Aatrox·Support Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Aatrox Support build, you should take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Conqueror as your keystone, followed by Triumph, Legend: Haste 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 Bloodsong as your first item, followed by Plated Steelcaps and Sundered Sky. For your last 3 items, you should build Spear of Shojin, Sterak's Gage and finish with Serylda's Grudge. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 40.0% winrate over 175 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Aatrox Support build would be to take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Conqueror as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Haste 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 Celestial Opposition, which you should build first, followed by Plated Steelcaps as your second item and Sundered Sky as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Eclipse, Spear of Shojin and Kaenic Rookern. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 38.4% win rate over 99 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Electrocute as your keystone, Cheap Shot, Grisly Mementos and Treasure Hunter in the primary tree, and Coup de Grace with Legend: Bloodline 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 Bloodsong as your first item, then Plated Steelcaps as a second item and Voltaic Cyclosword as a third item. You want to finish the build with Sundered Sky, Serylda's Grudge and Spear of Shojin. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 50.5% win rate across 95 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Aatrox Support build in the current patch, try Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, Glacial Augment, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight as your primary rune tree, and Triumph with Last Stand as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Bloodsong as your first item, then finish Plated Steelcaps as your second item, and Umbral Glaive as third item. The last 3 options are Sundered Sky, Voltaic Cyclosword and Thornmail. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 30.9% win rate over 94 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.