Aurora·Top Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Aurora Top build, you should take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Electrocute as your keystone, followed by Taste of Blood, Grisly Mementos and Ultimate Hunter in the primary tree, as well as Manaflow Band and Transcendence in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Luden's Companion as your first item, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes and Shadowflame. For your last 3 items, you should build Rabadon's Deathcap, Void Staff and finish with Zhonya's Hourglass. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 51.4% winrate over 4 752 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Aurora Top build would be to take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Electrocute as your keystone, Taste of Blood, Grisly Mementos and Ultimate Hunter in the primary tree, and Manaflow Band with Transcendence in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Liandry's Torment, which you should build first, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item and Shadowflame as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass and Banshee's Veil. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 48.7% win rate over 760 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Electrocute as your keystone, Sudden Impact, Grisly Mementos and Ultimate Hunter in the primary tree, and Scorch with Manaflow Band in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Stormsurge as your first item, then Sorcerer's Shoes as a second item and Shadowflame as a third item. You want to finish the build with Rabadon's Deathcap, Void Staff and Zhonya's Hourglass. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 57.5% win rate across 438 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Aurora Top build in the current patch, try Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, First Strike, Cash Back, Triple Tonic and Jack Of All Trades as your primary rune tree, and Sudden Impact with Treasure Hunter as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Luden's Companion as your first item, then finish Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item, and Shadowflame as third item. The last 3 options are Rabadon's Deathcap, Void Staff and Stormsurge. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 56.5% win rate over 191 matches played.

Situational Aurora 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 Aurora 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.