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Runes:

Sorcery

Summon Aery

Manaflow Band

Celerity

Waterwalking

Inspiration

Future's Market

Approach Velocity

Bonus:

+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+65 Base Health

Spells:

Ghost

Heal

Items

Core Items

Boots

Conditional Items

Example Build 1

Example Build 2

Fizz Build 1

Ability Order

Aurelion Sol Passive Ability

Threats & Synergies

Threats

Synergies

Extreme Major Even Minor Tiny

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None Low Ok Strong Ideal

Extreme Threats

Ideal Synergies

Xerath

Extreme

He has a much higher range than you do and a very wide Q. Extremely hard to dodge. Difficult to farm under tower with this guy

Synergies

Ideal Strong Ok Low None

Champion Build Guide

Hello everyone, I am PhoenixianSlayer. I love Aurelion Sol and got pretty good at him, so I thought I would put up a guide.

This build focuses on team fight utility and maximization of pressure. For this build to truly work, you need to basically forget about auto attacking. Your stars are your main form of damage and wave clear. Focus on doing that and using your mouse solely to keep yourself in motion (and targeting for skill shots). Always move as Aurelion Sol because he has a very small ring of attack.

If you allow anyone to breach your star circle, you are dead, so let your stars do the attacking and your mouse do the moving. The overall effect of this method makes you almost ungankable and unhittable when laning against most mage targets. You are fast enough that you can dodge most skill shots and fast enough to avoid most ganks (invisibility is still a problem though).

Generally when I play Aurelion Sol, Most games are won or lost by the time I get or , so this champ can really carry if played properly.

Pros

Cons

Has a strong mid and late game
Is very annoying for the enemy team
Extremely safe pick
A professional at harassment
Can easily gain the advantage in lane
Can dodge enemy spells very easily

Has a limited range of effective attack
Is vulnerable to most people with a dash
Can't 1v1 early
Has one of the highest mana consumption rates in the game
Invisible Junglers can usually get close to you before you
... are ready and murder them

Aurelion Sol is a really good laner due to his relative safety. His stars allow for natural and constant harrass through natural csing. However, the main issue with the character is he's kinda helpless once you get close. Therefore, champs with A DASH are annoying, but counterable. Champs with multiple dashes or invisibility basically are death sentences. Champs like , , , and are major problems for Aurelion Sol (assuming good proficiency).

Passive: Center of the Universe

This is the focus of your kit. It creates the three stars spinning around you at all times. These stars are spells, so on-hit spell effects are really OP on him. These spells cost no mana alone. Airborne, Charm, Flee, Silence, Sleep, Stun, Suprression, and Taunt will deactivate this passive for the duration of said CC.

First: Starsurge

This is your main form of CC and one of your three escape tool. This is a slowish moving circular skill shot that detonates when out of the range of or upon reactivation stunning everything inside of this. You can cast and detonate to stun people close by, but not right next to you. If you are chasing someone, throw one of these out because it grows in size (increases radially), but not in damage the farther it travels. The stun duration also scales with the size of the orb with max stun being 2.25 secs at rank 5. For early game, it will range from 0.5 to 1.65 seconds. Traveling with a star adds a bit of MS so that you can keep up with it.

Second: Celestial Expansion

Its basically a toggle that makes the stars farther away and hit harder at the cost of mana. This is your main mana drain. You want to keep this active as much as possible when laning. Most people will avoid it, so you can CS in peace and force them to CS under tower, which will cost them since towers have a habit of killing minions. This skill allows you to control the lane as you desire. The toggle has a cooldown and will go on cooldown if your passive deactivates from the crowd control mentioned in the passive section.

Third: Comet of Legend

It's a dual skill that makes moving around the map super easy. The passive makes you move faster when going in a straight line. That is super easy to accomplish and makes it easier to gank or return to lane. The active makes you go fast and go over walls, so you get through the jungle as or more efficiently than Talon. However, taking damage from champions or towers will make you land early. Both of these skills makes it easy to escape opponents and makes you pretty much ungankable. In addition, you can use in combo with this to quickly hop from one lane to another with a huge sphere of stunning glory.

Ultimate: Voice of Light

This skill is your main escape tool. If they get too close, this throws them back into range of
and slows them. This allows you to escape by running and if you have
it's even harder for them to chase you. You can also use this to secure kills by forcing them back into the main damage zone and then keep them there.

Sorcery

Row 1:

I would suggest either or . is better for people who like combos but still want to focus on utility and team battles. It gives you a speed boost that makes killing easy for you and your team. is better for 1v1 and poking. It's really handy in lane and has a short cycle time. Its easier to proc also, so if you aren't combo focused, its really good. is bad because you aren't activating a lot of spells since your spells are passives, so it would still have the 30 sec cooldown.

Row 2:

This playstyle is a major mana hog. is a must.

Row 3:

The build depends a lot on the champ's speed, so is necessary. It gives you the speed edge to dodge basically everything.

Row 4:

is really good for ganking and escaping opponents. is also a good choice. You trade speed for constant AP, however, that return is low because games last for a relatively short period of time, so the AP will be low.

Inspiration

Row 1:

Considering that Sol becomes extremely dangerous once he hits his first item (), you want to get it as soon as possible. Also, you have a tendancy to recall quite a bit to replenish mana. Definitely not as much with changes to , but still some. Therefore, you want to make those trips efficient. Therefore I take to always be able to buy something. and are also good runes. isn't as good as because the mana that is regenerated by a adds little time and adds only a minuscule amount of max mana. is ok but not the most optimal option beause you want to get your boots early, so the time delay leaves you vulnerable for longer. Its still a decent option, but not preferable.

Row 2:

is very helpful for finishing off foes. It adds damage when going towards an opponent and makes it so that they have even lower chances of escaping you. This rune can be replaced with or . I mentioned above what I thought about them. If you want to switch one of the runes, I would change this one over since this one is less useful than .

Main #1: Heal

It is a safety net to keep you alive with extra health and extra MS to help secure your escape.

Main #2: Ghost

First, it's a great escape tool since it adds lots of MS. Also, it's easier to pursue opponents since you can phase through enemy minions and keep your passive constantly active by chasing in a un-obstructed straight line. This used to be better when added damage based on increased speed, but its still a good spell even if it only adds MS now.

Alternative: Flash

I now think that is closer to with the 8.23 Path Update, however, I still like over as pointed out below.

Ghost Vs. Flash

and are comparable because you gain about the same amount of distance with both at the end of their effects. I think is better than because gives an effect over the entire course of a battle instead of a instant distance change, has a much lower cooldown, and allows you to keep you passive activated. In addition, has the same usefulness as 's active -- Getting over walls. Therefore, is kind of redundant and has fewer advantages for offense.

Heal Vs. Barrier

is better than since only lasts for a couple of seconds. is pure health, so it lasts indefinitely. In addition, it makes it easier to escape in the early game, so its a double defense. does have higher damage absorption than , however, the speed makes a huge difference with , , and (if escaping into the river, which you should do because you can easily outrun them there). That 30% speed boost makes you uncatchable with this build. In the end, not being in the range of damage is a better defense than a shield to absorb the damage.

Don't Bother With Ignite

There have been only a few times when I really needed . There are usually two situations you meet with this build during the laning phase: either the opponent ignores your star damage and you get an early kill, or the opponent is cautious and rarely gets hit. If they're somewhere in between, they'll be at their tower at half health usually. Therefore, you would rarely need , because either you beat them without it, or there isn't a time to use it. Mid-game and after, you can easily beat most opponents on your own, so there is no need for it then. It is rarely ever useful.

Don't Bother With Exhaust

is really redundant with this build. You already have a good slow and chase speed. There is no need for it at any point in the game.

Don't Bother With Teleport

is unnecesarry because you have enough distance covering capabilities from the MS you build and .

Tear of the Goddess

This should be the first thing you get. This champ needs TONS of mana. This item supplies it. However, on't upgrade this to till later.

Boots of Swiftness

Due to the relatively small "safe zone" on this champion, you need plenty of movement speed to keep your opponents in star range. These boots supply that move speed. These boots also make it a lot easier to deal with skill shots and ganks since you can usually outrun your opponents once you hit the river. This item is extremely necessary, and therefore the next item that should be bought.

Rylai's Crystal Scepter

This is basically the whole point of the build. This item gives you a nice chunk of damage and makes pretty much invincible to Melee champions. Between your high boot speed and the slow from this item, melee champions have no chance of catching up to you, let alone killing you. You can just kite them to death with or unload everything on your opponents, and they can't do much about it due to the slow. This should always be your first complete item, even with a Fizz.

Liandry's Torment

The icing on the cake. Adds plenty of damage, increases your damage as you fight making kiting more effective, and you burn for percent health with each spell hit. If they weren't having trouble with you before, they will now. This comes second, except with a Fizz.

Seraph's Embrace

Now that you finished your core, finishing your is a good idea. When you build , it will always autmatically transform to due to you constantly expending mana. You turn your previous weakness into your strength by adds plenty of damage due to your massive mana pool.

Rabadon's Deathcap

Pure damage, Pure death.

Zhonya's Hourglass

An item to deal with those diving burst champs like , , etc. When they ult, just pop this and instantly they are on the defensive since they probably over-extended to do this. If you have help, get them after you time back in, otherwise, don't. The character you get this to avoid dying to can deal plenty of damage without their ult, not nearly as much, but still plenty. They can still kill you or escape if try to 1v1 them, so you need that backup.

Twin Shadows

Makes you faster and more dangerous. Might want to opt for if you just start using this build since being too fast can be just a big a problem as not fast enough due to the short kill range of the champ. The item is great for tracking down opponents (due to the ghosts that you can follow to a champion) and just the damage and CDR.

Void Staff

Good for breaking down high MR champs. Has some decent AP.

Keep your stars expanded at all times to secure farm and keep opponent at bay. They can't farm if you are
.... constantly attacking them.

Stay in constant motion. It's a lot harder to hit a moving target. It's also a lot harder to gank a moving target
.... that is ready to run away at a second's notice.

Don't be afraid to recall. If you are bullying them properly, they should be losing farm and always stuck under
....tower. This will use up a lot of mana, but you will be able to replenish it by recalling. This also allows you to
....get your next item while waiting for the farm to come back in range. Keep doing this until you have Rylia's
....Scepter and then try and kill your lane opponent. You should always be high health doing this, so you should be
....even harder to gank.

Ward one side of the river and favor that side. If they try and gank from that side, you can see them early
.... and outrun them, if they come from the other side, just run into the bush you are by. You have the speed
.... advantage in the river, so escape ganks by running into the river then just come right back by taking the
....scenic route through the jungle.

Save your R for emergencies. You want your R to avoid ganks since it knocks back opponents too close and
....slows everyone hit. Until you are powerful enough that you don't need it as much, save it for ganks from
.... or the like that can jump on you or stealth up to you.

Gank other lanes. As you start getting a bigger mana supply and some AP, you can quickly gank someone for
....a kill then rush back to lane. This will help everyone in the process and give your mid laner a big headache
....trying to figure out whether to push or assist their teammates.

Tear of the Goddess

Farm and bully.

Boots of Swiftness

Farm more and gank a bit, not too much though or you will lose lane advantage and you don't do a ton of damage, so you really won't be able to kill anyone.

Rylai's Crystal Scepter

Gank anyone overextended. They will definitely die because they weren't expecting the power spike and the inability to escape you.

Liandry's Torment

You should have everyone afraid of you by now, so be aggressive, just avoid unfair fights. You can outpace almost all champs and deal a ton of damage, so try and get kills where you can, and if it gets ugly, hit them with your to super-slow them and run. If they chase, all the better since you will kill them while they think they have the advantage. Also, try and split push. You have great speed, so you can push one lane solo, and if an opponent you don't want to fight shows up, just jump to another lane and push. If you push top and mid, while the rest of the team pushes bot, the opponents will be strained to deal with all those pushes.

Seraph's Embrace

You hould continue to split push a lot. If and when your team makes a big team push, be there when the fighting starts. Try and invest in a push just before and then rush in with and a large after the fighting starts and scare the heck out of your opponents.

Other Items

Probably want Baron at this point to push it over. Items you might want at this point are , , , , or

Pre Rylia's Combo 1:

W -> Q -> P + AA

Open your stars while the is going towards the opponent. Then stun him. Then use your passive and auto attack to damage him. This should activate if you are running it. is unconsequential in lane since they will just run to tower, but in a longer chase, it is helpful. Hopefully doing this once with JG or twice solo should get a kill.

Pre Rylia's Combo 2:

R -> W -> Q -> P + AA

Same thing as combo 1, except you slow your opponent first with so they have to flash or stopwatch to avoid the stun. You also get earlier which helps for catching people since this will not always kill on the initial burst. With the additional damage of , you probably only need to do this once with a little poking from before.

Post Rylia's Combo:

W -> Q -> P + AA-(Maybe)-> R

Slow them with your passive then use so it is harder to dodge. Even if they flash or stopwatch, the cooldown on this combo is low, so you just repeat when you either catch up or they lose their invincibility.

These combos are kinda unnecessary on most squishy targets once you get because you can take them out with alone (with active).

Aurelion Sol is a great champ that is really dangerous in mid game. He consumes mana a ton, so resource management and frequent recalls are required to keep him fueled up in early game, but as long as you have you lane pushed up, you won't have to worry about CS and Exp loss since your opponent will be struggling just to get back to the middle point of the lane by the time you get back in lane.

"Cower, worship, beg, they're all valid reactions."