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Aatrox Build Guides, Runes and Items
Aatrox the Darkin Blade
Find the best Aatrox build guides for League of Legends S13 Patch 13.6. The MOBAFire community works hard to keep their LoL builds and guides updated, and will help you craft the best Aatrox build for the S13 meta. Learn more about Aatrox's abilities, skins, or even ask your own questions to the community!
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Aatrox, the Bloody Blade
Aatrox, the Bloody Blade
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Aatrox The Darkin Carry (Top Lane and Jungle Guide)
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Aaptrox the jumping midnuker
Aaptrox the jumping midnuker
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Aatrox, smiteless jungling with regular masteries
Aatrox, smiteless jungling with regular masteries
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Aatrox Demonic Jungle
Thou Shall Die to My Bladeth... A comprenhensive Aatrox Guid
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Aatrox, Fight and be remembered or die and be forgotten, Top
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[S3] Aatrox, Cthulhu inside Aatrox
AD/Life Steal Aatrox Top/Mid
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An in-depth look at Aatrox by postaldude
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Aatrox Top Lane Killer (Revised)
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The Best Aatrox Darkin Blade
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Aatrox wants your BLOOD!
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[S3] Aatrox MID - Oh, see? Full Life again!
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Aatrox The Demon Lord
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Castor's Aatrox Support
Castor's Aatrox Support
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Jungle Aatrox | The bloody duelist
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Aatrox in the Jungle
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Aatrox, Immortal Onslaught TOPLANE
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Aatrox smacking yordles toplane
Aatrox Build & Runes
If you're looking for the best rune build for Aatrox we've got you covered. Below you can find the best items and runes to build for Aatrox, as determined by calculations of thousands of Plat+ League of Legends games. If you are already familiar with how to play Aatrox this is a great resource to quickly get a good rune selection for Patch 13.6. However, if you are a new Aatrox player we highly recommend reading through some of the guides above to learn why this build is strong on Aatrox!
* Each section of the build is rated independently of the others
Aatrox's Runes
47%
Win Rate 21873 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Second Best
50%
Win Rate 5256 Games
Third Best
49%
Win Rate 3340 Games
Aatrox's Summoner Spells
50%
Win Rate 18065 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Aatrox's Starters
48%
Win Rate 44009 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Trinket
52%
Win Rate 14805 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Second Best
46%
Win Rate 39995 Games
Stealth Ward
Third Best
51%
Win Rate 7408 Games
Farsight Alteration
Don’t forgetto Buy Wards
Mythic
Aatrox's Core Items
Boots
Aatrox's Luxury Items
Aatrox's Ability Order
64%
Win Rate 20778 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Deathbringer Stance (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Second Best
65%
Win Rate 1205 Games
Deathbringer Stance (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Third Best
65%
Win Rate 471 Games
Deathbringer Stance (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
* Each section of the build is rated independently of the others
Aatrox's Runes
58%
Win Rate 144 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Second Best
51%
Win Rate 356 Games
Third Best
50%
Win Rate 441 Games
Aatrox's Summoner Spells
51%
Win Rate 2125 Games
- 1
- 2
Aatrox's Starters
49%
Win Rate 4953 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Trinket
54%
Win Rate 1168 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Second Best
47%
Win Rate 1736 Games
Stealth Ward
Third Best
48%
Win Rate 315 Games
Farsight Alteration
Don’t forgetto Buy Wards
Mythic
Aatrox's Core Items
Boots
Aatrox's Luxury Items
Aatrox's Ability Order
69%
Win Rate 869 Games
- 1
Deathbringer Stance (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Aatrox Counters
Learn Aatrox's counters and discover matchups where they have an advantage! When you're starting a game of League of Legends you should always keep in mind if you'll be at an advantage or disadvantage against your opponent, so you can know whether to bully them or play safe. You can find detailed breakdowns of each matchup on CounterStats, and you can also check out some Aatrox guides to see how to build and play against other champions you may find yourself up against!
This counter data is for Aatrox Top in Plat+ games. The percent shown is the enemy champion's counter rating against Aatrox. Counter rating is our own statistic that factors in counter kills, overall kills, early lead ratio, comeback ratio, and win percent to give the whole picture of that champion's effectiveness as a counter pick.
Best Against Aatrox
Worst Against Aatrox
Aatrox Skins
Find Aatrox's skins and when they were last on sale. Never miss a sale for your favorite skin by using our Wish List feature! You can also find all Aatrox skins and chromas on Aatrox's skins page.
Wishlist
Our Wish List feature will send you notifications when your skins are on sale!Aatrox's Abilities
Attack and ability hits against champions and large jungle monsters reduce this effect's cooldown by 2 seconds. Hits with the edge of The Darkin Blade reduce it by 4 seconds instead.
Active: Aatrox dashes. He can use this ability while winding up his other abilities.
Champion takedowns extend the duration of this effect by 5 seconds and refresh the movement speed effect.
Questions About Aatrox
Latest Questions
champion suggestion?
hi i'm a new player , in lol and i'm looking for a champion to learn how to use it effectively that suits nice in my play style. I really like the fight, the emotion of the trade in 1v1 and team fights, I like juggernauts like morde, mundo or...
I do not know what to do
you believe that I can use aatrox at this time example: playing aatrox without knowing how to play the game well. Thank you for your attention <3 .
is game down now?
What is happening now?
I need to get better.
I have recently started to get smashed by everyone in every role I play as I have started to reach my placement stage, I use to play Aphelios mid (I know he's a bot laner) and ashe bot, but now i've started to play aatrox to see if he's any...
How does Aatrox E reset works?
CC improvements
How come Aatrox's W (Surprise Chains) is really flimsy and inconsistent? If it was supposed to be his combo starter and/or trap tool, how come it has a more circular and bigger AOE? I find Aatrox easy to use in terms of harassing the top lane (at...
how to level up honor
i'm stuck in honor 2 and i want to level up to honor 3 because i want to play lol pbe but i don't know how to level up it.
when they will release new aatrox
i just want to ask that when they will release the reworked aatrox in the game?
is aatrox worth to buy ?
i just wanna ask if aatrox worth to buy because i asked someone is aatrox good and worth to buy ? he said no.
Some ideas for Aatrox
Aatrox is one of the champions strong champions you could've encountered yet his drawbacks is one of his biggest problems other than champion counters. I wanna discuss [b]HOW[/b] effective he is in terms of combat, But first remember these...
Viable or not?
Hi people, do you thing TF is any viable on Aatrox? I know in the game Riot put into recommended items for him but (as we all know they rarely are any good) so I ask for your opinion here. Thanks in advance. stereoPOR
Is jungle Aatrox viable?
Would he be good or even relevant in a jungler position? I would think he would be alright due to his W heal after three AA. Also, he would have a easy time when engaging in a gank from his Q.
Did the recent Aatrox buff actually make him a lot stronger? Or am imaginin
I played him a bit to see how the buff effected him, and I seem to be doing pretty well with him. Am I crazy or did these actually help him?
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Help!
Devourer Stacks.
Just interested to know, how many stacks of Devourer should the jungler have at what time? I seem to be always having too little stacks at the late game for it to have any real effect.
