From time to time, there are weird picks in League of Legends that sound peculiar at first, but when you see the thought process behind them, it makes a tone of sense. This is the case with Darius, a top lane bruiser who at the moment is one of the strongest champions in League of Legends, but not in the role you may think.

Darius is infact dominating League of Legends in the jungle, with 53.4% win-rate in ranked, which is the highest of any LoL champion on the current patch. It's wild to see one of the more boring picks in LoL rise in popularity, so much so that Darius has breached the top five most picked champions in the game according to League of Legends stats site LeagueOfGraphs.

The key behind Darius's meteoric rise in the jungle is through movement speed. Every item, rune, and Summoner Spell is catered towards Darius chasing down his enemy as quickly as possible. With his E being such short range, you're going to need a lot of movement speed to ensure that Darius can stay on top of his opponent as running Ghost is not a viable option for Darius with no escape abilities.

Let's take a look at how you can be dominating the Rift with Darius with the optimal build for the bruiser from Noxus :

Items:
Youmuu's Ghostblade
Dead Man's Plate
Force of Nature
Boots of Swiftness
Thornmail (optional)
Sterak's Gage (optional)
Jak'Sho, The Protean

Runes:
Phase Rush
Nimbus Cloak
Celerity
Waterwalking
Triumph
Legend: Alacrity

When you get the opportunity, you should definitely try and play Darius in the jungle, he is able to full clear without any issues and doesn't have many threats against him as far as LoL champions go.