If Draven doesn't move, Spinning Axe will fall near his present location. It will fall directly on him, or just to the right or left.
If Draven does move after attacking, Spinning Axe will lead him in the direction of his movement. Use this to control where the Spinning Axe will go.
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 here clarify several influential Draven vs. Aatrox matchup statistics that may help you interpret the distinctions between the two. For instance, Draven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Aatrox’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Draven may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Aatrox..
Draven usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives less damage than Aatrox. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Draven usually fairs equally well when taking on Aatrox, with a 49.6% win rate. Therefore, Draven makes an ok counter to Aatrox.
While Draven does have a lower winrate than Aatrox, when on opposite teams, Draven also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Draven into Aatroxas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Draven also has a good 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 is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Draven vs Aatrox matchups, Aatrox is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Draven is a somewhat poor counter for Aatrox. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Draven against Aatrox.
If you would like to truly master Draven to counter Aatrox during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Draven usually gets a similar amount of CS compared to Aatrox. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Draven versus Aatrox build consist of Lord Dominik's Regards, Bloodthirster, and Essence Reaver. When Draven combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Aatrox than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Draven had an average win rate of 49.6% when playing against Aatrox with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Aatrox as Draven, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Draven vs Aatrox counterpicks, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.6% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Aatrox as Draven are given for all ranked divisions. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to a specific player tier, you should use the selection menu earlier on the page.