DariusVSPantheon
What decides the top lane matchup: Darius vs Pantheon in League of Legends
What decides the top lane
A tactical read of the top lane matchup, written from LaneDiff's champion notes: what each champion threatens, and the one thing to do about it before three minutes. It is analysis, not a match sample, so there is no win rate on this page.
Both are lane bully champions in this lane: Wins the early trades outright and has to be punished on cooldowns instead of fought head-on.
Darius
top lane · Lane bully
Never take five bleed stacks. Trade short, leave before the pull, and respect his level nine.
Darius converts five Hemorrhage stacks into a true-damage execute; short trades that end before his pull deny the whole kit.
Pantheon
top lane · Lane bully
His early all-in is elite. Respect levels one to three and hold your escape for the stun.
Pantheon's point-and-click W stun makes his levels 1–3 among the strongest in the game; he falls off, so surviving is beating him.
Darius vs Pantheon: Common Questions
- Who wins Darius vs Pantheon?
- LaneDiff has not analysed enough ranked top lane games of Darius against Pantheon to publish a win rate, and does not estimate one. What decides the lane is which player respects the other's threat first. Darius: Never take five bleed stacks. Trade short, leave before the pull, and respect his level nine. Pantheon: His early all-in is elite. Respect levels one to three and hold your escape for the stun.
- How do you play the Darius Pantheon matchup?
- Darius and Pantheon are both lane bully champions in the top lane matchup: Wins the early trades outright and has to be punished on cooldowns instead of fought head-on. Darius converts five Hemorrhage stacks into a true-damage execute; short trades that end before his pull deny the whole kit. Pantheon's point-and-click W stun makes his levels 1–3 among the strongest in the game; he falls off, so surviving is beating him.
- What should I know about Pantheon vs Darius?
- Pantheon and Darius are both lane bully champions: Wins the early trades outright and has to be punished on cooldowns instead of fought head-on. What separates them is what each one does with it. Pantheon: His early all-in is elite. Respect levels one to three and hold your escape for the stun. Darius: Never take five bleed stacks. Trade short, leave before the pull, and respect his level nine.
- How do I beat Pantheon as Darius?
- Pantheon's point-and-click W stun makes his levels 1–3 among the strongest in the game; he falls off, so surviving is beating him. His early all-in is elite. Respect levels one to three and hold your escape for the stun. LaneDiff's live scan then tells you which Pantheon you have drawn: their recent form on the champion, whether they are on a loss streak, and whether they are smurfing, because the player in front of you moves the odds more than the matchup does.