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Aatrox Wild Rift champion guide

Champion guide

What the Rift Lab holds on this champion: the kit as Riot publishes it, the build the lab reviewed, and the matchups it has documented. Anything the dataset does not record is left out rather than filled in.

In-game title
The Darkin Blade
Official role
FIGHTER
Lane
Baron / Top
Difficulty
Medium
Source tier
S

Abilities

Riot's own text for each slot, in the order the champion learns them.

PASSIVE DEATHBRINGER STANCE

Periodically, Aatrox's next basic attack deals bonus physical damage and heals him, based on the target's max health.

1 THE DARKIN BLADE

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

2 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 UMBRAL DASH

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

ULTIMATE 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.

Reviewed build

The reviewed purchase order and rune page for this champion. Every entry that has a page of its own is linked to it; an item the catalogue holds no page for is printed as a name rather than pointed at a page that does not exist.

Core build order

  1. Eclipse
  2. Trinity Force
  3. Serylda's Grudge
  4. Death's Dance
  5. Spear of Shojin
  6. Plated SteelcapsStridebreaker

Runes

Situational answers

One slot, changed when the enemy team changes the problem. These are answers, not automatic purchases.

Matchups

  • 8reviewed counter links
  • 4reviewed synergy links

Harder matchups

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Ability text and the in-game title follow Riot's official Wild Rift champion pages. The tier letter is the external snapshot shown on the tier list, and the build is the Nexus reviewed snapshot — neither is a win rate.