How to win lane as Darius against Yone · 55.18% win rate over 4,393 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Darius | You out-trade Yone at level 1 — no shield and he must walk into your AAs for CS. |
| Level 2 | Darius | Level 2 W slow locks him for extra Hemorrhage stacks before his knockup exists. |
| Level 3 | Darius | Level 3 E Apprehend cancels his Q-dashes and there's no Windwall to save him. |
| Levels 4-5 | Darius | Levels 4-5 your bleed and Q heal grind him down every walk-up. |
| Level 6 | Darius | Level 6 R executes his squishy pre-item frame when timed off his R cooldown. |
| First item | Even / skill | First item is a skill coin-flip — his Q3 knockup and R can dodge your all-in or answer it. |
| Two+ items | Yone | Late, Yone's crit spike, Q3 interrupt and double-dash dive kiting flip the matchup. |
Levels 1-2 are yours: Yone has no shield and must melee for CS, so AA him and start Hemorrhage while he has no Q3 knockup to answer. Keep E Apprehend held for his dash, not thrown early.
The full Darius vs Yone report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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