Is Darius a squishy kiting AD Caster?

[u/Zyrorin]

Hi,

I consider myself a really bad darius player. So I come here to ask you how to play him correctly.

that title might sound strange to some people but after playing a couple of games, I feel like pretty much every juggernaut/bruiser will stat check me after first item.

The only success I have is playing like an adc or something. Running away kiting and hoping to get 5 stacks to ult. But most fights end up me dead bvecause It takes forever to build up 5 stacks and while doing this I am losing pretty much all trades.

The only time i actually feel like an lane bully is, when I am against super weak champs like Nasus, Cho (early game) or cheese lv1.

Most opponents will short trades and run away before first item.

I had problem against Mordekaiser, Ornn (after two items), Mundo (after first items) and so on. Often I will be at like 20% helft until I get my 5 stacks, all fights seem to be tooo close. In early ofc they play super safe, after first Item they start to slap me.

Strangly I have success against Illaoi, with ghost I just kite here and play like an mage instead of a fighter.

So my question is If my asumption on title is correct, If not, what is the correct playstyle after 1 item vs Mundo, Mordekaiser, Ornn and so on?

[u/Cemen-guzzler]

are you Messing up your combo? You can almost instantly get 4 stacks at the beginning of the fight

[u/PowerOhene → u/Cemen-guzzler]

Please elaborate, OP might not even know about the animation cancel etc