Aatrox

Recommended Build

Patch 16.11 · Diamond+ Solo Queue · Updated 6/9/2026

45.8% Based on 371 games wr in Top

Build path

1. Boots any step
   

   Plated Steelcaps

   1200 gold

   25 Armor
   45 Move Speed
   
   Plating
   Reduces incoming damage from Attacks by 10%.

   Plated Steelcaps

   69% pick · 45.7% Based on 234 picks wr
2. Item 1 3 options
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     Doran's Shield

     450 gold

     110 Health
     
     Enduring Focus
     Restore 4 Health every 5 seconds.
     After taking damage from a champion, restore Health over 8 seconds.
     
     Helping Hand
     Attacks deal 5 bonus physical damage to minions.
     Doran's Shield

     50% pick · 46.5% Based on 187 picks wr
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     Doran's Blade

     450 gold

     10 Attack Damage
     80 Health
     2.5% Omnivamp
     
     
     or Doran's Blade

     38% pick · 46.1% Based on 141 picks wr
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     Doran's Helm

     450 gold

     140 Health
     10 Armor
     10 Magic Resist
     
     Helping Hand
     Attacks deal 5 bonus physical damage to minions.
     or Doran's Helm

     12% pick · 41.9% Based on 43 picks wr
3. Item 2 3 options
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     Sundered Sky

     3100 gold

     45 Attack Damage
     400 Health
     10 Ability Haste
     
     Lightshield Strike
     Your first Attack against a champion Critically Strikes and restores Health.
     Sundered Sky

     31% pick · 40.5% Based on 111 picks wr
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     Spear of Shojin

     3100 gold

     45 Attack Damage
     450 Health
     
     Dragonforce
     Gain 25 Basic Ability Haste.
     
     Focused Will
     Dealing damage with Abilities increases your Champion's Ability and Passive damage by 3% for 6 seconds. (stacks 4 times).
     or Spear of Shojin

     20% pick · 53.5% Based on 71 picks wr
   • 
     Eclipse

     2900 gold

     60 Attack Damage
     15 Ability Haste
     
     Ever Rising Moon
     Hitting a champion with 2 separate Attacks or Abilities within 2 seconds grants you a Shield for 2 seconds.
     or Eclipse

     16% pick · 34.5% Based on 58 picks wr
4. Item 3 3 options
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     Sundered Sky

     3100 gold

     45 Attack Damage
     400 Health
     10 Ability Haste
     
     Lightshield Strike
     Your first Attack against a champion Critically Strikes and restores Health.
     Sundered Sky

     35% pick · 44.1% Based on 102 picks wr
   • 
     Spear of Shojin

     3100 gold

     45 Attack Damage
     450 Health
     
     Dragonforce
     Gain 25 Basic Ability Haste.
     
     Focused Will
     Dealing damage with Abilities increases your Champion's Ability and Passive damage by 3% for 6 seconds. (stacks 4 times).
     or Spear of Shojin

     14% pick · 42.9% Based on 42 picks wr
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     Sterak's Gage

     3200 gold

     400 Health
     20% Tenacity
     
     The Claws that Catch
     Gain bonus Attack Damage.
     
     Lifeline
     Taking damage that would reduce your Health below 30% grants a decaying Shield for 4.5 seconds.
     or Sterak's Gage

     11% pick · 64.5% Based on 31 picks wr
5. Item 4 3 options
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     Death's Dance

     3300 gold

     60 Attack Damage
     50 Armor
     15 Ability Haste
     
     Ignore Pain
     A percentage of damage taken is dealt to you over 3 seconds instead.
     
     Defy
     When a champion that you damaged within 3 seconds dies, cleanse Ignore Pain's remaining damage and restore Health over 2 seconds.
     Death's Dance

     38% pick · 57.9% Based on 57 picks wr
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     Serylda's Grudge

     3000 gold

     45 Attack Damage
     35% Armor Penetration
     15 Ability Haste
     
     Bitter Cold
     Damaging Abilities Slow enemies below 50% Health by 30% for 1 second.
     or Serylda's Grudge

     15% pick · 59.1% Based on 22 picks wr
   • 
     Sundered Sky

     3100 gold

     45 Attack Damage
     400 Health
     10 Ability Haste
     
     Lightshield Strike
     Your first Attack against a champion Critically Strikes and restores Health.
     or Sundered Sky

     10% pick · 46.7% Based on 15 picks Only 4.0% of this role's matches — off-meta (not the usual pick for this role) wr

Most-built legendary at each step (purchase order).

Summoner spells

Flash

Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.

Flash +

Teleport

After a brief channel, become untargetable and travel to an allied unit. Upgrades into Unleashed Teleport, which significantly increases travel speed.

Teleport 51% · 45.5% Based on 191 picks wr

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Q The Darkin Blade

Aatrox slams his greatsword down, dealing physical damage. He can swing three times, each with a different area of effect.

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W Infernal Chains

Aatrox smashes the ground, dealing damage to the first enemy hit. Champions and large monsters have to leave the impact area quickly or they will be dragged to the center and take the damage again.

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E Umbral Dash

Passively, Aatrox heals when damaging enemy champions. On activation, he dashes in a direction.

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R World Ender

Aatrox unleashes his demonic form, fearing nearby enemy minions and gaining attack damage, increased healing, and Move Speed. If he gets a takedown, this effect is extended.

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Precision

Press the Attack

Hitting an enemy champion 3 consecutive times deals bonus damage and amplifies your damage until you leave combat with champions.

Lethal Tempo

Attacking an enemy champion grants you Attack Speed, up to 6 stacks. At max stacks, deal bonus adaptive damage On-Attack.

Fleet Footwork

Attacking and moving builds Energy stacks. At 100 stacks, your next attack heals you and grants increased MS.

Conqueror · selected

Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions.

Absorb Life

Killing a target heals you.

Triumph · selected

Takedowns restore 5% of your missing health and grant an additional 20 gold.

Presence of Mind

Restore a small amount of mana or energy when damaging an enemy champion. Takedowns restore mana or energy.

Legend: Alacrity

Takedowns on enemies grant permanent Attack Speed.

Legend: Haste · selected

Takedowns on enemies grant permanent Basic Ability Haste.

Legend: Bloodline

Takedowns on enemies grant permanent Life Steal, up to a cap. Once the cap is reached, increase your max health. Weaker earlier but stronger later game than other Legend Runes.

Coup de Grace

Deal more damage to low health enemy champions.

Cut Down

Deal more damage to high health enemy champions.

Last Stand · selected

Deal more damage to champions while you are low on health.

Resolve

Demolish

Your third attack against turrets deals bonus damage.

Font of Life

Impairing the movement of an enemy champion heals nearby allied champions.

Shield Bash

Whenever you gain a shield, your next basic attack against a champion deals bonus adaptive damage.

Conditioning

After 12 min gain +8 Armor and +8 Magic Resist and increase your Armor and Magic Resist by 3%.

Second Wind

After taking damage from an enemy champion heal back some missing health over time.

Bone Plating · selected

After taking damage from an enemy champion, the next 3 spells or attacks you receive from them deal 30-60 (based on level) less damage.

Duration: 1.5s
Cooldown: 55s

Overgrowth

Gain permanent max health when minions or monsters die near you.

Revitalize · selected

Gain 5% Heal and Shield Power.

Heals and shields you cast or receive are 10% stronger on targets below 40% health.

Unflinching

Gain Armor and Magic Resist when receiving crowd control.

Stat shards

Adaptive Force · selected

+9 Adaptive Force (AD or AP — whichever helps more).

Attack Speed

+10% Attack Speed.

Ability Haste

+8 Ability Haste.

Adaptive Force · selected

+9 Adaptive Force (AD or AP — whichever helps more).

Move Speed

+2% Move Speed.

Bonus Health

+10–180 Bonus Health (based on level).

Health

+65 flat Health.

Tenacity & Slow Resist

+10% Tenacity and Slow Resist.

Bonus Health · selected

+10–180 Bonus Health (based on level).