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 Electrocute as your keystone, followed by Sudden Impact, Deep Ward and Ultimate Hunter in the primary tree, as well as Biscuit Delivery and Approach Velocity 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 Umbral Glaive. For your last 3 items, you should build Sundered Sky, Voltaic Cyclosword and finish with Serylda's Grudge. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 59.2% winrate over 76 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 Bloodsong, 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 Spear of Shojin, Death's Dance and Black Cleaver. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 56.6% win rate over 76 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Conqueror as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Haste 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 Celestial Opposition as your first item, then Plated Steelcaps as a second item and Sundered Sky as a third item. You want to finish the build with Eclipse, Black Cleaver and Maw of Malmortius. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 42.9% win rate across 56 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.