Darius: deck-wide stats and aggressive rallies

With Darius, favor powers and followers that work before the expensive champion is drawn. With common relics, extra rerolls are the usual pick; this is the six-star upgrade of that plan, with Loaded Dice, Stacked Deck and Black Shield. Follower-first priorities hold at every star level, but higher constellations change which adventures this clears.

Loaded Dice

+3 Rerolls
+10% to find Epic powers and items.

The reroll package improves draft control. It does not directly save a bad opening hand or replace an engine relic that must be active immediately.

Stacked Deck

+200 Starting Gold.
Power: Allies have +1|+1 for every 12 cards in your deck past 18 at game start.

The board gains stats from the number of cards in your starting deck. Drafting more useful cards strengthens later fights; cards added after game start are not automatically included in that count.

Black Shield

Power: When you summon an ally, grant it Spellshield.

Team Spellshield protects the board from one hostile spell or Skill each. It gives setup time but must not be treated as permanent immunity after the shield is consumed.

Play the ally you want to receive the first-ally power and Overwhelm grant each round. Develop enough attack to use the deck’s Rally condition, then let the wide board apply pressure even if the expensive champion is not drawn.

The sixth star adds a Noxian attacker during combat. Team Spellshield helps preserve your first wave, while deck-size stats improve later fights after useful cards are drafted. Rerolls help find the needed opening or removal; they do not guarantee the first hand is playable.

Look for Trifarian Might to turn large follower entries into removal, Titanic Wake when the entering unit actually meets Titanic, or The Best Defense... to help low-health attackers survive. Players disagree about the first two: the attack bonus at three stars changes which starting units qualify. Inspect actual stats rather than assuming the same power works equally at two and three stars.

Useful cheap followers preserve the early board while purchases increase the starting-deck stat bonus. Avoid paying for many unplayable cards just to reach another size threshold. Z-Drive Prototype is the common alternative for the reroll slot; rerolls improve the search but never guarantee a named power.

For a champion-focused Monthly Challenge plan, use Crownguard Inheritance with The Curator's Gatebreaker: first lower the enemy Nexus into his level-up range, then play him to gain another attack. Tempest Blade is an alternative finisher against surviving blockers. These on-board/entry effects trade away some of the follower plan's early support.

The Hand of Noxus

When allies attack, summon a random Noxian ally with cost equal to your mana gems.

• Darius relics against Lissandra? by u/Legitimate-Resolve55, 2024-05-03, 3 points (observed 13 Oct 2026).
• Darius Path of Champions relics by u/iJasonRam, 2024-01-19, 10 points (observed 13 Oct 2026).
• Player-submitted builds, collected 13 Oct 2026.
• Supporting champion guide, collected 13 Oct 2026.
• Champion mechanics, LoL Wiki, checked 13 Oct 2026.