Crippling Strike
  • Bug Fix: Attack no longer hits through Teemo's Blinding Dart when it critically strikes.

V9.16

• Hemorrhage
  • Bug Fix: No longer incorrectly displays a ranged indicator.

V9.9

• Decimate
  • Healing increased to 15% − 45% (based on enemy champions hit by the blade) missing health from 12% − 36% (based on enemy champions hit by the blade).
  • Blade base damage increased to 50 / 80 / 110 / 140 / 170 from 40 / 70 / 100 / 130 / 160.

V9.5

• Apprehend
  • Bug Fix: Base skin no longer plays God-King Darius Apprehend quotes.

V8.19

• Crippling Strike
  • AD ratio increased to 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70% AD from 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60% AD.
• Apprehend
  • Armor penetration increased to 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35% from 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30%.

V8.15

• God-King Darius
  • Bug Fix: Several missing VO lines have been restored.

V8.14

• God-King Darius
  • Noxian Guillotine
    • Bug Fix: Certain shield particles from items and champion abilities no longer render through terrain during the animation of Noxian Guillotine.

V8.8

• General
  • Bug Fix: Texture compression is now more consistent across his chroma pack.
• Dreadnova Darius
  • Bug Fix: Idle VFX have been restored.
• Woad King Darius and Dunkmaster Darius
  • Bug Fix: Particles during critical attacks are no longer misplaced.

V8.7

• Dreadnova Darius
  • Bug Fix: Recall VFX have been restored.
• Lord Darius
  • Bug Fix: Loincloth texture is now more consistent across various graphics settings.

V8.4

• Crippling Strike
  • Cooldown reduced to 7 / 6.5 / 6 / 5.5 / 5 seconds from 9 / 8 / 7 / 6 / 5.
  • AD ratio increased to 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60% AD from 40% AD at all ranks.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where it sometimes failed to damage certain units (e.g Yorick's Dark Procession).
• Apprehend
  • Armor penetration increased to 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30% from 5 / 10 / 15 / 20 / 25%.

V8.3

• General
  • New lore.
• Stats
  • Base health regeneration increased to 10 from 9.846.

V8.2

• Noxian Guillotine
  • New Effect: Now draws nearby minion aggro when targeting an enemy champion.

V7.24

• Hemorrhage
  • Bleed damage increased to 13 − 30 (based on level) from 10 − 27 (based on level).
  • Noxian Might bonus AD increased to 30 − 230 (based on level) from 30 − 200 (based on level).

V7.22

• Stats
  • Base attack damage increased to 64 from 56.
  • Base armor increased to 39 from 30.

V7.14

• Apprehend
  • Changed several interactions where it overwrites any spell queuing commands, instead forcing the caster to immediately begin basic-attacking once the ability completed.

V7.11

• Decimate
  • Bug Fix: When triggering Noxian Might by applying a fifth stack via Decimate, Decimate now properly only applies one stack of Hemorrhage to other units hit.

V7.7

• Dunkmaster Darius
  • Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where moving the camera away from him as he was recalling would desync the sound of it.

V7.2

• Hemorrhage
  • Bonus AD reduced to 30 − 200 (based on level) from 40 − 200 (based on level).
• Decimate
  • Handle hit damage reduced to 35% from 50%.
    • Handle hit damage reduced to 14 / 24.5 / 35 / 45.5 / 56 (+ 35 / 38.5 / 42 / 45.5 / 49% AD) from 20 / 35 / 50 / 65 / 80 (+ 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70% AD).

V7.1

• Apprehend
  • Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where, briefly after hitting a target with Apprehend, Darius automatically tried to attack the target, overriding any commands issued after Apprehend was cast.

V6.23

• Crippling Strike
  • Bug Fix: Dunkmaster Darius's Crippling Strike backboard flames are no longer offset from the backboard.
• Noxian Guillotine
  • Bug Fix: Dunkmaster Darius's Noxian Guillotine no longer makes an orange blob on the ground when cast on a target with five stacks of Hemorrhage.

V6.15

• General
  • Bug Fix: Dunkmaster Darius's health bar no longer overlaps with his head.

V6.14

• Apprehend
  • Bug Fix: When pulling enemies over walls, no longer chest-bumps them back to the side they were on to begin with.

V6.11

• Apprehend
  • Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where Apprehend wasn't properly pulling in enemies that were mid-dash during its cast.

V6.8

• General
  • New splash artwork for Original Darius.

V5.21

• Noxian Guillotine
  • Tooltip updated and corrected

V5.20

• Decimate
  • Blade width reduced to 220 from 270.
• Apprehend
  • Slow reduced to 40% from 90%.

V5.18

• Hemorrhage
  • Fixed a bug where Darius would gain Noxian Might even if the target blocked the 5th stack (Spellshield)
• Decimate
  • Healing reduced to 12% missing health from 15.
  • Maximum healing increased to 36% missing health from 30.
  • Mana cost increased to 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50 from 30 at all ranks.

V5.17

• Hemorrhage
  • Renamed to Noxian Might from Blood Rage,
• Decimate
  • Fixed a bug where Summoner Spells were disabled during the windup.
• Crippling Strike
  • New Effect: If the empowered attack scores a kill Darius refunds 30 mana and 50% of the cooldown.

V5.16

• General
  • Recommended items updated,
• Stats
  • Attack range increased to 175 from 125.
  • Attack damage growth increased to 5 from 3.5.
  • Health growth increased to 100 from 93.
  • Armor growth increased to 4 from 3.5.
  • Attack speed reduced to 0.625 from 0.679.
  • Attack speed growth reduced to 1% from 2.65.
• Hemorrhage
  • New ability icon
  • Now deals Physical damage from Magic.
    • Per stack damage reduced to 「 9 + (1 per level) 」「 10 − 27 (based on level) 」 from 12 − 36 (based on level).
      • Bonus AD ratio unchanged
    • Total damage reduced to 「 45 + (5 per level) 」「 50 − 135 (based on level) 」 from 60 − 180 (based on level)
  • Removed: Bonus movement speed per Bleeding champion.
  • New Effect: Whenever an enemy champion reaches maximum Hemorrhage stacks or dies to Noxian Guillotine, Darius enters a Blood Rage for 5 seconds gaining 「 40 - 200 」「 40 − 200 (based on level) 」 bonus attack damage and applying maximum Hemorrhage stacks on hit.
• Decimate
  • New Effect: Has a 0.75 seconds time delay and displays its effective radius ( including Blade and Handle areas)
    • Darius can move during cast time.
  • Blade damage changed to 40 / 70 / 100 / 130 / 160 (+ 100 / 110 / 120 / 130 / 140% AD) from 105 / 157.5 / 210 / 262.5 / 315 (+ 105% Bonus AD).
    • New Effect: Darius heals for 15% of his missing health for every enemy champion hit by the Blade, up to 30.
  • Handle damage changed to 20 / 35 / 50 / 65 / 80 (+ 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70% AD) from 70 / 105 / 140 / 175 / 210 (+ 70% Bonus AD).
    • Removed: Handle applying Hemorrhage.
  • Mana cost reduced to 30 from 40.
• Crippling Strike
  • AD ratio changed to (+ 40% AD) at all ranks from (+ 20 / 40 / 60 / 80 / 100% AD).
  • Slow increased 90% at all ranks from 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40.
  • Slow duration reduced to 1 second from 2.
  • Cooldown changed to 9 / 8 / 7 / 6 / 5 seconds from 8 seconds at all ranks.
  • Mana cost reduced to 30 at all ranks from 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50.
  • Removed: Attack speed reduction.
  • Removed: Cooldown reduction per Hemorrhage stack on target.
• Apprehend
  • Cast time reduced to 0.25 seconds from 0.32.
  • New Effect: Slows enemies pulled by 90% for 1 second.
  • Bug Fix: Enemies would be pulled in if they escaped the area during cast time.
• Noxian Guillotine
  • Base damage reduced to 100 / 200 / 300 from 160 / 250 / 340.
  • New Effect: Subsequent casts are for free.
  • New Effect: Upon executing an enemy champion all nearby non-champions become terrified for 3 seconds.
  • New Effect: Mana cost removed at Rank 3.
  • Removed: Mana refund on cast.

V5.14

• Apprehend
  • New Effect: Briefly grants vision over the target area.

V5.7

• Noxian Guillotine
  • New Effect: Will refund 25 / 50 / 100 mana on-kill.
  • New Effect: At maximum rank the cooldown is fully reset on kill.

V4.5

• Stats
  • Base armor increased to 24 from 20.

V4.1

• Noxian Guillotine
  • Recast time increased to 20 seconds from 12.

V3.8

• Apprehend
  • Animation is slower and has a wind-up (undocumented)
  • Range reduced to 540 from 550.

V3.03

• Noxian Guillotine
  • New Effect: When Noxian Guillotine kills the target, it can be recast within the next 12 seconds.
    • This can occur multiple times in succession.
  • Cooldown changed to 120 / 100 / 80 seconds from 100 at all ranks.

V1.0.0.152

• Stats
  • Movement speed increased to 340 from 315.

V1.0.0.142

• Noxian Guillotine
  • No longer refreshes upon killing champion clones ( Hallucinate)

V1.0.0.140b

• Hemorrhage:
  • AD ratio reduced to (+ 30% Bonus AD) from (+ 40% Bonus AD)
  • Fixed a bug where it was applying Rylai's Crystal Scepter's Icy and Spell Vamp effects.
• Apprehend
  • Pre-pull animation modified to be more readable for enemy champions.
• Noxian Guillotine
  • Cooldown now only refreshes when it deals the killing blow.

V1.0.0.140

• Added
  • Hemorrhage - I
    • Darius aims his attacks strategically, causing his target to bleed. This effect stacks up to 5 times.
  • Decimate - Q
    • Darius swings his axe in a wide circle. Enemies struck by the blade take more damage than those struck by the shaft.
  • Crippling Strike - W
    • Darius' next attack severs a crucial artery. As the target bleeds out, their movement and attack speeds are slowed. Crippling Strike's cooldown is lower the more bloodied the target.
  • Apprehend - E
    • Darius hones his axe, granting him passive armor penetration. When activated, Darius sweeps up his enemies with his axe's hook and pulls them to him.
  • Noxian Guillotine - R
    • Darius leaps to an enemy champion and strikes a lethal blow, dealing true damage. This damage increases for each stack of Hemorrhage on the target. If Noxian Guillotine's is a killing blow, its cooldown is refreshed.

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