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Aurelion Sol ADC build & stats

Mage B 317 games · patch 16.16
Win rate
51.4%
Pick rate
1.4%
Ban rate
0.7%
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 16.16

Solid sample

Start with

Doran's Ring
Doran's Ring
400 gold
Health Potion
Health Potion
50 gold
Health Potion
Health Potion
50 gold
53.6% 28 games

Build in this order

Rylai's Crystal Scepter 1
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
2,600 gold
Blackfire Torch 2
Blackfire Torch
2,800 gold
Liandry's Torment 3
Liandry's Torment
3,000 gold
8,400 gold
56.0% WR 25 games

Runes

Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
75.0% WR
12 games · 4% pick
Deathfire Touch
Deathfire Touch

Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time.

Sorcery Sorcery
Summon Aery Arcane Comet Stormraider's Surge Deathfire Touch
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Precision Precision
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Exhaust Flash
64.7% 17 games

Max order

Breath of Light Q Astral Flight W Singularity E
63.6% 22 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. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.

Tips for Aurelion Sol

Generated from this patch's numbers

  • Aurelion Sol wins 51.4% of games as ADC on patch 16.16 (317 games).
  • Most common core: Blackfire Torch → Rylai's Crystal Scepter → Liandry's Torment — 75% win rate over 12 games.
  • Take Deathfire Touch as keystone: picked in 68% of games with a 53% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Sivir (78% over 9 games). Hardest: Syndra (33% over 9 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.

Items

Core build in purchase order (from match timelines)

Core build

Blackfire Torch 1
Blackfire Torch
Rylai's Crystal Scepter 2
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Liandry's Torment 3
Liandry's Torment
80.0% WR
5 games · 2% pick
Rylai's Crystal Scepter 1
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Liandry's Torment 2
Liandry's Torment
Bloodletter's Curse 3
Bloodletter's Curse
33.3% WR
3 games · 1% pick

Starting items

Doran's Ring
Doran's Ring
Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
53.6% WR
28 games · 9% pick
Doran's Helm
Doran's Helm
Health Potion
Health Potion
33.3% WR
3 games · 1% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
75.0% 3% (8)
66.7% 3% (9)
55.6% 28% (90)
55.6% 3% (9)
53.8% 42% (132)
50.0% 11% (36)
50.0% 3% (8)
47.0% 21% (66)
46.9% 10% (32)
40.0% 2% (5)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
60.0% WR
20 games · 6% pick
Deathfire Touch
Deathfire Touch

Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time.

Sorcery Sorcery
Summon Aery Arcane Comet Stormraider's Surge Deathfire Touch
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Precision Precision
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
53.3% WR
15 games · 5% pick
Arcane Comet Manaflow Band Absolute Focus Scorch Presence of Mind Cut Down
Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
75.0% WR
12 games · 4% pick
Deathfire Touch Manaflow Band Absolute Focus Scorch Presence of Mind Cut Down

Keystones

  • Deathfire Touch Deathfire Touch Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time. 55.3%30% pick
  • Arcane Comet Arcane Comet Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location. 51.6%10% pick
  • First Strike First Strike When you initiate champion combat, deal 7% extra damage for 3 seconds and gain gold based on damage dealt. 45.5%3% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Teleport Flash + Teleport 51.0%31% pick
  • Flash Barrier Flash + Barrier 57.1%7% pick
  • Exhaust Flash Exhaust + Flash 64.7%5% pick

Abilities & skill order

Which ability to max first, from match timelines

Breath of Light Q Astral Flight W Singularity E 63.6%22 games
Breath of Light Q Singularity E Astral Flight W 100.0%2 games

Most common first three levels: Q → E → W (47%), Q → W → E (44%), E → Q → W (100%).

  • PCosmic Creator

    Aurelion Sol's damaging Abilities break down enemies into stacks of Stardust, which permanently improves each of his abilities.

  • QBreath of Light

    Aurelion Sol channels his dragon breath for a few seconds, damaging the first enemy hit and splashing reduced damage onto nearby enemies. Each second the breath is channeled directly at an enemy will deal bonus damage, w...

  • WAstral Flight

    Aurelion Sol flies over terrain in a targeted direction. While in this state, he can cast other abilities. Breath of Light no longer has a cooldown or maximum channel duration and deals increased damage while flying.Astr...

  • ESingularity

    Aurelion Sol summons a black hole, damaging enemies and slowly pulling them toward its center. This ability grants Stardust each time an enemy dies within the black hole and for each second an enemy champion is caught in...

  • RFalling Star / The Skies Descend

    Falling Star: Aurelion Sol crashes a star into the earth. This impact deals magic damage and stuns enemies while also granting Stardust for each enemy champion it hits. Gathering enough Stardust transforms Aurelion Sol's...