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League of Legends Champion AatroxAatrox is in the a tier of champions

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 107,609 matches
Win Rate
50.5 %
Pick Rate
9.2 %
Ban Rate
18.9 %

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. Adding the selected runes shown below into your Aatrox build will help provide you with the additional bonuses to guarantee he plays well through the laning phase of the match and into the late game. You should start by leveling up his q ability first.

Best vsAll Build for Aatrox

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordRefillable Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Caulfield's WarhammerSerrated Dirk

Core Aatrox Items

~22 Mins
EclipseRavenous HydraDeath's DanceMercury's Treads

Optional Items

Prowler's ClawHullbreakerGuardian AngelSterak's Gage

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: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveSecond WindRevitalize
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
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
2
E
3
Q
4
W
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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E
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Q
10
E
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R
12
E
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E
14
W
15
W
16
R

Aatrox Matchups Overview

Aatrox is Weak Against

WukongWukong42.8% winrateSingedSinged45.5% winrateIllaoiIllaoi46.5% winrateMalphiteMalphite46.5% winrate

Aatrox is Strong Against

GragasGragas56% winrateK'SanteK'Sante55.2% winrateGnarGnar54.4% winrateTahm KenchTahm Kench54.4% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Shyvanajungle+ 53.7% 3737 GamesZiggsbottom+ 55.4% 845 GamesGaliosupport+ 56.2% 313 GamesRumblemiddle+ 58.6% 442 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

League of Legends Aatrox players will likely find him to be a complex champ to build out properly. You'll see that his build is modified when he is up against either diversified or homogenous team compositions, showing you should not follow the same Aatrox build every round of League of Legends

The most essential items to incorporate into your champion's build include: Eclipse, Ravenous Hydra, and Death's Dance. Those who added these pieces in their setups had a better winrate than players who worked towards other Aatrox builds. Moreover, if you are fighting a mixed enemy team arrangement, you should really consider grabbing Aatrox the Precision, and Resolve runes. In recent matches, he won the greatest number of his games when built with these runes.

We established our Aatrox build recommendations by analyzing 107,609 recently ranked League games with him in them. We only propose the highest winrate Aatrox builds that were built by ranked LoL players enough times for us to suggest them. With so many games in our data, we are confident in our suggested builds.