Aurora Mid build & stats
- Win rate
- 48.4%
- Pick rate
- 2.6%
- Ban rate
- 0.7%
Recommended build
Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.17
Start with
Build in this order
Boots
Runes
Domination +
Sorcery 
Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage.
Sudden Impact
Grisly Mementos
Ultimate Hunter
Manaflow Band
Scorch
Summoner spells
52.5%
240 games
Max order
Q
E
W
50.9%
108 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 Aurora
Generated from this patch's numbers
- Aurora wins 48.4% of games as Mid on patch 16.17 (471 games).
- Most common core: Stormsurge → Shadowflame → Rabadon's Deathcap — 48% win rate over 21 games.
- Take Electrocute as keystone: picked in 96% of games with a 48% win rate.
- Best matchup: Orianna (67% over 9 games). Hardest: Kassadin (27% over 11 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
- Aurora scales: 67% win rate after 35 minutes versus 49% before 25. Farm safely early and never surrender.
Items
Core build in purchase order (from match timelines)
Core build
Starting items
Boots
Legendary items by win rate
| Item | Win rate | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| 87.5% | 2% (8) | |
| 59.3% | 32% (150) | |
| 58.3% | 10% (48) | |
| 57.9% | 16% (76) | |
| 57.1% | 1% (7) | |
| 50.6% | 69% (324) | |
| 50.0% | 1% (6) | |
| 49.7% | 72% (340) | |
| 49.3% | 15% (69) | |
| 47.3% | 24% (112) | |
| 40.0% | 2% (10) | |
| 0.0% | 1% (7) |
Runes
Most played full pages and keystone win rates
Domination +
Sorcery
Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage.
Sudden Impact
Sixth Sense
Ultimate Hunter
Manaflow Band
Scorch
Domination +
Sorcery
Domination +
Sorcery
Keystones
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Electrocute
Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage.
48.3%96% pick
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Arcane Comet
Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location.
58.3%3% pick
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First Strike
When you initiate champion combat, deal 7% extra damage for 3 seconds and gain gold based on damage dealt.
50.0%1% pick
Summoner spells
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Flash + Ignite
52.5%51% pick
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Flash + Teleport
44.2%48% pick
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Exhaust + Flash
33.3%1% pick
Abilities & skill order
Which ability to max first, from match timelines
Q
E
W
50.9%108 games
Most common first three levels: Q → E → W (47%), Q → E → Q (52%), Q → W → E (33%).
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PSpirit AbjurationAurora's spells and attacks exorcise spirits from the enemies she damages. Exorcised spirits follow Aurora around and heal her.
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QTwofold Hex
Aurora sends out a missile that curses any enemies it hits. She can then recast the ability to draw active curses back toward herself, damaging foes who are hit along the way.
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WAcross the Veil
Aurora leaps in a direction of her choosing, entering the spirit realm upon landing, becoming invisible, and gaining Move Speed for a short duration of time.
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EThe Weirding
Aurora converges the realms, sending out a blast of spirit magic that damages and slows enemies before Aurora hops backward to safety.
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RBetween WorldsAurora leaps in a direction of her choosing, releasing a shockwave that damages and slows any enemies it hits. Afterward, she creates an area that slows enemies within it and allows Aurora to teleport from one side of th...