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Aatrox, the Darkin Blade, is a fighter champion of medium difficulty. Across our 830 analysed ranked games, Aatrox is mostly played in Top (73% of its games), and more rarely in the Jungle (27%), with a 51.2% win rate in that role: tier B among Top champions (#17 of 51, ranked by win rate). Aatrox's damage is mostly physical (88%): armor is the best defensive answer against this champion. Win rate varies with game length: 52.6% in short games (under 25 min, 190 games) versus 43.2% in long games (over 35 min).
Averages measured over 607 Top games played with Aatrox, from our ranked Solo/Duo data collection.
Aatrox is a melee fighter who wins long trades: his passive regularly lets him deal bonus magic damage and heal based on a percentage of the target's max health. The Darkin Blade hits up to three times with different areas, Infernal Chains drag back those who do not leave the area, and his ultimate increases his damage, healing and speed.
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When: An enemy is within chain range.
Infernal Chains damages the first enemy hit and drags them back if they do not leave the area, The Darkin Blade strikes next, your attack benefits from your passive, Umbral Dash repositions you.
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When: The enemy is cornered.
Each hit of The Darkin Blade has a different area of effect: chain all three while moving to hit the target.
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When: A fight begins.
World Ender gives you damage, healing and speed and terrifies nearby minions; its duration is extended if you take part in an enemy champion takedown.
The Darkin Blade has three strikes with different areas: vary your positioning to hit every time. Umbral Dash passively heals you when you damage champions and dashes you when activated.
The most-played core build is Spear of Shojin, Death's Dance, and Sundered Sky (23 games, 65.2% win rate).
Flash + Ignite51.3% · 339 games
Flash + Teleport49.8% · 241 games
Exhaust + Flash54.5% · 22 games
Triumph98%
Legend: Haste72%
Last Stand95%
Revitalize65%
Bone Plating61%
Triumph100%Legend: Haste80%Last Stand91%
Treasure Hunter69%
Taste of Blood66%
Sudden Impact97%
Grisly Mementos47%
Ultimate Hunter50%
Second Wind74%
Overgrowth41%For each row, the most picked rune among the games played with this page (share of games in brackets).
We sort every game by the enemy team's damage. These are Aatrox's completed items and their win rate in each situation; "▲" marks an item that does at least 3 points better than its usual win rate.
Spear of Shojin
52.2%
Sundered Sky
54.7% ▲
Eclipse
53.1%
Death's Dance
67.4% ▲
Maw of Malmortius
59.0%
Voltaic Cyclosword
54.3%The item that stands out most is Death's Dance: 67.4% win rate, +5 points versus its usual win rate.
Sundered Sky
43.2% ▼Spear of Shojin
58.6% ▲Eclipse
51.0%Death's Dance
68.1% ▲
Black Cleaver
38.5% ▼
Sterak's Gage
59.1%The item that stands out most is Spear of Shojin: 58.6% win rate, +7 points versus its usual win rate.
Sundered Sky
54.0%Spear of Shojin
48.1% ▼Eclipse
50.0%Death's Dance
57.5% ▼Black Cleaver
50.9%Voltaic Cyclosword
51.2%No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.
Camille
Aatrox: 43.8%16 games
Camille has the edge in 56% of the 16 Top duels against Aatrox. See the Camille guide.
Camille43.8% · 16 gamesWin rates measured over direct same-role duels; only matchups with more than 15 games are listed. See all of Aatrox's matchups.
The most-played core build is Spear of Shojin, Death's Dance, and Sundered Sky (23 games, 65.2% win rate).
Aatrox's toughest matchups in Top are Camille (43.8% win rate over 16 games).
Aatrox posts its best win rates against Camille (43.8%).
Win rate varies with game length: 52.6% in short games (under 25 min, 190 games) versus 43.2% in long games (over 35 min).
The most-played rune page uses Conqueror with the Resolve secondary tree (457 games, 51.9% win rate).
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