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Aatrox

FighterTank
Aatrox is a fighterRolefighter
DifficultyAverage
Power SpikeEarly-Game
Deathbringer Stance abilityp
The Darkin Blade abilityq
Infernal Chains abilityw
Umbral Dash abilitye
World Ender abilityr
StatsBuildCounters
Runes
Synergies
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Aatrox Build

based on 124,088 matches
Win Rate
50 %
Pick Rate
7.6 %
Ban Rate
12.9 %

How We Come Up with Our Aatrox Builds

We process over 1 Million League of Legends games every day to bring you the most accurate Aatrox build so you can destroy your enemies and improve you win rate. We've broken down our Aatrox builds by rank, position, and enemy team type, so you can find the most accurate set of Aatrox core items and runes for any situation.

Aatrox Build Summary

Aatrox is a an average top lane champion in League of Legends. His best rune sets are Precision Resolve. Incorporating the selected runes shown below into your Aatrox build will give you the additional stats to guarantee he plays well through the laning phase of the game and into the late game. You should start by building up his q ability first.

Best vsAll Build for Aatrox

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordDoran's Blade

Early Items

~5 Mins
Caulfield's WarhammerSerrated Dirk

Core Aatrox Items

~22 Mins
Duskblade of DraktharrSpear Of ShojinSerylda's GrudgeMercury's Treads

Optional Items

HullbreakerGuardian AngelSterak's GageEdge of Night

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Aatrox to level upq
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Second ability for Aatrox to level upe
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Last skill for Aatrox to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: TenacityLast Stand
ResolveSecond WindUnflinching
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Aatrox's passive ability p
Aatrox's q ability q
Aatrox's w ability w
Aatrox's e ability e
Aatrox's ultimate ability r
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Q
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E
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W
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Q
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Q
6
R
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Q
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E
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Q
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E
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R
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E
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E
14
W
15
W
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R

Aatrox Matchups Overview

Aatrox is Weak Against

WukongWukong45.9% winrateIllaoiIllaoi46.3% winrateGarenGaren46.3% winrateHeimerdingerHeimerdinger46.6% winrate

Aatrox is Strong Against

GangplankGangplank53.9% winrateK'SanteK'Sante53.7% winrateTrundleTrundle53.4% winrateSionSion53.2% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Xerathsupport+ 52.5% 4247 GamesKarthusbottom+ 53.8% 721 GamesFiddlesticksjungle+ 54.1% 2614 GamesRumblemiddle+ 54.8% 467 Games

More Gameplay Tips for Aatrox Players

Tips and Tricks

Try to build a few stacks in blood well before engaging to ensure you can revive if slain.

Use Massacre to activate your passive for quick reaction revives.

Get easy kills early game by using the high damage from Massacre for ultimates at level 6 and 11.

Use Blades of Torment to guarantee landing Dark Flight's knockup.

Additional Aatrox Build Insights

LoL Aatrox players may find him to be a challenging character to build out properly. You'll notice that his build varies when he is up against either well-rounded or highly focused team compositions, showing you shouldn't take the same Aatrox build every game of League of Legends

The most critical items to include in your champ's build include: Duskblade of Draktharr, Spear Of Shojin, and Serylda's Grudge. Players who included these pieces in their setups had a significantly better win rate than players who tried for other item builds for Aatrox. Moreover, if you are fighting a varied enemy team comp, you should really consider grabbing yourself the Precision, and Resolve runes. In recent games, he won the greatest percentage of his games when built with these runes.

We set our Aatrox build guidance by examining 124,088 recently ranked LoL rounds with him selected. We only recommend the best winrate Aatrox builds that have been built by ranked gamers enough times for us to propose them. With so many games in our data, we are quite confident in our suggested builds.