Darius vs Akali in Top lane is a lane that swings with levels on patch 26.14. The one thing to respect: take as little of her Q poke as possible — that chip is what wears you down. 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 · TOPAKALIthe Rogue Assassin

VS

Swings with levelsPre-6 MediumPost-6 HardTake Ghost

How to play it

✓ DO

Minimize her Q

Take as little of her Q poke as you can — space around Five Point Strike so she can't chip you down before you spike.

Win levels 1-3

Your advantage is the first three levels — start W, trade level 1 when she walks up for the wave, then short-trade once her energy is spent.

Keep it gankable

Hold the lane where your jungler can gank — it gets very hard if Akali hits 6 without you having a lead.

✕ DON'T

⛔

Never let Akali reach level 6 without a lead — keep the lane in a gankable state.

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+ - 55% WR - 1.4k 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

IMPROVE YOUR MACRO

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