Darius is an uncommonly balanced Berserker, excelling in neither offense nor defense. None of his active skills are damage-boosting skills; instead, he has Golden Rule to help him fill his NP gauge, plus Disengage and Battle Continuation to help him survive. Fortunately for Darius, he has a higher ATK stat compared to the other AoE-NP Berserker, Kiyohime, and his Noble Phantasm applies debuffs on his enemies, allowing for Darius’ NP Brave Chains to be more potent.
Pros
Possesses survival functions.
High ATK.
NP's debuffs increase both his damage and durability.
Cons
Has nothing he really specializes in.
Golden Rule is rather wasted as he only has one Arts card.
Strategies & Tips
As with all Berserkers, Darius should be used as a damage dealer. A major difference from his counterparts is that you can sometimes leave him unprotected for a couple of turns, and he’d still live due to his skillset. With Golden Rule, his Arts cards are high priority, and should be used whenever they do pop up.
Provides buffs and Noble Phantasm gauge increase. Zhuge Liang helps both Darius’ damage output and survivability, as well as allowing him to perform his Noble Phantasm even without Kaleidoscope.
Hans’ defense buff and healing, coupled with Disengage, allows Darius to live longer than he usually does. The attack buff is of course welcomed, while the 3-Arts card deck also helps him fill his NP gauge.
Taunters
Servants with Taunt are a natural fit for Darius. They allow him to deal damage without worrying about getting killed, and when their Taunts are down, Darius can still rely on his own skills.
Male, Humanoid, Servant, Weak to Enuma Elish, King
Noble Phantasm
Immortal Cavalry of Ten Thousand Rank (Rank A)
Deals damage to all targets. [Overcharge]Decreases all enemies' Attack and Defense for 3 turns.
Rank
A
Classification
Anti-Army
Type
Buster
Hit-Count
10
Lvl
Damage +
Charge
Attack Down
Defense Down
1
300%
100%
10%
10%
2
400%
200%
15%
15%
3
450%
300%
20%
20%
4
475%
400%
25%
25%
5
500%
500%
30%
30%
Immortal Cavalry of Ten Thousand Rank (Rank A+)
Deals damage to all targets. [Overcharge]Decreases all enemies' Attack and Defense for 3 turns.
Rank
A+
Classification
Anti-Army
Type
Buster
Hit-Count
10
Lvl
Damage +
Charge
Attack Down
Defense Down
1
400%
100%
10%
10%
2
500%
200%
15%
15%
3
550%
300%
20%
20%
4
575%
400%
25%
25%
5
600%
500%
30%
30%
Skills
Upgrade Priority
Golden Rule B:
This skill helps patch Darius’ low NP gain. Unfortunately, he only has one Arts card, so he has to rely on getting hit to gain the most of this skill. Still, compared to his other two skills, this one should be leveled first.
Disengage A:
This skill removes debuffs and heals Darius. Due to his Berserker class, the heal is not significant - at max level, it more or less covers one non-critical hit from a medium-level boss. However, the debuff removal allows him to take care of damage reducing debuffs. Level this skill after Golden Rule.
Battle Continuation A:
As with all Battle Continuation, this skill should be leveled last, as you’d most likely only be able to use it once per battle.
Golden Rule B
Available from the start Increases own NP generation rate for 3 turns.
Lvl
NP Rate +
Cooldown
1
18%
8
2
20.7%
8
3
23.4%
8
4
26.1%
8
5
28.8%
8
6
31.5%
7
7
34.2%
7
8
36.9%
7
9
39.6%
7
10
45%
6
Disengage A
Unlocks after 1st Ascension Removes own debuffs. Recovers own HP.
Lvl
Heal +
Cooldown
1
1000
7
2
1150
7
3
1300
7
4
1450
7
5
1600
7
6
1750
6
7
1900
6
8
2050
6
9
2200
6
10
2500
5
Battle Continuation A
Unlocks after 3rd Ascension Grants self guts status for 5 turns.
Lvl
Revives with
Cooldown
1
1000 HP
9
2
1150 HP
9
3
1300 HP
9
4
1450 HP
9
5
1600 HP
9
6
1750 HP
8
7
1900 HP
8
8
2050 HP
8
9
2200 HP
8
10
2500 HP
7
Class Skills
Mad Enhancement B Increases damage of unit's Buster cards by 8%
Command Cards
Card
Quick
Arts
Buster
Extra
Hit-Count
2
3
1
3
Darius’ QABBB deck works well with his high ATK stat; however, it does make Golden Rule less useful than it should be. Still, keeping in mind Berserkers’ vulnerability and his Mad Enhancement, the damage increase more than makes up for it.