# Aatrox Build, Runes and Counters · 26.22

> Best build for Aatrox: rune page, item set, summoner spells, skill order and counter picks — 26.22 patch, ranked match data.

Source: https://gamerone.org/en/champion/aatrox · Patch: 26.22 · Top lane

## Aatrox — the Darkin Blade

- Tier: S (#8 of 132 in Top lane)
- Win rate: 49.8%
- Pick: 7.2%
- Ban: 7.7%
- Games: 29,531

## Runes

- **Precision**: Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Haste, Last Stand
- **Resolve**: Bone Plating, Revitalize
- Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, Health scaling with level

## Summoner spells

Flash, Ignite

## Items

- Starting items: Doran's Blade, Health Potion
- **Bruiser** (Win rate: 53.4% · Games: 5,229): Spear of Shojin → Sundered Sky → Death's Dance → (Death's Dance / Sterak's Gage) → (Guardian Angel / Endless Hunger / Spirit Visage)
- **Attack Damage** (Win rate: 52.0% · Games: 5,194): Eclipse → Sundered Sky → Death's Dance → (Death's Dance / Sterak's Gage) → (Guardian Angel / Endless Hunger / Spirit Visage)
- **Lethality** (Win rate: 54.5% · Games: 1,554): Spear of Shojin → Voltaic Cyclosword → Serylda's Grudge → (Death's Dance / Sterak's Gage) → (Guardian Angel / Endless Hunger / Spirit Visage)
- Boots: Plated Steelcaps

## Skill order

Q > E > W

## Struggles against

- Rek'Sai: -22.7 pp win rate difference (11 games)
- Katarina: -16.7 pp win rate difference (12 games)
- Azir: -15.2 pp win rate difference (23 games)
- Karma: -11.8 pp win rate difference (34 games)
- Lissandra: -10.8 pp win rate difference (51 games)

## Strong against

- Smolder: +19.2 pp win rate difference (26 games)
- Graves: +14.3 pp win rate difference (14 games)
- Lee Sin: +14.0 pp win rate difference (25 games)
- Kai'Sa: +13.6 pp win rate difference (22 games)
- Shyvana: +13.3 pp win rate difference (30 games)

The data is calculated per patch from ranked matches in the selected tier and region.

- [OTPs](https://gamerone.org/en/champion/aatrox/otp)
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- [Tier List & Builds](https://gamerone.org/en/tier-list)