Fun fanct: in Poland we have a popular name Dariusz (ponounced "Dariush"). So well it's actually weird to have an epic Fantasy character named like my uncle. (Not to mention Lilia or Renata, that's like actual names here).
I really hate how they aged down Darius in Project L, beeing older is important for his character as one of the Trifarix, seeing how both Swain and Le Blanc are old as well. Him looking young just feels cursed.
Well considering that a jungler doesnt have to deal with an aggressive ghost ignite darius who constatly wants to kill u, i would say jungle is very much a chill role in comparison to toplane
I think the laning is definitely more stressful, the mental from everything being your fault when you’re in jng definitely weighs on me more than losing to a fed Aatrox tho, that’s just my opinion
Actually hearing you say "let some of the champions get older" I wouldnt mind if they made age updated skins, like old man Darius etc. I think its a good concept. They could make the gangplank efect and make for example Darius base skin old man and his current base skin legacy.
the chasing talon on top part with "it's lore accurate, talon's a bitch baby beta" is so like random and funny, made me laugh and wake my sht up (it's 2am here)
Fun Fact: Before they added in the pets so anyone could jungle, Darius was the only champ that could reliably solo Dragon at level 1 because his bleed does 300% damage to jungle monsters.
noxus is my preferred region for the arcane treatment too. the ionian war, the civil conflict between the trifarix and the black rose, and just the sheer amount of champions representing the place. riven has enough of a story to have a TV show of her own
@@witcher_2628 when i think about it, there is one thing i would like to see. apparently darius hates necromancy and believes the dead should stay dead. i wonder how he feels about having to fight alongside a war hero brought back as an unthinking and unfeeling zombie. i can imagine he would reluctantly go along with it for the sake of the war effort
@@Underworlder5 that's all good and nice,but this is Netflix we're talking about,how do you expect them to treat a character who's a straight white male, built like a truck, unapologetic,takes what he wants,when he wants it,and has a line in game that states he's unmatched in strength
Can't wait for NickyBoi to toss my old favorite off-meta pocket of Garen Jungle. Played him before he got monster ratios and he's still fun to whip out every now and then. Also as an aside: Most characters pronounce Darius name as Dare-e-us.
Nice timing on the release of this video and the project L fighting game demo at EVO. Darius looks amazing in it. Darius is my favorite champion in all of Runeterra. I obsess and hyperfixate over him whenever I'm in a league mood, so thanks for going over him.
I say we double down on the heroic characters with regular ass names. Have a soul stealing sniper that uses the souls of his victims as bullets and name him something like Kevin
it fits darius too, considering his humble background. such a powerful character with a normal name is inspiring in its own way. gives the impression anyone can reach that status if they commit to it
Darius I (Old Persian: 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 Dārayavaʰuš; Greek: Δαρεῖος Dareios; c. 550 - 486 BCE), commonly known as Darius the Great, was a Persian ruler who served as the third King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, reigning from 522 BCE until his death in 486 BCE. He ruled the empire at its territorial peak, when it included much of Western Asia, parts of the Balkans (Thrace-Macedonia and Paeonia) and the Caucasus, most of the Black Sea's coastal regions, Central Asia, the Indus Valley in the far east, and portions of North Africa and Northeast Africa including Egypt (Mudrâya), eastern Libya, and coastal Sudan.
"i'm not fond of champion names that are just some guy or some girl like Gwen" *me, who finalized my chosen name as Gwen when i realized we share a birthday* i mean there are other reasons i chose it, but that one was really fuckin cool to me
7:49 On point! Also Talon! I was really hoping that they redesigned Talon in the Katarina comic book, unfortunately they didn't, he looks out of place. At least Katarina has the color palette of Noxus as well as the spiky outfit
My biggest issue will always be that I think his Q hitbox needs to be thinner on the inside. He already punishes tanks. He doesn't need guaranteed Q's just because his opponents cannot push themselves any closer against him.
well in polish we say Dariusz cause Darius is actually from Persian accent and we Polish people are a mix of few ancient accents but more modern thanks to that we have the second hardest language spot kekw
Just wanted to say the faceless is definetly not LeBlanc. Swain really dislikes her and wouldn't want to to work with her. It should still be a mystery as to who the faceless is.
0:30 i always felt like jungle was the least relaxing and top was the most relaxing role... but again, its league of legends so if your looking for a relaxing game you've come to the wrong place
Ok so i clicked on this because i had a darius on enemy team. How do i counter him as an ADC? I lost the game due to him legit killing 1 guy, then he ults me for 1800 damage , aka he 1 shot me. Its not like i can run from him (played jinx), got my passive+ghost at max speed and this dude is still faster with 1 fkn kill stack
be me become captain value lifes of underking soldiers see we are outnumberd order a TACTICAL RETREAT mfw past slum kid now soldier due to noxus ideals decapitates me returns as a war hero feels bad man
I must disagree slighly with you NickyBoi, but only slightly, since you say jungle darius can only be played with predator, but also with HoB to instantly stack that bleed and get extra AD for a funnier death
I feel like nowadays we get too many side characters. Like, when was the last time we got a straight up Demacian champ? Sylas was the last, and he is an anti-Demacian. I want normal soldiers of regions, like as K'Sante, not another Gwen or Zeri.
Fun fact, Darius pronounces his own name in the way you don't like, in the Dunkmaster skin (the objectively best skin, according to the community 😉)
Fun fanct: in Poland we have a popular name Dariusz (ponounced "Dariush"). So well it's actually weird to have an epic Fantasy character named like my uncle.
(Not to mention Lilia or Renata, that's like actual names here).
@@supremeoverlordvader5552 Well Darius is an ancient persian name, King Darius anyone?
Nah
@@NickyBoicopemaster nicky
@@supremeoverlordvader5552in America we have people named Caitlyn, Annie, and Evelyn as well lmao
6:23 Poor Ivern. Thats what happens when you choose to play the Tree champion against someone with an Axe
Clever comment
I really hate how they aged down Darius in Project L, beeing older is important for his character as one of the Trifarix, seeing how both Swain and Le Blanc are old as well. Him looking young just feels cursed.
Darius is the main reason I wanna play Project L
Same
Imagine his kit being that once he hits you 5 times he bleeds you, and you need to defeat him quickly before you bleed to death
Summary: Champ that feels satisfying to play with but horrible to play against 😃
*cough* Teemo *cough*
More than half the roster tbh
@@EmenussGOamazingall champions maybe
@@congdanhle6004teemo satisfying to play????
@@AbelMusa who cares tbh
Calling jungle more relaxing than top lane is…a choice
in my experience top is probably the most stressful role
the correct choice
Well considering that a jungler doesnt have to deal with an aggressive ghost ignite darius who constatly wants to kill u, i would say jungle is very much a chill role in comparison to toplane
@@0DeCa. the casual top lane experience ^
I think the laning is definitely more stressful, the mental from everything being your fault when you’re in jng definitely weighs on me more than losing to a fed Aatrox tho, that’s just my opinion
Actually hearing you say "let some of the champions get older" I wouldnt mind if they made age updated skins, like old man Darius etc. I think its a good concept.
They could make the gangplank efect and make for example Darius base skin old man and his current base skin legacy.
Darius literally calls himself "Dehrius" and not "Dahrius" on his dunkmaster skin
5:17 loved how he selled those long swords just to buy them again
I was flabbergasted when I saw him sell and re-buy it lmao
As a Polishman I like calling him Dariusz
It makes it sound so causal to me it’s hilarious.
fr fr, the peak of poland as a whole
And calling Katarina Katarzyna
the chasing talon on top part with "it's lore accurate, talon's a bitch baby beta" is so like random and funny, made me laugh and wake my sht up (it's 2am here)
In Poland we have equivalent to "Darius" which is "Dariusz". Its like one of the most your father/old men name.
As a Polish man, i approve
''I cant be you Yasuo'' Yasuo.
Fun Fact: Before they added in the pets so anyone could jungle, Darius was the only champ that could reliably solo Dragon at level 1 because his bleed does 300% damage to jungle monsters.
Pantheon pre-rework could, since every 4th auto/spell gave a 1 auto/tower shot ignore. Allowing him to barely 1v1 dragon.
And then pets made it so that Yuumi could do it.
It was very prophetic that you were pondering the next Project L champ right as you were moving your screen to Yasuo
And when he said "but I haven't been looking at those" he took the camara away from Yasuo
I hope Arcane will feature a great amount of Noxian characters soon rather than later. Definitely my favorite empire in the league universe.
noxus is my preferred region for the arcane treatment too. the ionian war, the civil conflict between the trifarix and the black rose, and just the sheer amount of champions representing the place. riven has enough of a story to have a TV show of her own
@@Underworlder5hardly anybody cares about Riven, everyone wants to see Darius,Swain,Draven,Sion
@@witcher_2628 when i think about it, there is one thing i would like to see. apparently darius hates necromancy and believes the dead should stay dead. i wonder how he feels about having to fight alongside a war hero brought back as an unthinking and unfeeling zombie. i can imagine he would reluctantly go along with it for the sake of the war effort
@@Underworlder5 that's all good and nice,but this is Netflix we're talking about,how do you expect them to treat a character who's a straight white male, built like a truck, unapologetic,takes what he wants,when he wants it,and has a line in game that states he's unmatched in strength
@@Underworlder5 what if they show mordekaiser too but not so hope
Can’t believe you didn’t talk about the arm wrestling competition with Lewis the gator. It’s such a huge part of his lore
Can't wait for NickyBoi to toss my old favorite off-meta pocket of Garen Jungle. Played him before he got monster ratios and he's still fun to whip out every now and then. Also as an aside: Most characters pronounce Darius name as Dare-e-us.
Nice timing on the release of this video and the project L fighting game demo at EVO. Darius looks amazing in it. Darius is my favorite champion in all of Runeterra. I obsess and hyperfixate over him whenever I'm in a league mood, so thanks for going over him.
10/10 Dunkey reference right out the gate
Kinda wish you talked about the comic he was in and the theory that he unknowingly lead his son to his death
Yeah I'm really surprised he didn't touch upon that and his wife, etc
Fun Fact: Garen came out in 2010, meaning he isn’t part of the actual OG roster I think and Darius came out in 2012.
I say we double down on the heroic characters with regular ass names. Have a soul stealing sniper that uses the souls of his victims as bullets and name him something like Kevin
it fits darius too, considering his humble background. such a powerful character with a normal name is inspiring in its own way. gives the impression anyone can reach that status if they commit to it
3:49 thank you for the very subtle cut of talon’s death
Well, Darius is a bruiser with an assassin type ULT
Darius I (Old Persian: 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 Dārayavaʰuš; Greek: Δαρεῖος Dareios; c. 550 - 486 BCE), commonly known as Darius the Great, was a Persian ruler who served as the third King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, reigning from 522 BCE until his death in 486 BCE. He ruled the empire at its territorial peak, when it included much of Western Asia, parts of the Balkans (Thrace-Macedonia and Paeonia) and the Caucasus, most of the Black Sea's coastal regions, Central Asia, the Indus Valley in the far east, and portions of North Africa and Northeast Africa including Egypt (Mudrâya), eastern Libya, and coastal Sudan.
Phreak pronounced it Dare-ee-us in the 2012 spotlight, so that's how I say it.
I think in one of the official comics he had a lover who was later killed by the secret daughter they had.
"i'm not fond of champion names that are just some guy or some girl like Gwen"
*me, who finalized my chosen name as Gwen when i realized we share a birthday*
i mean there are other reasons i chose it, but that one was really fuckin cool to me
7:49 On point! Also Talon! I was really hoping that they redesigned Talon in the Katarina comic book, unfortunately they didn't, he looks out of place. At least Katarina has the color palette of Noxus as well as the spiky outfit
This series is the highlight of my week! Thanks for making it
21 champions before Nickyboi plays Ivern
Darius, the toplaner bruiser with an Pyke ult and a freaking brand passive
NickyBoi: "He's not really a jungler..."
Me: *Flashbacks to Darius lv 1 taking Drag* Are you sure about that?
thx for hyping me up for the swain video. Now i know that u also love my favorite champ and that i have to wait alot more for an awsome video
Big man strong, big man swing axes
Ugh I just love these videos so much
Shheeeeeeeeeeeessshhhhh casual review BABBYYYYYYYYYY!!!! Nickey booooiiiii
It cant be you Yasuo. You are dead.
Yasuo: Face the wind!!!!
Me? Addicted to Friday champion reviews exclusively made by nickyBoi?... yes
me waiting patiently for jarvan 4 and realising theres like 50 champs until j...sadge
Me, a Zilean main: "That's rough, buddy."
Im waiting for Sejuani
@@Dinghys 💀
I really liked his comic, felt really sad but shows there is a man behind the symbol of noxus I guess.
My favorite part about these is the gremlin noise at the end
Sheesh that art by lilpipimi goes hard
10:52 "but you're dead so it can't be you"
That aged worse than spoiled milk
I do like that Darius is older at like 40 but it does make his forced rivalry with Garen kinda funny when you stop to think about it.
Maybe you were ironic but leblanc has been confirmed NOT to be the Faceless
"I don't like how everybody pronounces Darius, so I'll call him Dunkius, Emperor of Dunkin'"
My boy Nicky, circa 2023
To be fair Vlad looking out of place in Noxus now fits him lore wise as a really really old guy with Alzheimer's
Darius was a common name among the Shahanshahs of the various Iranian dynasties and empires
God I want Wild Rift Vlad in League as an ASU cause holy hell he absolutely screams Noxus
I see people really like the Cassiopeia redesign you conjured.
Congratulations Nicki, you have reached the letter D.
My biggest issue will always be that I think his Q hitbox needs to be thinner on the inside. He already punishes tanks. He doesn't need guaranteed Q's just because his opponents cannot push themselves any closer against him.
His Q Sweetspot just needs to have less priority than the Sourspot, like Marth's tipper in smash
"Can't be you, Yasuo"
About that....
The first thing I learned when starting League was thst playing Darius is selling your soul to the devil and it stuck.
16:42 « Don’t be a redditor Jhin !! » 💀
1:30 I actually know someone named Darius
There's a sophomore named Draven in my school
well in polish we say
Dariusz cause Darius is actually from Persian accent and we Polish people are a mix of few ancient accents but more modern thanks to that we have the second hardest language spot kekw
How many years will it take until i see a casual review of twisted fate
As a Darius main, his character design is kinda stereotyped, but executed correctly.
But man, MAN I LOVE HIS GAMEPLAY SO MUCH
"well it might be you Yasuo"
Darius pronounces his own name corectly in the dunkmaster skin. So you're wrong homie same with how you pronounce shaco
What’s the letter of the day ?
It’s D it’s D !!!
D, D, D, D IT’S THE LETTER OF THE DAY ?
in my country darius is a normal person's name
i think there was some roman dude named darius with some high role in the empire idk
Have you tried or seen Pianta’s Galeforce Darius tech? It’s quite funny.
Have you tried duskblade? The invisibility on kill was more fun
I have a soft spot for high noon Darius personally. I have dunkmaster and dread nova, but i always end up picking high noon at the last second
As an Iranian I thank you!
God king has to be up there beside the dunkmaster
Him and the Demacia version will always be Derrek and Garrett to me.
12:02 da heck happened to your jungle pet?!
I'm still surprised there aren't more basketball skins. Oriana would easily be a good basketball skin.
Daruis reminds me of every serial killer
The proyect L Darius face look more like a early 40s man , he even have expresion lines in is mouth
If you don't do the Team 4 Star DBZ abridged "Moon!" Bit, I will be deeply disappointed.
The name Darius is from the Persian king Dareios Or in english Darius
Where is the dubstep ignite, uber danger build and all🥺
10:46 woah,nice guess lol
8:53 Windows jumpscare
As a Czech person i pronounce Darius like a Darkin name
btw i was 100% sure yasuo would be in projekt L. How can ther ever be a riot game without yas
Darius is also on the icon LoR on mobile.
Yeah, the voice for Darius in Project L make him sound like a dumb brute, as opposed to a cold, calculating menace, really hope they change that.
What is wrong with playing Karthus mid? That's my favorite midlaner to play in the game?
(No I don't play ranked very often)
Just wanted to say the faceless is definetly not LeBlanc. Swain really dislikes her and wouldn't want to to work with her. It should still be a mystery as to who the faceless is.
it mightve been you, yasuo
14:05 RING DINGDINGDING, DING
Also skin part where
0:30 i always felt like jungle was the least relaxing and top was the most relaxing role... but again, its league of legends so if your looking for a relaxing game you've come to the wrong place
Ok so i clicked on this because i had a darius on enemy team. How do i counter him as an ADC? I lost the game due to him legit killing 1 guy, then he ults me for 1800 damage , aka he 1 shot me. Its not like i can run from him (played jinx), got my passive+ghost at max speed and this dude is still faster with 1 fkn kill stack
IF it WAS going to be a test for Samira it would be a reveal for NEXT year so... maybe still /shrug
Didnt rioters confirm that leblanc ISN'T the faceless one
11:12 it was Yasuo ahahahahaha.
you forget how popular the guy is.
if vel'koz is on the project L roster i'm all in on that shit
be me
become captain
value lifes of underking soldiers
see we are outnumberd
order a TACTICAL RETREAT
mfw past slum kid now soldier due to noxus ideals decapitates me
returns as a war hero
feels bad man
I must disagree slighly with you NickyBoi, but only slightly, since you say jungle darius can only be played with predator, but also with HoB to instantly stack that bleed and get extra AD for a funnier death
Can’t wait for lethality predator Garen mid
I feel like nowadays we get too many side characters.
Like, when was the last time we got a straight up Demacian champ?
Sylas was the last, and he is an anti-Demacian.
I want normal soldiers of regions, like as K'Sante, not another Gwen or Zeri.
Nicky nailed it, yasuo new project L character
Also the fact that he had a lover. And that she died with his unborn child 5:54