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.
Vi cannot be stopped while using her ult. Remember to save your displacement effects until after she's done charging.
A fully charged Vault breaker deals double damage. If you see Vi start to charge you should back off or try to dodge it.
Vi will shred your Armor and gain Attack Speed if she manages to hit you three times in a row. Try not to engage in extended brawls with her.
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some valuable Aatrox against Vi counter statistics that may help us appreciate the differences between these two champions. As an example, Aatrox’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Vi’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Aatrox may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Vi..
Aatrox typically has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. On average, he takes more damage than Vi. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Aatrox usually fairs equally well when facing off against Vi, with a 49.6% win rate. As a result, Aatrox makes an ok counter to Vi.
While Aatrox does have a lower winrate compared to Vi, when they face off with one another, Aatrox also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Aatrox into Vi.
Furthermore, Aatrox has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vi. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Aatrox vs Vi matchups, Vi is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Aatrox is a somewhat poor counter to Vi. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Aatrox against Vi.
To learn all of the intricacies of Aatrox to counter Vi during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Aatrox most often picks up much more CS compared to Vi. Champs who typically don't get much CS usualy don't require 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, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Aatrox versus Vi build include Black Cleaver, Death's Dance, and Sundered Sky. When Aatrox used at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better versus Vi than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Aatrox had an average winrate of 49.6% when playing against Vi with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of crushing Vi as Aatrox, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Revitalize, and Second Wind runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Aatrox vs Vi battles, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.6% win rate overall.
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