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How to Win Aatrox vs Leona Counter MatchupAatrox is in the a tier of champions

Aatrox vs Leona

How to Beat Leona as Aatrox in LoLAatrox is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Leona as Aatrox

based on 6,591 Aatrox vs Leona matchups
Win Rate
48.6 %
K/D/A
2.03
Pick Rate
3.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of recently ranked League games each week. Within our dataset, Aatrox fought Leona 6591 times. Having so many games with Aatrox vs Leona provides us faith in our ability to prepare enlightening statistics and a supported build to counter Leona. This particular champion matchup is fairly rare. Aatrox encounters Leona in only 3.5% of his matches.

Aatrox vs Leona Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Aatrox has done a poor job of beating Leona. Typically, he wins a acceptable 48.6% of the time the champions fight one another in. In Aatrox versus Leona rounds, Aatrox’s team is 0.1% less expected to obtain first blood. This indicates that he probably won't be able to get first blood versus Leona.

Best Aatrox vs Leona Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalCaulfield's Warhammer

Core Aatrox Items

~22 Mins
Spear of ShojinSundered SkyEclipse

Optional Items

Profane HydraSterak's GageKaenic RookernBlack Cleaver

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Aatrox to level upq
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Second ability for Aatrox to level upe
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Last skill for Aatrox to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: TenacityLast Stand
ResolveSecond WindRevitalize
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Aatrox's passive ability p
Aatrox's q ability q
Aatrox's w ability w
Aatrox's e ability e
Aatrox's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Leona as Aatrox

Tips for Playing as Aatrox against Leona

Cast World Ender when you are sure you can force a fight.

Use Umbral Dash while casting The Darkin Blade to increase your chances of hitting the enemy.

Crowd Control abilities like Infernal Chains or your allies' immobilizing effects will help you set up The Darkin Blade.

Advice to Win Against Leona

When Leona activates Eclipse, you have three seconds to get away from her before she deals damage.

Only foes in the center of Solar Flare get stunned, so you can often avoid this if you're quick.

Aatrox vs Leona Counter Stats

Aatrox Image
Win Rate
48.6 %
VS
Win Rate
51.4 %
Leona Image
6
< Kills >
2.1
5.8
< Deaths >
6
5.8
< Assists >
13.5
1.35
< Killing Sprees >
0.37
165
< Minions Killed >
31
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.39
< Inhibitors >
0.42
18,656
< Physical Damage >
2,846
3,861
< Magic Damage >
6,757
454
< True Damage >
1,002
22,972
< Damage Dealt >
10,605
36,124
< Damage Taken >
22,766
11,364
< Gold Earned >
8,451
2.07
< Towers >
1.52
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
14,267
< Total Healing >
2,755
14,542
< Experience >
10,298
16
< Vision Score >
56
8
< Wards Placed >
24
240
< Time Dealing CC >
213

How to Counter Leona with Aatrox in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here highlight some strategic Aatrox vs. Leona counter statistics that may help you realize the differences between the pair. For instance, Aatrox’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Leona’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Aatrox may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Leona. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.

Aatrox normally has a much larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Leona. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Aatrox and Leona

Damage Types Compared

Aatrox
Leona
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Aatrox
Leona

Who is Better, Aatrox or Leona?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Aatrox usually loses when trying to fight Leona, with a 48.6% win rate. Thus, Aatrox makes a bad counter to Leona.

While Aatrox does have a lower winrate compared to Leona, when on opposite teams, Aatrox also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Aatrox into Leona.

Moreover, Aatrox also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Leona. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Aatrox vs Leona matchups, Leona is the better champ with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Aatrox is a somewhat poor counter to Leona. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Aatrox against Leona.

Other Champion Matchups Against Aatrox

Aatrox Loses Against

SingedSinged46.1% winrateLilliaLillia46.3% winrateTaricTaric46.7% winrateMiss FortuneMiss Fortune47.2% winrate

Aatrox Wins Against

Kai'SaKai'Sa55.1% winrateNidaleeNidalee55% winrateKarthusKarthus55% winrateYuumiYuumi54.9% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

KayleKayle+ 54.5% 1049 GamesTaricTaric+ 55.6% 1818 GamesFioraFiora+ 55.8% 172 GamesKledKled+ 58.3% 290 Games

Additional Information for Aatrox Players

How We Calculated Our Aatrox vs Leona Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Leona as Aatrox, we analyzed 6,591 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Leona as Aatrox comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Aatrox Build Leona Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Aatrox in order to counter Leona during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Aatrox often picks up much more CS relative to Leona. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Aatrox versus Leona build include Spear of Shojin, Sundered Sky, and Eclipse. When Aatrox bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when fighting Leona than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Aatrox had an average winrate of 48.6% battling Leona with this build.

To have the greatest likelihood of beating Leona as Aatrox, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Revitalize, and Second Wind runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Aatrox vs Leona face-offs, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.6% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Leona as Aatrox are displayed for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a particular player tier, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.