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Aurelion Sol Guide

The Star Forger

Mage

Tier B Mid

Aurelion Sol, The Star Forger, is a mage champion that is demanding to master. Across our 374 analysed ranked games, Aurelion Sol is mostly played in Mid (58% of its games), and more rarely as ADC (42%), with a 52.1% win rate in that role: tier B among Mid champions (#19 of 42, ranked by win rate). Aurelion Sol's damage is mostly magic (96%): magic resistance items are therefore effective against this champion. Win rate varies with game length: 56.2% in long games (over 35 min, 32 games) versus 46.6% in short games (under 25 min).

Averages measured over 217 Mid games played with Aurelion Sol, from our ranked Solo/Duo data collection.

Combos and how to play

Aurelion Sol is a mage who grows through stardust: his abilities that damage enemies give him some, which permanently upgrades each of his abilities. Breath of Light channels, Astral Flight makes him fly, Singularity pulls in and executes at the center, and Falling Star can become The Skies Descend with enough stardust.

Harassment

Q › W › Q

When: An enemy is within range.

Breath of Light channels and deals increasing damage; Astral Flight lifts you and Breath of Light has no cooldown or maximum channel duration.

The execution zone

E › R › Q

When: Several enemies are grouped.

Singularity slowly pulls enemies toward its center, which executes those under a certain percentage of max health; Falling Star stuns.

The Skies Descend

W › R › E

When: You have enough stardust.

Collecting enough stardust turns the next Falling Star into The Skies Descend: a bigger zone, more damage, a knock-up and a shockwave.

Laning phase

Hit champions with Breath of Light to collect stardust. Each second of channeling on an enemy adds damage.

Common mistakes

• Channeling without a target: Breath of Light only adds damage on an enemy.
• Neglecting stardust.
• Using Astral Flight without preparing your next ability.

Build, runes and summoner spells

The most-played core build is Blackfire Torch, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Liandry's Torment (34 games, 73.5% win rate), usually with Spellslinger's Shoes (56.6% over 129 games).

Blackfire Torch+Rylai's Crystal Scepter+Liandry's Torment

34 games · 73.5%

Rylai's Crystal Scepter+Zhonya's Hourglass+Liandry's Torment

33 games · 54.5%

Rylai's Crystal Scepter+Liandry's Torment+Bloodletter's Curse

32 games · 62.5%

Boots

Spellslinger's Shoes56.6% · 129 games

Chainlaced Crushers48.8% · 43 games

Armored Advance46.7% · 15 games

Summoner spells

Flash + Teleport53.5% · 183 games

Exhaust + Flash55.6% · 18 games

Most-played runes

Deathfire Touch + Precision

55.1% · 78 games

Primary tree · Sorcery

Manaflow Band100%

Absolute Focus74%

Scorch85%

Secondary tree · Precision

Cut Down97%

Presence of Mind90%

Shards

Adaptive force94%

Adaptive force81%

Health scaling69%

Deathfire Touch + Resolve

47.5% · 61 games

Primary tree · Sorcery

Manaflow Band100%

Absolute Focus93%

Scorch88%

Secondary tree · Resolve

Bone Plating97%

Overgrowth77%

Shards

Adaptive force100%

Adaptive force79%

Health scaling72%

Arcane Comet + Precision

63.3% · 30 games

Primary tree · Sorcery

Manaflow Band97%

Absolute Focus93%

Scorch87%

Secondary tree · Precision

Cut Down97%

Presence of Mind93%

Shards

Adaptive force87%

Adaptive force60%

Health63%

For each row, the most picked rune among the games played with this page (share of games in brackets).

Which items to build against the enemy team?

We sort every game by the enemy team's damage. These are Aurelion Sol'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.

Mostly magic-damage enemy team51.4% · 70 games

At least 50% of their damage is magic

Rylai's Crystal Scepter 54.5%

Liandry's Torment 59.2%

Blackfire Torch 63.0% ▲

Zhonya's Hourglass 58.3%

Bloodletter's Curse 50.0%

The item that stands out most is Blackfire Torch: 63.0% win rate, +3 points versus its usual win rate.

Mostly physical-damage enemy team54.2% · 48 games

Less than 35% of their damage is magic

Rylai's Crystal Scepter 54.2%

Liandry's Torment 66.7% ▲

Blackfire Torch 42.9%

The item that stands out most is Liandry's Torment: 66.7% win rate, +10 points versus its usual win rate.

Balanced enemy team51.5% · 99 games

Mixed physical and magic damage

Rylai's Crystal Scepter 51.1%

Liandry's Torment 50.7% ▼

Blackfire Torch 64.5% ▲

Bloodletter's Curse 61.9%

Zhonya's Hourglass 57.9%

Rabadon's Deathcap 58.8%

The item that stands out most is Blackfire Torch: 64.5% win rate, +5 points versus its usual win rate.

Abilities

PassiveCosmic 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, which is improved by the amount of Stardust that's been collected. This ability collects Stardust if the target is a champion.

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.

Astral Flight's remaining cooldown is reduced whenever an enemy champion dies after being recently damaged by Aurelion Sol.

Stardust increases Astral Flight's maximum range.

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 inside it. The center of the black hole executes enemies who are below a certain percentage of their maximum health. Stardust increases Singularity's area as well as the execution threshold.

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 next Falling Star into The Skies Descend.

The Skies Descend: Aurelion Sol drags a giant star down from the heavens with an increased impact zone and increased damage, knocking up enemies rather than stunning them. A shockwave then spreads from the edge of the impact zone, which damages and slows the enemies it hits. Stardust increases the impact area of both Falling Star and The Skies Descend.

Frequently asked questions

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