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.
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.
The Corki Aatrox synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Aatrox, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Corki sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Aatrox. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Aatrox helps Corki perform poorer in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Corki is an ally to Aatrox, he sees a small decrease in his complete damage dealt. This difference could signal that Aatrox doesn't help cover for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Corki is played together with Aatrox on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Aatrox. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Aatrox.
Moreover, when Corki plays with Aatrox on the same side, he often takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may mean that Aatrox does a decent job of covering Corki in team fights.
There is no universally accepted best companion for Corki that will always be his #1 ally. However, overall, Aatrox is a very typical teammate for Corki. By locking into the same side as Corki, he drops their win rate by -0.9% to 47.2%. This demonstrates that there is only a small bond between Corki and Aatrox that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Aatrox has a lower difficulty than Corki. That means you don't need to be cautious when finding Aatrox comrades to fight alongside, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Playing on the same side, Corki players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. Combined, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Conversely, by aligning Corki and Aatrox together, you probably will not be providing your other teammates much support. Make sure to have other champions on your team that helps cover this relative disparity in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Aatrox ally, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
If you would like to truly master Corki to pair well with Aatrox during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to master a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The most important items to have in your Corki and Aatrox synergy build include Malignance, Void Staff, and Eclipse. When Corki bought at least these three great items in his build, he performed a lot better as an ally of Aatrox than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Corki boasted an average winrate of 47.2% helping carry Aatrox with this build.
To have the highest probability of beating your oponents, Corki players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Taste of Blood, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for this team composition, this sequence of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.2% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Aatrox with Corki are given for all skill levels, merged. If you want to filter the stats and builds to a particular skill level, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.