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the Darkin Blade

Aatrox Top build & stats

Fighter C 1,166 games · patch 16.18
Win rate
48.7%
Pick rate
4.3%
Ban rate
4.0%
Division
Master
Build, runes, spells and skill order are from Master games only.

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.18

Built from single items

Best three items so far

Black Cleaver
Black Cleaver
3,000 gold
Maw of Malmortius
Maw of Malmortius
3,100 gold
Endless Hunger
Endless Hunger
3,100 gold
9,200 gold
66.7% WR each item separately

Boots

Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads
1,250 gold
54.2% 48 games

Runes

Precision Precision + Resolve Resolve
35.0% WR
40 games · 3% pick
Conqueror
Conqueror

Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions.

Precision Precision
Press the Attack Lethal Tempo Conqueror Fleet Footwork
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Resolve Resolve
Shield Bash Demolish Font of Life
Conditioning Second Wind Bone Plating
Unflinching Overgrowth Revitalize
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Flash Teleport
51.3% 76 games

Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Not enough players have finished the same three items yet, so the core above is the three strongest items measured one by one. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.

Tips for Aatrox

Generated from this patch's numbers

  • Aatrox wins 48.7% of games as Top on patch 16.18 (1,166 games).
  • Most common core: Death's Dance → Sundered Sky → Eclipse — 50% win rate over 48 games.
  • Take Conqueror as keystone: picked in 89% of games with a 49% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Vayne (75% over 8 games). Hardest: Riven (30% over 10 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Spear of Shojin
Spear of Shojin
Death's Dance
Death's Dance
Sundered Sky
Sundered Sky
75.0% WR
4 games · 0% pick
Sterak's Gage
Sterak's Gage
Spear of Shojin
Spear of Shojin
Death's Dance
Death's Dance
50.0% WR
4 games · 0% pick
Maw of Malmortius
Maw of Malmortius
Spear of Shojin
Spear of Shojin
Death's Dance
Death's Dance
50.0% WR
4 games · 0% pick

Boots

Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps
46.9% WR
96 games · 8% pick
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads
54.2% WR
48 games · 4% pick
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
33.3% WR
3 games · 0% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
66.7% 1% (6)
66.7% 1% (6)
61.1% 2% (18)
60.7% 2% (28)
51.3% 7% (78)
50.7% 6% (69)
50.0% 1% (6)
47.1% 1% (17)
46.6% 5% (58)
40.5% 4% (42)
38.5% 1% (13)
37.0% 2% (27)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Precision Precision + Resolve Resolve
35.0% WR
40 games · 3% pick
Conqueror
Conqueror

Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions.

Precision Precision
Press the Attack Lethal Tempo Conqueror Fleet Footwork
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Resolve Resolve
Shield Bash Demolish Font of Life
Conditioning Second Wind Bone Plating
Unflinching Overgrowth Revitalize
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Precision Precision + Resolve Resolve
50.0% WR
6 games · 1% pick
Conqueror Triumph Legend: Haste Last Stand Second Wind Revitalize
Precision Precision + Resolve Resolve
80.0% WR
5 games · 0% pick
Conqueror Triumph Legend: Haste Last Stand Bone Plating Overgrowth

Keystones

  • Conqueror Conqueror Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions. 49.3%12% pick
  • Electrocute Electrocute Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage. 37.5%1% pick
  • Grasp of the Undying Grasp of the Undying Every 4s your next attack on a champion deals bonus magic damage, heals you, and permanently increases your health. 40.0%0% pick
  • Stormraider's Surge Stormraider's Surge Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist. 40.0%0% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Ignite Flash + Ignite 45.5%8% pick
  • Flash Teleport Flash + Teleport 51.3%7% pick
  • Exhaust Flash Exhaust + Flash 33.3%1% pick

Abilities & skill order

  • PDeathbringer Stance

    Periodically, Aatrox's next basic attack deals bonus magic damage and heals him, based on the target's max health.

  • QThe Darkin Blade

    Aatrox slams his greatsword down, dealing physical damage. He can swing three times, each with a different area of effect.

  • WInfernal Chains

    Aatrox smashes the ground, dealing damage to the first enemy hit. Champions and large monsters have to leave the impact area quickly or they will be dragged to the center and take the damage again.

  • EUmbral Dash

    Passively, Aatrox heals when damaging enemy champions. On activation, he dashes in a direction.

  • RWorld Ender

    Aatrox unleashes his demonic form, fearing nearby enemy minions and gaining attack damage, increased healing, and Move Speed. If he gets a takedown, this effect is extended.