Yone vs Darius — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Yone against Darius · 49.05% win rate (4,440 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15

Verdict: Darius is slightly favoured — Yone wins 49.05% of 4,440 games, and Darius pressures 4 of the 7 stage windows in the plan below. Play it patient and win your windows.

At a glance

His pull + bleed out-stat you — poke, never get pulled.

Track: Darius's E — Apprehend (26–16s cooldown). His all-in start. Stay out of range.

Do

Poke with Q from range
Stay out of E-pull range
E-trade and snap back

Don't

Walk into his E pull
Brawl into 5 bleed
Fight at his Q heal

Runes & build vs Darius

Start: Doran's Blade + Health Potion
First back: Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing
First item: Blade of the Ruined King (mixed-damage spike)
Then: Infinity Edge
Boots: Plated Steelcaps
Runes: Lethal Tempo (Precision): Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand · Resolve: Bone Plating, Unflinching · Shards: Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, Health

Favour timeline — the windows in Yone's game plan

Read from Yone's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Darius.

Stage	Favoured	Why
Level 1	Darius	Darius-favoured: his Q-edge heal and pull threat bully your L1 walk-ups.
Level 2	Darius	Darius-favoured: he can start a lethal 5-stack combo off an early pull.
Level 3	Even / skill	Skill: dodging his Apprehend with E decides whether the trade flips.
Levels 4-5	Darius	Darius-favoured: a landed pull into Q-R can outright kill you at 4-5.
Level 6	Darius	Darius-favoured: R6 executes you at 5 Hemorrhage stacks, respecting his all-in.
First item	Yone	Yone-favoured: first crit item plus lifesteal lets you kite and out-trade him.
Two+ items	Yone	Yone-favoured: late mobility and R make you unpullable and out-DPS his cooldowns.

How to beat Darius as Yone: the early game

Darius bullies levels 1-2 hard: his Q outer edge heals through your poke and his pull threatens a fast 5-stack, so give ground and only trade when his Apprehend is down.

Hardest and easiest matchups for Yone in top lane

Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Yone's side, sampled July 2026.

Hardest

Yone vs Master Yi — 43.74% win rate
Yone vs Riven — 44.99% win rate
Yone vs Akali — 45.24% win rate

Easiest

Yone vs Yorick — 56.7% win rate
Yone vs K'Sante — 56.17% win rate
Yone vs Mel — 56.1% win rate

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Yone vs Darius 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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Common questions

Who wins Yone vs Darius in top lane?

Darius, slightly — Yone wins 49.05% of 4,440 games; winnable with the right plan.

Is Yone vs Darius a skill matchup?

Mostly — Darius has a small statistical edge (50.95% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.

Does Yone counter Darius?

No — if anything Darius has the slight edge (Yone wins 49.05%), though it stays close.

What runes does Yone take vs Darius?

Yone takes Lethal Tempo on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Bone Plating and Unflinching) vs Darius.

What should Yone build vs Darius?

Start Doran's Blade + Health Potion and back for Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing. Build Blade of the Ruined King (mixed-damage spike) first, then Infinity Edge, with Plated Steelcaps.

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