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Descend and Destroy Aatrox Guide ~Jungle S8~

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Runes:

Precision

Lethal Tempo

Triumph

Legend: Alacrity

Coup de Grace

Inspiration

Magical Footwear

Future's Market

Spells:

Smite

Flash

Items

STARTING ITEMS

FIRST BACK

CORE ITEMS

BOOTS

AD COUNTER FULL BUILD

AP COUNTER FULL BUILD

SITUATIONAL

DEFENSIVE ITEMS

Ability Order

Aatrox Passive Ability

Threats & Synergies

Threats

Synergies

Extreme Major Even Minor Tiny

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None Low Ok Strong Ideal

Extreme Threats

Ideal Synergies

Synergies

Ideal Strong Ok Low None

Introducation

Hello all, I go by Darksyyde or BangBangBrotha, feel free to add me on the rift. Prepare to learn ! is AWESOME and there are few up to date builds on him, which is why I created this guide. Dominating in the jungle brings me much joy, so in that spirit I hope this guide is fun and full of great information to help you beast on the rift.

If you do not feel like reading much skip to Aatrox Theory. Included are a few tips that help to maximize your dps and clear your jungle--sometimes the enemies--as quick as possible :D!

Important Stats

STATS TO FOCUS ON

When Playing you have three main focus points: Attack Speed, Slows, and Survivability (armor, magic resistance, and health).

1. Attack speed determines Aatrox's Damage from / proc's. Every third hit will either gain health or deal extra damage, so the faster this happens the quicker he deletes opponents or the quicker he regains health.

2. Slows are crucial on . He is primarily a close range champion who relies on auto attacks. Therefore you need to make sure you opponent remains in range. This can be achieved through various Items. uses chilling smite to steal 20% run speed from the enemy champ while reduces enemy run speed on hit. These are just a few examples of useful items which will be explained in detail below.

3. Lastly needs to be tanky. I'm sure you have all been deleted from the rift by a womboooo combooo before your or could come in handy. That is why needs health, armor and magic resistance. Higher defenses allow time to regain health. More importantly will need time to build 5 stacks of . Because often enters a battle with zero stacks he will need to be tanky enough to endure till he can secure 5 stacks and go super saiyan with Blood Rush.

Abilities

You can scroll over the pictures to read the abilities. What they do is straight forward. Your main goal is to acquire 5 stacks of and continue to maintain that 5 stacks. Mainting stacks while in the jungle is explained in "Aatrox Theory."

When in combat make you are using early off to hit 5 stacks. Then use your best judgement to decide between and . If you want tank it up while your teammates finish em off use and if you feel safe enough to forgo lifesteal to unleash some sick damage then go .

Remember to cast to increase your auto range. I love the synergy between and , because if the opponent is able to get out of range then pop your ult, get one auto attack in, and BAM they are slowed and will once again be in deleting range.

Items

ITEM DESCRIPTIONS AND WHEN TO PICK UP

must buy first!! the provides you with a burst of damage and attack speed that will sustain you for an item or two, allowing you to build tanky on your second item. Also, the Slow from Stalker's blade is essential to keeping enemies within fighting range and synergizes nicely with Frozen Mallet.

the has been my second purchase every game. This is because, generally speaking, Aatrox is a close ranged champion with one gap closer. If the enemy manages to create distance between you and him you become useless. Frozen mallet helps slow the enemy down and keep them in deleting range. The +700 health is also nice against both AD and AP opponents.

adds an additional slow to your kit. it also increases your damage per second through heightened attack apeed and additional percent health reduction on hit. choose if your enemies seem to continue narrowly slipping away.

provides increasing attack speed after each auto capping at 6 stacks. Upon reaching 6 stacks you enter guinsoo's rage activating on hit effects every other attack. this means your and will activate every second hit instead of every third hit. choose if staying in range is no problem.

Mercurial Scimitar is nice because it synergizes with your lifesteal and necesity to evade crowd control effects--Aatrox's sole weakness. If Aatrox is stunned he cannot attack therefor no stacks, no lifesteal, no dmg...Make sure you have good attack speed before purchasing. buy as a 5th 6th item.

you purchase spirit visage if facing a fed AP champ or an AP heavy team. also consider vs AP burst champions. Along with increased health and respectable magic resistance also increases healing from all sources by 30%. this synergizes very nicely with your ability and helps regaining health after surviving an AP burst.

should be purchased when facing unrelenting AP champs such as , , , or . if you are facing an AP jump which does sustainable AP damage make sure to pick this item up.

Look to purchase a when you are fearful of the enemy team's crits. maybe against a , , , or certain adc's. reduces damaage from crits as well as bolstering your armor and health. when used also slowly enemies within a 500 unit radius by 55%. as explained earlier slows are extremely helpful on .

reflects damage, applies grievous wounds and increases health and armor. Look to purchase if you are ahead and prefer your tanky item to help with damage output or if the enemy team has a decent amount of healing.

Aatrox Theory

Key tips resulting in successful gameplay.

REMEMBER: Aatrox NEEDS 5 stacks of Bloodwell to maximize Damage, Attack speed, and to allow for Resurrection.

1. Early Jungle levels 1-3. never use . keep your health up by spamming .

2. once level 3 always begin jungle camps, even champion fights, using . My first few games I thought it was difficult to get 5 stacks of , until I realized your mainly stacking it with .

3. Jungle level 3 and beyond. Start fight with gain 5 stacks of and then immediately switch to . the increase attack speed will compensate for the health you forgo from using to start the battle.

4. you cannot run from one camp to another without losing your stacks of , therefore, Make sure to maintain your stacks of by pulling jungle mobs close to the next camp as well as leaving or up to quickly start the next fight and maintain your in combat status. This is crucial to clearing jungle quickly.

5. Always start fights with whats the point of healing if you are at full health??

6. Early ganks welcomed. Aatrox has a great knockup and slow. BUT Aatrox is late game scaling. only go for securable ganks. If you have any doubt continue clearing jungle.

7. Counter jungle is fairly easy if you Keep up. If you can keep both and up and have eyes--to keep watch on enemy laners--counter jungling should be extremely safe.

8. Buy first and second.

9. Whenever you have an extra 300g buy a . Literally no matter what your building no matter what the point in the game, If you have 300g and space then buy a .