Aatrox

Where it thrives (5-comp fit)

• Splitnatural · 70%
• Attackworkable · 40%
• Catchworkable · 30%
• Aatrox wins the sidelane 1v1 through mechanical outplay and drags the map apart. Enough Attack and Catch sits in the kit to fight front-to-back when the enemy forces it. Passive (Deathbringer Stance) periodically empowers an auto-attack into bonus true-feeling magic damage that heals him, with cooldown reduced by landing abilities.

Kit quirks

• Passive (Deathbringer Stance) periodically empowers an auto-attack into bonus true-feeling magic damage that heals him, with cooldown reduced by landing abilities
• Q (The Darkin Blade) is a 3-cast escalating combo where sweetspot hits knock enemies up and deal bonus damage
• R (World Ender) extends its duration on champion takedowns and fears nearby minions/monsters, letting him snowball a fight indefinitely
• Q (The Darkin Blade)'s real cooldown doesn't start until his last actual slash lands — so burning through all three swings quickly gets it back faster than throwing one and walking away, the opposite of what it looks like.

Dragons & win rate

Win rate when Aatrox's team secured at least one of each drake, next to the all-champion rate in that same state. Teams that take dragons are usually already ahead, so every champ wins more with them — the honest read is the gap, i.e. whether Aatrox beats the average team that also has the drake. Single-drake samples are thin; treat small counts as suggestive.