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Aatrox

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · NA

Tournament presence · pick + ban

18.1%#33 of 173 champions

Pick: 9.0%picked in 262 of 2,915 games
Ban: 9.1%194 bans over 2,127 games, against 6.9% in soloQ

Win rate as Top47.7% between 42.2% and 53.3% over 216 gamesSoloQ 49.8%: no clear gap

Median length29.7 minsoloQ 27.9 min

Amateur: 2,915 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, NA. SoloQ Master+: 233,241 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments4 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.DraftLengthSpells
How to play itConqueror, then Eclipse, Sundered Sky, and Death's Dance: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compTeam damage first: more damage than 83% of top laners.DamagePokeSplit-push
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftTaken at any point of the series.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

4 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.

DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
3.7%
SoloQ
3.1%
3.7% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 3.1% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
8.3%
SoloQ
6.9%
8.3% ban rate in amateur play over 1,538 games, against 6.9% in soloQ over 99,904 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.7 min
SoloQ
27.9 min
Median of 29.7 min in amateur play, against 27.9 min in soloQ.
SpellsFlash + Teleport instead of Flash + Ignite
Amateur
63%
SoloQ
71%
Played in 63% of amateur games; soloQ sticks to Flash + Ignite (71%).

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Conqueror, then Eclipse, Sundered Sky, and Death's Dance: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesConqueror84% · 13,409

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Ignite71% · 11,261

≠ Amateur: Flash + Teleport instead of Flash + Ignite. 63% · 227 games

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 33 games

Core (3 legendaries)11% · 616

11%of soloQ games

Eclipse
Sundered Sky
Death's Dance

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Team damage first: more damage than 83% of top laners.

Team damagetop17%24% · top laners: 20%

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other top laners

What marks it

Damage
Poke
Split-push

Like other top laners

Damage in mid game
Damage in late game
Absorbs damage
Plays teamfights
Takes its kills in duels
Lets allies carry kills
Crowd control (CC)

What it is not

Nothing below top laners.

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 86 in lane, 63 in mid game and 40 in late game, out of 100 top laners.

673+74 vs 599

908+40 vs 868

1,054-25 vs 1,079

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Aatroxtop laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 77% of top laners against the direct opponent.

top laners

Where it stands among top laners · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 86 of 100 among top laners673 · median 599
Damage in mid game · rank 63 of 100 among top laners908 · median 868
Damage in late game · rank 40 of 100 among top laners1,054 · median 1,079
Gold at 15 min · rank 83 of 100 among top laners+403 · median +119
Gold at 20 min · rank 77 of 100 among top laners+446 · median +100
Absorbs damage · rank 61 of 100 among top laners1,094 · median 970
Plays teamfights · rank 43 of 100 among top laners52% · median 53%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 51 of 100 among top laners28% · median 28%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 47 of 100 among top lanersrank 47 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 60 of 100 among top laners0.9 · median 0.8
Team damage · rank 83 of 100 among top laners24% · median 20%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.