Using Distortion can help your positioning to land Ethereal Chains.
You can chain Sigil of Malice and Ethereal Chains to prevent characters with blink from escaping for up to 4 seconds.
Distortion allows you to be aggressive with your other spells while being able to return to safety.
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 stats shown on this page show some valuable LeBlanc vs. Aatrox matchup statistics that may help you explain the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, LeBlanc’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Aatrox’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that LeBlanc may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Aatrox..
LeBlanc typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her counter does. On average, she receives less damage than Aatrox. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, LeBlanc usually loses when playing against Aatrox, with a 46.9% win rate. Therefore, LeBlanc makes a poor counter for Aatrox.
While LeBlanc does have a lower winrate than Aatrox, when on opposite teams, LeBlanc also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more complex champ to learn. You may get destroyed when picking LeBlanc into Aatroxas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, LeBlanc also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Aatrox. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in LeBlanc 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 team members during team fights.
LeBlanc is a garbage counter for Aatrox. Focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as LeBlanc against Aatrox.
If you would like to truly master LeBlanc to counter Aatrox during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
LeBlanc typically gets a similar amount of CS compared to Aatrox. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your LeBlanc versus Aatrox build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When LeBlanc incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did much better when facing Aatrox than with many other typical item sets. In fact, LeBlanc had an average winrate of 46.9% battling Aatrox with this build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Aatrox as LeBlanc, you should take the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for LeBlanc vs Aatrox matchups, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 46.9% winrate overall.
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