AP Aatrox mid guide

Why AP Aatrox? Ap Aatrox is a fun pick for midlane that has good poke, and aoe burst. He can win all ins early, and roam to get easy kills.

Who am I? Hello, I'm GroovySmoothies, an unranked (silver in season four) summoner who likes to have fun by doing unexpected builds. I'm not an expert by any means, so if you have criticisms, tell away. This is my first guide besides my humorous yasuo guide I made. (http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/miscellaneous/3B0v9ZbI-pro-yasuo-pro-guide-pro) I hope you enjoy!

Pros/cons Pros- Really fun Takes your opponent off guard Has good poke Ult does massive aoe damage Good engage Passive saves you Cons Super squishy without passive Poke is a skillshot Shoves lane Weak heals bc you have no ad Runs out of health People get mad when you play him

Masteries: 21/9/0 standard ap with health in defense Runes: Ap, magic pen, and flat health

Summoner spells Flash is a must for engage or escape Ignite helps you win all ins and secure kills Heal can help against burst or ganks Teleport is good to go in from base to lane or a teamfight

Skills: Passive: Blood Well STATIC COOLDOWN: 225 / 200 / 175 / 150 Blood Well Aatrox's's attack speed is increased by 0.6 / 0.7 / 0.8 / 0.9 / 1 / 1.1% for every 2% in his Blood Well, up to a maximum of 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50 / 55% bonus attack speed. Upon taking fatal damage, Aatrox enters a Stasis icon stasis and begins draining his Blood Well, healing himself over the next 3 seconds. The amount of health restored is equal to 35% of the Blood Well's content limit, plus its amount of stored health upon activation. This is a lifesaver in so many situations. You can win all ins and get first blood a lot. You can engage when you have it, so you don't get killed after your combo. Make sure to keep your blood well charged.

Q: Dark Flight RANGE: 650 / 225 / 75 COST: 10% CURRENT HEALTH COOLDOWN: 16 / 15 / 14 / 13 / 12 Dark Flight ACTIVE: Aatrox takes flight and slams down at the target area after a brief delay, dealing physical damage to nearby enemies upon landing and Airborne icon knocking up enemies in the epicenter for 1 second. PHYSICAL DAMAGE: 70 / 115 / 160 / 205 / 250 (+ 60% bonus AD) This is your engage and cc tool. It is usually better in lane to wait until they engage you then knock them up in your minions.

W: Blood Thirst COOLDOWN: 0.5 Blood Thirst TOGGLE OFF: On every third basic attack, Aatrox heals himself. When he is below 50% of his maximum health, the amount of health restored is tripled. HEAL: 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40 (+ 25% bonus AD) ENHANCED HEAL: 60 / 75 / 90 / 105 / 120 (+ 75% bonus AD) Blood Price COOLDOWN: 0.5 Blood Price TOGGLE ON: On every third basic attack, Aatrox deals bonus physical damage at the expense of health. BONUS PHYSICAL DAMAGE: 60 / 95 / 130 / 165 / 200 (+ 100% bonus AD) HEALTH COST: 15 / 23.75 / 32.5 / 41.25 / 50 (+ 25% bonus AD) On ap aatrox, this skill is not that good, it still gives you a little sustain and extra burst.

E: Blades of Torment RANGE: 1000 COST: 5% CURRENT HEALTH COOLDOWN: 12 / 11 / 10 / 9 / 8 Blades of Torment ACTIVE: Aatrox unleashes two energy waves that converge in the target direction, dealing magic damage and Slow icon slowing enemies by 40% for several seconds. MAGIC DAMAGE: 75 / 110 / 145 / 180 / 215 (+ 60% AP) (+ 60% bonus AD) SLOW DURATION: 1.75 / 2 / 2.25 / 2.5 / 2.75 The bread and butter of ap Aatrox. It is your damage skill in lane and essential to your burst. Not many people know that it has a 0.6 ap ratio. Aim it to will they will be. (It's easier to land in melee range.) you can shove lane with it. It is a great farming tool.

R: Massacre RANGE: 550 COOLDOWN: 100 / 85 / 70 Massacre ACTIVE:Aatrox draws in the blood of his foes, dealing magic damage to all nearby enemy champions. MAGIC DAMAGE: 200 / 300 / 400 (+ 100% AP) ATTACK SPEED: 40 / 50 / 60% Aatrox gains bonus attack speed as well as 175 additional attack range (325 total range) for 12 seconds. For each champion struck, Blood Well.png Blood Well is filled by 20% of its maximum value. This skill is your burst. It has a 100% ap ratio, plus 450 base damage at rank three. Get used to its range. It can hit multiple people in a teamfight. It also fills your blood well so you don't have to be full to engage.

Skill order R>E>Q for more burst/W for more sustain/burst

Items: What you need Core: start dorans shield for sustain. boots- damage: ionans-more spells
Sorcs-harder poke/ult Or: Mobis if you roam Defense: Tabis if against ad Mercs against ap/cc Then: optional guise -if u need the pen/they will have lots of health/more poke Revolver -if you need to sustain better After you get these or not get rabadons. Then, Choose 1 ludens -more poke Zhonyas -engage/against ad Next, get a pen item if they have mr Upgrade to Liandrys from guise if you got it If they have magic damage get abyssal If neither get void staff You can upgrade revolver to wota for CDr and true spellvamp for more sustain. Next, if you are all inning a lot 1v1 get nashors / lich bane / upgrade to gunblade if you got revolver If you are pushing, get twin shadows , or banner if their teams has magic damage If you are teamfighting, get abyssal or zhonyas if u haven't already. This should finish your build up, if not get what you need based on your situation, I have explained the use of the items. Also, you can get some items earlier than what is listed if you need them. (E.g. You keep all inning them with autos so you get nashors.)

Laning Poke them with e and get all the farm you can. If you think you can kill them you can q on them, otherwise wait until they engage to q, then they take more minion aggro. You need wards because your e can shove lane. Q away if they gank.

Combo: get blood price up then either eqrautoignite or qerautoignite.

Teamfights are where ap Aatrox really shines. Engage with your combo, and hopefully you will kill or get low lots of their team. Then your team can follow up and if they focus you, you will have your passive/Zhonyas so your team can clean up. You can also have someone else engage and you clean up with your aoe.

Match ups: Aatrox: hope he is worse than you Ahri: start boots and dodge her skillshots. Once she uses her spells go ham. Beware of her ult, if you don't burst her she can get away, go back if you are low, she can get to you. Akali : this will be a very hard match up for you. Start shield to block some of her q damage. Land all the E's you can. Only all in her if you are 100% sure you will win. After six she will beat you in a fight so roam and hope to beat her in teamfights. Annie : she will outpoke you, out burst you, and out cc you. She is short ranged though, so if you stay outside her q range you can poke her. Your passive is useful against her burst. Wait till her e wears off to fight her. Anivia : start boots and doge her q at all costs. She is pretty slow so you can land e pretty well. If she misses q go ham on her. Don't stand in her ult. beware of her passive, just pop it and kill her again, never dive her. Azir : he will be really hard. He can poke you from far away. You will he really low on health a lot. Wait till his soldiers die to go in on him. Hope he Is bad because he counters you pretty hard. Brand : start boots to dodge his w, once he uses it and or his q you can go in and win the trade. Just dodge his stuff and poke him. He is squishy so you can burst him. This won't be too hard of a matchup. Cassiopeia : your e out ranges her, so you can poke her well. Start shield to block e damage and regen poison. Once she uses her poisons you can all in her. She will win all ins if she poisons you. If you can dodge her ult, you can burst her. Cho'gath : this will be a very hard matchup. Dodge his q, and wait till silence wears off then you might be able to win the trade. Only go all in when you have passive. He will sustain your poke with his passive, so it is crucial that you land as many E's as possible. Diana : start boots and dodge q. If you bait shield, you probably can out trade her. Just poke her and you can get her pretty low. Beware her combo after six. Ezreal : start shield to block some damage. Dodge his q and w, if he E's then you can go ham on him. Shove lane, ward, then just poke him under turret. You can roam if he is playing too defensive. Fizz : don't engage him. He has too much mobility so he can dodge q/e and go back in. Wait till he engages then q him and e him till he backs off. You can poke him, and if he uses e to dodge it he will oom so you can kill him or push him out of lane. Qss or zhonyas negates his ult. Galio : start boots and dodge his q. It is his best damage so you will win lane by dodging it. His shield isn't that effective against your e, but still get magic pen to make it hurt him through his shield more. Don't get taunted under turret. Heimerdinger : e him and his turrets but don't get in range of them. Dodge his rockets and don't do anything stupid and you will be fine. Edit: you can't kill turrets with ult unfortunately. :( Karthus : start boots and dodge his skittles. He will be squishy so after you poke him some, you can go in and kill him. Warn teammates of his ult. Kassadin : start shield to negate his q damage. Stay outside his q range when you e so he can't block the damage. After his shield wears off and he has low e charges you can engage him. He will roam so call Mias and ping. Katarina : she has to stop a little when she q's so e her then. When you have the blade on you, stay back. If she goes it that far, q her and auto her in your minions. If she has her ult, q her when she uses it. Warn your teammates of her roam. Kennen : start shield to block some of his q damage. E him in your minions so he can't land q. Wait till he e's to q him so he can't escape. Beware of his all in at six, make sure he is low enough to burst before going in. Le'blanc : start boots after the w nerf to dodge it. Don't e her when you have the sigil on you or she can land the combo. Use your ignite at the beginning of your burst so her passive doesn't take it. Warn teammates of her roam. Lissandra : stay out of your minions so she has to choose between farming and poking. You can e her, but don't q her because she will snare you in her minions. Wait till she goes in on you to q. Your passive is good against her ult. Lux : start boots so you can dodge her q. Lots of lux players e behind you so you can move forward to dodge it. Stand outside your minions so she has to choose between poking and farming. Wait until she uses her spells to go in. Warn teammates of her ult. Malzahar : dodge his q and if he doesn't have a voidling go in on him. Buy a qss to negate his ult. He will shove lane with space aids. Don't be next to an infected minion. Don't stand in his puddle. Mordekaiser : don't stand in his e range if possible. If he overextends into your minions then you engage him otherwise don't. Only e him if it will go through his shield, just farm with it. Don't let him shove you to turret unless you're getting a gank. He will win all ins especially after six. Morgana : dodge her q at all costs. If you stand in your minions then she probably won't hit you. If she misses q you can engage her. Don't let her surprise you with her ult. Nidalee : stand in your minions so she can't hit spear. If you land your e's she will oom from healing. Stay away if she gets her passive on you. Warn teammates of her roam. You can shove her to turret and force her into cougar then poke her with e. Orianna : don't stand in your minions so she has to choose between farming and poking. If she runs out of mana then you can engage her. Start boots to dodge her ball. Swain : start boots to dodge his snare. Stay far away to poke so her doesn't use his abilities on you. If he runs out of mana you can engage him. Don't get close to him when he has his ult on. Syndra : start boots to dodge her q. If she gets close to you to land spells, go in on her. Your passive will be nice against her burst. Don't stand in your minions so she can't land q on both. Wait till she tries to stun to go in. Talon : always stay outside of his w range if possible. Don't trade auto attacks with him. If he e's you don't panic. Knock him up in your minions and you will probably win the trade. Beware his burst after six and warn teammates of his roam. Twisted fate: if he locks in a card, e him and walk away. Dodge in between his cards not backwards. If he overextends you can engage him. Beware his ult, warn your teammates. Wait till he uses his card to go in so he can't stun you. Urgot : DON'T LET HIM LAND HIS POISON ON YOU. He will poke you over and over if he does. Start shield to negate his q damage. If he starts walking towards you, you can take him off guard by qing him and fighting him. Don't let him ult you under his turret. Veigar : don't rush rabadons. Get abyssal and guise. Merc treads will help against his stun. Try to get him low with your e so he is more afraid to farm. Don't forget about your passive/zhonyas if he ults you. Pretty sure you can q out of his cage, not 100%. Viktor : his e does ridiculous damage so start boots and sidestep it. If he q's you e him and don't let him get the auto in. Don't engage him if he has his gravity field. Watch out for his ult silence.
Xerath : don't stand in your minions. If he is going to proc his passive, e him. Get tier 2 boots to dodge his ult. you can engage him if he doesn't have stun. Yasuo : pop his passive with an auto if possible so your e will damage him. Q him if he's in your minions. Don't let him land free q's on you. He is pretty weak before shiv, you can win an all in with your passive. Warn teammates if he is gone. Zed : start boots to dodge his q. E him when he is farming. Don't be in range of his e if possible. Engage him if he has low energy. Remember your passive when he all ins you at six. Get zhonyas asap. Warn teammates of his roam. Ziggs : start boots to dodge his q. You can step forward to dodge it too. Don't engage him if he has his mines, just poke him. Q out his ult if possible. Get potions to regain some health against his poke. You will be able to burst him. Zyra : dodge as many of her abilities as possible especially when she puts seeds down. Engage her if her snare is on cooldown. Q out of her ult if you can. Don't underestimate her burst.

Thank you for reading, I hope you have fun and bust people up with ap Aatrox . [If anyone wants to make a real guide on a website go ahead, I don't have an account for any sites, just give the credit to me ;)]