Aatrox·Top Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Aatrox Top build, you should take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Conqueror as your keystone, followed by Triumph, Legend: Tenacity and Last Stand in the primary tree, as well as Bone Plating and Revitalize in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Profane Hydra as your first item, followed by Plated Steelcaps and Edge of Night. For your last 3 items, you should build Serylda's Grudge, Sterak's Gage and finish with Guardian Angel. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 54.6% winrate over 17 593 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Aatrox Top build would be to take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Conqueror as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Bone Plating with Revitalize in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Sundered Sky, which you should build first, followed by Plated Steelcaps as your second item and Spear of Shojin as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Sterak's Gage, Death's Dance and Spirit Visage. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 53.5% win rate over 1 980 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Conqueror as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Bone Plating with Revitalize in the secondary tree, as well as Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Eclipse as your first item, then Plated Steelcaps as a second item and Profane Hydra as a third item. You want to finish the build with Edge of Night, Serylda's Grudge and Sterak's Gage. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 56.7% win rate across 1 890 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Aatrox Top build in the current patch, try Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, Arcane Comet, Nullifying Orb, Transcendence and Scorch as your primary rune tree, and Second Wind with Revitalize as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Profane Hydra as your first item, then finish Plated Steelcaps as your second item, and Edge of Night as third item. The last 3 options are Serylda's Grudge, Sterak's Gage and Eclipse. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 50.7% win rate over 873 matches played.

Situational Aatrox Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Aatrox build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.