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Tryndamere vs Darius

Updated Jun 4, 2026

Overview

Use your medium early agency to build Fury and avoid giving Darius free passive stacks or extended trades.
This is a scale vs snowball matchup where you want to leverage your high scaling and side-lane pressure to outlast Darius's early lane dominance.

Trading pattern

Trade only when Fury is high and your (E) is available to chase or reset fights, avoiding early all-ins without these resources.
Punish Darius if he wastes (E) or misses his outer (Q) to force short trades and back off before passive stacks build.
Use (W) slow to reduce Darius's damage and kite him after engaging, especially before committing with (R).

Danger windows

Be cautious when Darius has (E) available as his pull sets up lethal trades and extended passive stacks.
Avoid fighting when your Fury is low, (E) is down, or (R) is unavailable to prevent being burst or kited.
Watch for Darius's level 6 all-in attempts, especially if you are below half health and lack (R) for survival.

Early game

Focus on stacking Fury safely by farming and using (Q) healing to sustain through Darius's poke.
Avoid engaging before you have Fury and (R) ready to survive his all-in attempts.
Keep the wave in a position that denies Darius easy (E) pulls and forces him to overextend to trade.

Power spikes

At level 6, use (R) to convert low-health trades into kills or tower pressure, forcing Darius to respect your death denial.
After reaching two items, increase side-lane pressure and threaten extended duels where your crit damage and mobility dominate.
Respect Darius's level 6 (R) execute window by avoiding extended trades near execute thresholds and disengaging when his (E) is up.

Win conditions

Build Fury and use (E) to engage only when you can chase or escape, extending fights with (R) to win duels.
Deny Darius passive stacks by controlling wave position and punishing missed (E) or outer (Q) hits.
Reach your two-item spike and leverage side-lane pressure to force Darius to respond, enabling splitpush and team advantage.