PASSIVE DEATHBRINGER STANCE
Periodically, Aatrox's next basic attack deals bonus physical damage and heals him, based on the target's max health.
Aatrox Wild Rift champion guide
Champion guide
What the Rift Lab holds on this champion: the kit as Riot publishes it, the build the lab reviewed, and the matchups it has documented. Anything the dataset does not record is left out rather than filled in.
- In-game title
- The Darkin Blade
- Official role
- FIGHTER
- Lane
- Baron / Top
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Source tier
- S
Abilities
Riot's own text for each slot, in the order the champion learns them.
1 THE DARKIN BLADE
Aatrox slams his greatsword down, dealing physical damage. He can swing three times, each with a different area of effect.
2 INFERNAL CHAINS
Aatrox smashes the ground, dealing damage to the first enemy hit. Champions and large monsters have to leave the impact area quickly or they will be dragged to the center and take the damage again.
3 UMBRAL DASH
Passively, Aatrox heals when damaging enemy champions. On activation, he dashes in a direction.
ULTIMATE WORLD ENDER
Aatrox unleashes his demonic form, fearing nearby enemy minions and gaining attack damage, increased healing, and Move Speed. If he gets a takedown, this effect is extended.
Reviewed build
The reviewed purchase order and rune page for this champion. Every entry that has a page of its own is linked to it; an item the catalogue holds no page for is printed as a name rather than pointed at a page that does not exist.
Core build order
Runes
Situational answers
One slot, changed when the enemy team changes the problem. These are answers, not automatic purchases.
- Enemy healingChempunk Chainsword
- Enemy shieldsSerpent's Fang
- Enemy front lineSerylda's Grudge
- Enemy crowd controlQuicksilver
- Enemy burstGuardian Angel
- Enemy ability powerMaw of Malmortius
Matchups
- 8reviewed counter links
- 4reviewed synergy links
Harder matchups
- FioraBaron / TopA
- IreliaBaron / TopA
- AmbessaBaron / TopA
- KindredJungleS
- LilliaJungleA
- HecarimJungleS+
- VayneDragon / ADCS
- GwenBaron / TopS
Useful alongside this pick
Ability text and the in-game title follow Riot's official Wild Rift champion pages. The tier letter is the external snapshot shown on the tier list, and the build is the Nexus reviewed snapshot — neither is a win rate.
- Riot's official champion page
- Nexus build lab 7.1e
Quick answers
Who counters Aatrox in Wild Rift?
In the matchup data documented in Rift Lab, these are the harder matchups for Aatrox: Fiora (Baron / Top), Irelia (Baron / Top), Ambessa (Baron / Top), Kindred (Jungle), Lillia (Jungle), Hecarim (Jungle), Vayne (Dragon / ADC), Gwen (Baron / Top). This is a documented matchup list, not a win rate: TheNexus does not publish win-rate or pick-rate figures it cannot source.
How do you play against Aatrox in Wild Rift?
Riot's ability text for Aatrox describes crowd control (a stun, root, knock-up, pull or similar) in INFERNAL CHAINS (ability 2); a dash, leap or blink in UMBRAL DASH (ability 3); healing or regeneration in UMBRAL DASH (ability 3), WORLD ENDER (ultimate). Plan around those abilities before a trade or a fight. These notes are keyword matches over the ability text only, not a rating of how strong Aatrox is, so read the full descriptions on this page.
What is the best build for Aatrox in Wild Rift?
The Nexus-reviewed core build for Aatrox, in purchase order: Eclipse then Trinity Force then Serylda's Grudge then Death's Dance then Spear of Shojin then Plated Steelcaps + Stridebreaker. Runes: Conqueror, Courage of the Colossus, Second Wind, Overgrowth, Sudden Impact. Situational swaps: against enemy healing: Chempunk Chainsword; against enemy shields: Serpent's Fang; against enemy front line: Serylda's Grudge; against enemy crowd control: Quicksilver; against enemy burst: Guardian Angel; against enemy ability power: Maw of Malmortius. This is a reviewed snapshot (patch 7.2b), not a build ranked by win rate.
Which lane and role does Aatrox play in Wild Rift?
Aatrox is a Fighter by Riot's classification and is played in Baron / Top. Riot rates the difficulty Medium. On our tier-list snapshot (patch 7.2b) it shows S tier from its external source, which is a snapshot letter and not a TheNexus win rate.
Every answer here is built from Rift Lab data and Riot's own ability text. Where the data is missing we say so instead of guessing.
Related champions
Next steps
Gift a skin for Aatrox
Skins are available for gifting by rarity tier. Pick the skin you want for Aatrox in the Wild Rift shop, check its rarity tier, then choose the same tier here. TheNexus sends it to your Riot ID through the tracked gifting flow, we never ask for your game password, and your order page shows every step.
- Tier: Legendary
- 475 EGP Legendary skin gift
- Tier: Epic
- 355 EGP Epic skin gift
- Tier: Rare
- 265 EGP Rare skin gift
- Tier: Common
- 190 EGP Common skin gift
Prices are read live from the store catalogue and can change, and the product page shows the final price before you pay. This page does not list skin names or their tiers because the Rift Lab data does not hold them.