Valkyrie can be used defensively as well, so try using it for a quick escape.
Phosphorus Bomb can be used to reveal enemy units that might be hiding in a nearby patch of brush.
Corki can continue to attack while using Gatling Gun. Maximizing Gatling Gun is key to mastering Corki.
Aatrox's Infernal Chains are easier to exit when running towards the sides or at Aatrox.
Aatrox's attacks are very telegraphed, so use the time to dodge the hit zones.
Keep your distance when Aatrox uses his Ultimate to prevent him from reviving.
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore several important Corki against Aatrox counter statistics that can help us understand the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Corki’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Aatrox’s ratio of NaN, showing that Corki may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Aatrox..
Corki normally has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Aatrox. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Corki usually loses when taking on Aatrox, with a 46.1% win rate. Therefore, Corki makes a bad counter to Aatrox.
While Corki does have a lower winrate than Aatrox, when on opposite teams, Corki also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult character to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Corki into Aatrox.
Additionally, Corki has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Aatrox. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Corki vs Aatrox matchups, Aatrox is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Corki is a bad counter for Aatrox. Focus your actions on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Corki against Aatrox.
If you would like to truly master Corki to counter Aatrox during both the lane 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 presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Corki on average picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Aatrox. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Corki versus Aatrox build consist of Muramana, Trinity Force, and Eclipse. When Corki included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when fighting Aatrox than with many other common item sets. In fact, Corki had an average winrate of 46.1% when playing against Aatrox with this build.
To have the best probability of crushing Aatrox as Corki, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Taste of Blood, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Corki vs Aatrox counter picks, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 46.1% win rate overall.
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