AatroxMatchups

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Champion Portrait of Zaahen
Zaahen
Easy
61849%+649+531

Skill Priority

Aatrox Q Icon
Q
The Darkin Blade
Aatrox slams his greatsword down, dealing physical damage. He can swing three times, each with a different area of effect.
Aatrox E Icon
E
Umbral Dash
Passively, Aatrox heals when damaging enemy champions. On activation, he dashes in a direction.
Aatrox W Icon
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.
49.5% WR
556 Matches

Summoner Spells

Summoner Spell 1Summoner Spell 2
52.9% WR
274 Matches

Skill Order

Aatrox Q Icon
The Darkin Blade
Aatrox slams his greatsword down, dealing physical damage. He can swing three times, each with a different area of effect.
1
4
5
7
9
Aatrox W Icon
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.
3
14
15
Aatrox E Icon
Umbral Dash
Passively, Aatrox heals when damaging enemy champions. On activation, he dashes in a direction.
2
8
10
12
13
Aatrox R Icon
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.
6
11

Aatrox vs Zaahen Runes

Press the Attack
Lethal Tempo
Fleet Footwork
Conqueror
Absorb Life
Triumph
Presence of Mind
Legend: Alacrity
Legend: Haste
Legend: Bloodline
Coup de Grace
Cut Down
Last Stand
Demolish
Font of Life
Shield Bash
Conditioning
Second Wind
Bone Plating
Overgrowth
Revitalize
Unflinching
50.0% WR524 Matches
Adaptive Force
Attack Speed
Ability Haste
Adaptive Force
Armor
Magic Resist
Health
Armor
Magic Resist

Starting Items

Item 1055Item 2003Item 3340
55.9% WR
152 Matches

Core Items

Item 3161Item 6610Item 3047
36.8% WR
19 Matches

4th Item Options

Item 3047
59.3% WR54 Matches
Item 6610
44.4% WR36 Matches
Item 6333
55.6% WR36 Matches

5th Item Options

Item 6333
43.5% WR23 Matches
Item 3047
70.0% WR10 Matches
Item 6694
75.0% WR8 Matches

6th Item Options

Item 6610
50.0% WR4 Matches
Item 3065
33.3% WR3 Matches
Item 3047
50.0% WR2 Matches

Laning Phase (@15 min)

Aatrox Damage
9,706
Zaahen Damage
7,072
Gold Diff+649
CS Diff+16
XP Diff+710
Ally Ganks1.11
Enemy Ganks1.04

End of Game

Aatrox Damage
28,091
Zaahen Damage
24,566
Total Gold Diff+531
Total CS Diff+12

Split Push

Aatrox Dmg to Turrets
7,343
Zaahen Dmg to Turrets
9,132

Community Matchup Tips

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Champion Portrait of Renekton
Renekton
Hard
61449%-120-487
0

Play lane phase smart and space yourself properly with the minions to either force him to double ERenekton E to get to you or EQ+walk back for free trades. If you time QAatrox Q right you can completely nullify his stun by throwing your uninterruptible QAatrox Q out while stunned, and then EQ right after it wears off. If you have a good reaction speed you can invalidate his all in by cancelling his dash, or even cancelling his WRenekton W animation before it finishes to stun you (this is assuming you EQ back in time).

The knock up will stop his stun from going through but he will still have it, so if you walk up into him you will obviously get stunned. Rushing wardensWarden's Mail or plated steelcapsPlated Steelcaps severely cuts his rage WRenekton W damage and is not a bad option if you just want to properly scale without perma dying. This is a skill matchup so play accordingly.

Champion Portrait of Ornn
Ornn
Easy
61347%+695+1,509
0

BUILD SUNDERERDivine Sunderer. Only thing you have to worry about with OrnnOrnn is post 6 when he can burst 60% of your health away with 3 brittle procs. Poke him out of lane with ease and don't let him walk up to you after he WOrnn W's you so he can't proc brittle and this lane is generally easy.

Ranked minor instead of tiny because he actually has kill pressure with ult. Remember to build MR to cut downCut Down on his brittle proc damage as it is %health MAGIC damage, going mercsMercury's Treads+hexHexdrinker before mythic will severely cut on his burst potential.

Champion Portrait of Garen
Garen
Even
58448%+252-787
0

Aside from his super telegraphed QGaren Q+EGaren E+ultGaren R combo, the only thing a GarenGaren lane does is sit under tower and abuse his passive regen. Prepare some coffee so you don't fall asleep.

Champion Portrait of Malphite
Malphite
Easy
55444%+438+759
0

He has no damage for kill pressure unless you go afk. CometArcane Comet+QMalphite Q spam on him will be annoying but manageable. Go D ShieldDoran's Shield+Second WindSecond Wind and you basically cancel him out till he burns through his C.Pot or all his mana.

Be aware of his braindead gank set-up with RMalphite R press, so have your river/bushes warded and avoid him like the plague when you see him randomly play aggro. He outscales you post lane phase to the point you won't be able to tickle him so try to keep him behind before his 3rd back as that's when they generally have bramblesBramble Vest+tabisPlated Steelcaps. Do not build anything outside SundererDivine Sunderer into him as your mythic.

EclipseEclipse/Rav Hydra rush is inting, Black CleaverBlack Cleaver rush is also not a bad first item but you won't have the healing of SundererDivine Sunderer procs to be able to avoid his ramping magic damage that might end up out sustaining your damage vs his armor.

Champion Portrait of Mordekaiser
Mordekaiser
Easy
53849%+196+295
0

ChempunkChempunk Chainsword Chainsword and Serpent's FangSerpent's Fang in your build after mythic+hexHexdrinker/cowlSpectre's Cowl is the 2 item combo that deletes half his kit. Optional and also incredibly risky. Just rush mercsMercury's Treads, hexHexdrinker, cowlSpectre's Cowl, or completely negate his entire champion with silver sash. He may beat you in lane but come mid/late game with RiftmakerRiftmaker he will certainly out 1v1 you if you don't have any MR or silver sash to cleanseCleanse his ulti.

If you go D ShieldDoran's Shield + Second WindSecond Wind + cowlSpectre's Cowl you can regen from his passive damage so you can fight while in it. If you go hexHexdrinker then you win when the shield procs. MercsMercury's Treads afterwards for MS+more MR. After lane phase Mordes will generally win teamfights by taking out either the jungler during objectives or whoever is the biggest issue on your team (usually yourself) as his team will 4v4 yours.

If you get silver sash his game plan severely gets punished and he's forced to either ult someone else and then lose the teamfight because he's not pulling you, or abolish the teamfight all together and die when he comes out to a 1v5. Be aware of his build path and react accordingly. If he's rushing armor, rush MR. Don't be greedy and build AD.

Champion Portrait of Darius
Darius
Even
53654%+111-86
0

Respect Darius Level 1. Level 2 onwards, you look to poke him with QAatrox Q into QE backwards. Do not attempt to Q3Aatrox Q into him if you're landing Q's because Darius will just win all-in after that. Your goal is to rinse and repeat whittling him down until you are able to all-in him with igniteIgnite. When you all-in hold your EAatrox E to dash forward avoiding Darius outer QDarius Q. You outscale him in teamfights

Champion Portrait of Yone
Yone
Hard
51151%+369-230
0

Rush tabisPlated Steelcaps or warden mail into damage, pickaxePickaxe, phagePhage, tunneler, or tiamatTiamat. Getting wardensWarden's Mail and tabisPlated Steelcaps early shuts down his early kill pressure.

Watch for his all in post 6 as most Yones will instant ultYone R as soon as you're hit with Q3Yone Q, hold EAatrox E to dodge this. Outside that you can essentially out sustain him if you space correctly, and as said previously, don't force trades with him unless you know you can survive his dps after you land your combo.