# Aatrox Counters Who counters Aatrox? Best and worst picks against Aatrox by win rate, plus the lane counters that lead Aatrox in gold at 15 minutes. Ranked solo data by role and rank. Canonical HTML: https://baronbuff.com/champions/aatrox/counters/ Markdown URL: https://baronbuff.com/champions/aatrox/counters.md Language: en ## Breadcrumbs - [Baron Buff](https://baronbuff.com/) - [Champion Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) - [Aatrox](https://baronbuff.com/champions/aatrox/) ## Page Content [Aatrox guide](https://baronbuff.com/champions/aatrox/) [Play against Aatrox](https://baronbuff.com/champions/aatrox/how-to-play-against/) [Aatrox counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/aatrox/counters/) Best and worst picks against Aatrox in Top at Gold+, ranked by win rate and by gold lead at 15 minutes. Quinn, Tryndamere and Singed beat Aatrox most often. Irelia, Heimerdinger and Illaoi win the laning phase against Aatrox by the widest gold margin. ## Best picks against Aatrox Highest win rate versus Aatrox in Top. - 1 [Quinn](https://baronbuff.com/champions/quinn/) 108 games 57.4% - 2 [Tryndamere](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tryndamere/) 279 games 55.6% - 3 [Singed](https://baronbuff.com/champions/singed/) 408 games 54.4% - 4 [Yorick](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yorick/) 628 games 54.3% - 5 [Fiora](https://baronbuff.com/champions/fiora/) 992 games 54.0% - 6 [Camille](https://baronbuff.com/champions/camille/) 635 games 54.0% - 7 [Naafiri](https://baronbuff.com/champions/naafiri/) 960 games 53.9% - 8 [Vayne](https://baronbuff.com/champions/vayne/) 272 games 53.7% - 9 [Zac](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zac/) 227 games 53.3% - 10 [Kennen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kennen/) 330 games 53.0% - 11 [Malphite](https://baronbuff.com/champions/malphite/) 840 games 52.6% - 12 [Garen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/garen/) 1,194 games 52.6% - 13 [Illaoi](https://baronbuff.com/champions/illaoi/) 547 games 52.5% - 14 [Irelia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/irelia/) 963 games 52.2% - 15 [Mordekaiser](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mordekaiser/) 1,261 games 52.2% ## Worst picks against Aatrox Lowest win rate versus Aatrox in Top. - 1 [Varus](https://baronbuff.com/champions/varus/) 161 games 38.5% - 2 [Gragas](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gragas/) 149 games 43.6% - 3 [Ryze](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ryze/) 530 games 45.5% - 4 [Rumble](https://baronbuff.com/champions/rumble/) 306 games 46.1% - 5 [Tahm Kench](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tahmkench/) 390 games 46.4% - 6 [Zaahen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zaahen/) 443 games 46.7% - 7 [K'Sante](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ksante/) 674 games 47.2% - 8 [Darius](https://baronbuff.com/champions/darius/) 850 games 47.8% - 9 [Shen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/shen/) 303 games 47.9% - 10 [Dr. Mundo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/drmundo/) 595 games 47.9% - 11 [Vladimir](https://baronbuff.com/champions/vladimir/) 144 games 47.9% - 12 [Akali](https://baronbuff.com/champions/akali/) 431 games 48.0% - 13 [Nasus](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nasus/) 989 games 48.1% - 14 [Sett](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sett/) 1,274 games 48.6% - 15 [Gangplank](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gangplank/) 1,106 games 48.9% ## Best lane counters vs Aatrox Largest gold lead over Aatrox at 15 minutes in Top. - 1 [Irelia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/irelia/) 299 games +926 - 2 [Heimerdinger](https://baronbuff.com/champions/heimerdinger/) 108 games +646 - 3 [Illaoi](https://baronbuff.com/champions/illaoi/) 296 games +360 - 4 [Yasuo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yasuo/) 169 games +139 - 5 [Jayce](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jayce/) 238 games +133 - 6 [Yorick](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yorick/) 373 games +107 - 7 [Renekton](https://baronbuff.com/champions/renekton/) 390 games +68 ## How to play against Aatrox Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick. ### In lane and in teamfights - Punish early Q misses by stepping up for short trades before he can threaten the next cast. - Hold movement for his Q sweet spots; sidestep first, then trade while E is unavailable. - Deny flank angles around objectives; make him walk through vision before he can chain Qs. - Force him to answer stacked side waves before objectives, then move first while his healing fight is delayed. - Spread carries away from his first Q angle so one engage cannot start his reset pattern. ## Where Aatrox is weak Exploit these in draft and in lane. - Aatrox depends on landing slow, telegraphed sweet spots; clean lateral spacing denies both his damage and healing. - Aatrox's healing-based durability loses value when anti-heal and burst stop him from extending fights. ## Aatrox counters: questions ### Who counters Aatrox in Top? At Gold+, Quinn (57.4%), Tryndamere (55.6%) and Singed (54.4%) have the highest win rates against Aatrox. ### Who does Aatrox counter? Aatrox wins most often against Varus (38.5%), Gragas (43.6%) and Ryze (45.5%). ### Who wins lane against Aatrox? By gold lead at 15 minutes, Irelia (+926), Heimerdinger (+646) and Illaoi (+360) come out of the laning phase furthest ahead of Aatrox. ### How is the counter list ranked? Best and worst picks use same-lane win rate; lane counters use the average gold difference at 15 minutes between the two laners. Both come from Ranked Solo/Duo at the selected rank with at least 100 games per matchup, and are not adjusted for champion strength. - [Top Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/top/) - [Irelia counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/irelia/counters/) - [Heimerdinger counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/heimerdinger/counters/) ## Machine-Readable References - [LLM index](https://baronbuff.com/llms.txt) - [Full LLM reference](https://baronbuff.com/llms-full.txt) - [Sitemap](https://baronbuff.com/sitemap.xml)