Vex vs Aatrox
How to Beat Aatrox as Vex
based on 3,414 Vex vs Aatrox matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vex vs Aatrox Matchup Summary
Best Vex vs Aatrox Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Aatrox as Vex
Advice to Win Against Aatrox
Aatrox's Infernal Chains are easier to exit when running towards the sides or at Aatrox.
Aatrox's attacks are very telegraphed, so use the time to dodge the hit zones.
Keep your distance when Aatrox uses his Ultimate to prevent him from reviving.
Vex vs Aatrox Counter Stats
How to Counter Aatrox with Vex in LoL
The stats provided here underscore some strategic Vex versus Aatrox matchup stats that may help you grasp the differences between the two. Vex’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Aatrox’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Vex may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Aatrox..
Vex often has a similar longest killing spree as their opponent does. On average, they receives less damage than Aatrox. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Vex and Aatrox
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Who is Better, Vex or Aatrox?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Vex usually loses when taking on Aatrox, with a 48.8% win rate. As a result, Vex makes a bad counter to Aatrox.
While Vex does have a lower win rate than Aatrox, when they face off with one another, Vex also has a much lower learning curve that makes them a less complex character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Vex into Aatrox.
Moreover, Vex also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Aatrox. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Vex vs Aatrox matchups, Aatrox is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Vex is a somewhat poor counter for Aatrox. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Vex against Aatrox.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Vex in order to counter Aatrox during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vex on average picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Aatrox. Champs who on average don't take much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Vex versus Aatrox build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Vex combined at least these three items in their build, they did significantly better when fighting Aatrox than with many other common builds. In fact, Vex boasted an average win rate of 48.8% battling Aatrox with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of beating Aatrox as Vex, Vex players should equip the Dark Harvest, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Vex vs Aatrox counters, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.8% win rate overall.
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