Darius vs Cho'Gath in Top lane is a favourable lane on patch 26.14. The one thing to respect: his Q (Rupture) is his only real tool — dodge it and you win every trade. Below is the exact page the OTP runs — runes, skill max order, summoner spells, item build and the four tips that decide the lane, plus a quick quiz before you lock in.

⇄ ChangeYOU · TOPDARIUSthe Hand of Noxus

⇄ ChangeENEMY · TOPCHO'GATHthe Terror of the Void

VS

Favors youPre-6 EasyPost-6 EasyTake Ghost

How to play it

✓ DO

Dodge his Q

Dodge Rupture — it's his only threat; if he ever misses Q you automatically win every trade.

All-in the whiff

The moment he misses Q, all-in with E + Ghost and run him down — the trade is free.

Make him walk up

Keep the wave so he has to step up for farm and risk getting run down on a missed Q.

✕ DON'T

⛔

Never eat his Q for no reason — a landed Rupture is his only way to trade back; dodge it and he's helpless.

Runes

PRECISION

SORCERYuniversal page

SHARDS

No rune change for this matchup — run the universal page, our every-game default.

Spells

FLASH

GHOST

Items

Start

Core

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16.14 Emerald+ - 53% WR - 581 games

Skill order

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
	Q			Q	Q		Q	Q
			W											W	W		W	W
		E							E	E		E	E
						R					R					R

MAXQ→E→W

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