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Aurora Guide

the Witch Between Worlds

Mage

Assassin

Tier C Mid

Aurora, the Witch Between Worlds, is a mage and assassin champion of medium difficulty. Across our 417 analysed ranked games, Aurora is mostly played in Mid (70% of its games), and more rarely in Top (30%), with a 46.4% win rate in that role: tier C among Mid champions (#36 of 42, ranked by win rate). Aurora's damage is mostly magic (88%): magic resistance items are therefore effective against this champion. Win rate varies with game length: 48.7% in medium-length games (25 to 35 min, 156 games) versus 42.4% in short games (under 25 min).

Averages measured over 291 Mid games played with Aurora, from our ranked Solo/Duo data collection.

Combos and how to play

Aurora is a mage-assassin of the spirit realms: her passive exorcises the spirits of the enemies she damages, and they follow and heal her. Twofold Hex curses and is recast to pull the hexes, Across the Veil makes her invisible, The Weirding slows before a hop backward, and Between Worlds creates a teleportation zone.

Role in team fights

Aurora plays at range, places Twofold Hex on several targets, then recasts to pull the hexes. Her ultimate creates a slowing zone in which she teleports freely: she repositions within the fight without ever overexposing herself.

Harassment

Q › E › Q

When: An enemy is within range.

Twofold Hex curses the target, The Weirding deals damage and slows then puts you to safety, recast Twofold Hex to pull the active hexes.

The engage

W › Q › E › R

When: A carry is isolated.

Across the Veil makes you leap, makes you invisible and speeds you up; Between Worlds releases a shockwave and creates a zone that slows.

The teleportation zone

R › R

When: You want to reposition.

Between Worlds creates a zone that lets you teleport from edge to edge.

The area combo

R › Q › E › Q

When: A group of enemies approaches.

Between Worlds releases a shockwave and creates a zone that slows; Twofold Hex curses the enemies, The Weirding slows then puts you to safety, recast Twofold Hex to pull the active hexes.

Laning phase

Twofold Hex: recast it to pull the active hexes and damage along the way. The Weirding makes you hop backward to safety.

Common mistakes

• Forgetting Twofold Hex's recast.
• Using Across the Veil with no target.
• Ignoring the exorcised spirits: they heal you.

Build, runes and summoner spells

The most-played core build is Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge (49 games, 44.9% win rate), usually with Spellslinger's Shoes (46.7% over 244 games).

Rabadon's Deathcap+Shadowflame+Stormsurge

49 games · 44.9%

Rabadon's Deathcap+Shadowflame+Luden's Echo

29 games · 55.2%

Shadowflame+Stormsurge+Luden's Echo

24 games · 66.7%

Boots

Spellslinger's Shoes46.7% · 244 games

Summoner spells

Flash + Teleport43.6% · 149 games

Flash + Ignite48.9% · 141 games

Most-played runes

Electrocute + Sorcery

44.6% · 215 games

Primary tree · Domination

Sudden Impact67%

Grisly Mementos71%

Ultimate Hunter97%

Secondary tree · Sorcery

Manaflow Band95%

Scorch64%

Shards

Attack speed92%

Adaptive force91%

Health57%

Electrocute + Precision

57.9% · 38 games

Primary tree · Domination

Sudden Impact100%

Grisly Mementos84%

Ultimate Hunter90%

Secondary tree · Precision

Cut Down90%

Presence of Mind87%

Shards

Attack speed92%

Adaptive force100%

Health87%

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 Aurora'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 team52.4% · 84 games

At least 50% of their damage is magic

Shadowflame 52.2%

Stormsurge 54.4%

Rabadon's Deathcap 59.3% ▲

Luden's Echo 48.0% ▲

Hextech Rocketbelt 84.6%

Void Staff 63.6%

The item that stands out most is Rabadon's Deathcap: 59.3% win rate, +9 points versus its usual win rate.

Mostly physical-damage enemy team53.2% · 79 games

Less than 35% of their damage is magic

Shadowflame 54.7% ▲

Stormsurge 59.0% ▲

Luden's Echo 37.9% ▼

Rabadon's Deathcap 59.3% ▲

Hextech Rocketbelt 56.2%

Void Staff 66.7%

The item that stands out most is Rabadon's Deathcap: 59.3% win rate, +9 points versus its usual win rate.

Balanced enemy team38.3% · 128 games

Mixed physical and magic damage

Shadowflame 43.5% ▼

Stormsurge 45.6% ▼

Luden's Echo 47.5%

Rabadon's Deathcap 37.8% ▼

Hextech Rocketbelt 39.4% ▼

Zhonya's Hourglass 60.0%

No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.

Counters and matchups

Who counters Aurora in Mid

Ahri Aurora: 37.5%16 games

Ahri has the edge in 62% of the 16 Mid duels against Aurora. See the Ahri guide.

Who Aurora is strong against

Ahri37.5% · 16 games

Win rates measured over direct same-role duels; only matchups with more than 15 games are listed. See all of Aurora's matchups.

Abilities

PassiveSpirit Abjuration

Aurora's spells and attacks exorcise spirits from the enemies she damages. Exorcised spirits follow Aurora around and heal her.

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.

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.

EThe Weirding

Aurora converges the realms, sending out a blast of spirit magic that damages and slows enemies before Aurora hops backward to safety.

RBetween Worlds

Aurora 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 the area to the other.

Frequently asked questions

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