Darius vs Pantheon in Top lane is a lane that swings with levels on patch 26.14. The one thing to respect: his Comet Spear poke — you can't out-trade him early, so dodge it and just farm. 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 · TOPPANTHEONthe Unbreakable Spear

VS

Swings with levelsPre-6 HardPost-6 MediumTake Ghost

How to play it

✓ DO

Dodge his Q

You can't out-trade Pantheon early — dodge his Comet Spear and farm up while you scale.

Stat-check him late

In the side lane you beat him once you've stacked enough HP and armor to just stat-check him.

Make lane gankable

This matchup hinges on jungle help — keep your lane gankable and stay even with him.

✕ DON'T

⛔

Don't try to out-trade him with E+Q early — you can't win it, so dodge and scale instead.

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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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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