# Aurora Counters Who counters Aurora? Best and worst picks against Aurora by win rate, plus the lane counters that lead Aurora in gold at 15 minutes. Ranked solo data by role and rank. Canonical HTML: https://baronbuff.com/champions/aurora/counters/ Markdown URL: https://baronbuff.com/champions/aurora/counters.md Language: en ## Breadcrumbs - [Baron Buff](https://baronbuff.com/) - [Champion Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) - [Aurora](https://baronbuff.com/champions/aurora/) ## Page Content [Aurora guide](https://baronbuff.com/champions/aurora/) [Play against Aurora](https://baronbuff.com/champions/aurora/how-to-play-against/) [Aurora counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/aurora/counters/) Best and worst picks against Aurora in Mid at Gold+, ranked by win rate and by gold lead at 15 minutes. Irelia, Vladimir and Cho'Gath beat Aurora most often. Diana, Mel and Zed win the laning phase against Aurora by the widest gold margin. ## Best picks against Aurora Highest win rate versus Aurora in Mid. - 1 [Irelia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/irelia/) 157 games 60.5% - 2 [Vladimir](https://baronbuff.com/champions/vladimir/) 106 games 58.5% - 3 [Cho'Gath](https://baronbuff.com/champions/chogath/) 300 games 56.7% - 4 [Diana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/diana/) 337 games 55.2% - 5 [Aurelion Sol](https://baronbuff.com/champions/aurelionsol/) 167 games 55.1% - 6 [Malzahar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/malzahar/) 400 games 54.8% - 7 [Lux](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lux/) 360 games 54.2% - 8 [Katarina](https://baronbuff.com/champions/katarina/) 411 games 54.0% - 9 [Ahri](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ahri/) 757 games 53.8% - 10 [Orianna](https://baronbuff.com/champions/orianna/) 216 games 53.7% - 11 [Zed](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zed/) 518 games 53.7% - 12 [Twisted Fate](https://baronbuff.com/champions/twistedfate/) 412 games 52.9% - 13 [LeBlanc](https://baronbuff.com/champions/leblanc/) 408 games 52.5% - 14 [Vex](https://baronbuff.com/champions/vex/) 258 games 51.5% - 15 [Qiyana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/qiyana/) 225 games 51.1% ## Worst picks against Aurora Lowest win rate versus Aurora in Mid. - 1 [Azir](https://baronbuff.com/champions/azir/) 114 games 37.7% - 2 [Ryze](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ryze/) 148 games 39.9% - 3 [Akshan](https://baronbuff.com/champions/akshan/) 178 games 41.6% - 4 [Tristana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tristana/) 493 games 42.0% - 5 [Fizz](https://baronbuff.com/champions/fizz/) 379 games 47.0% - 6 [Locke](https://baronbuff.com/champions/locke/) 548 games 47.3% - 7 [Viktor](https://baronbuff.com/champions/viktor/) 626 games 48.2% - 8 [Zoe](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zoe/) 250 games 48.4% - 9 [Syndra](https://baronbuff.com/champions/syndra/) 539 games 48.4% - 10 [Yone](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yone/) 744 games 48.7% - 11 [Annie](https://baronbuff.com/champions/annie/) 147 games 49.0% ## Best lane counters vs Aurora Largest gold lead over Aurora at 15 minutes in Mid. - 1 [Diana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/diana/) 149 games +607 - 2 [Mel](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mel/) 161 games +467 - 3 [Zed](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zed/) 165 games +436 - 4 [Vex](https://baronbuff.com/champions/vex/) 145 games +382 - 5 [LeBlanc](https://baronbuff.com/champions/leblanc/) 131 games +356 - 6 [Twisted Fate](https://baronbuff.com/champions/twistedfate/) 107 games +353 - 7 [Viktor](https://baronbuff.com/champions/viktor/) 189 games +323 - 8 [Syndra](https://baronbuff.com/champions/syndra/) 131 games +319 - 9 [Lux](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lux/) 132 games +253 - 10 [Zoe](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zoe/) 105 games +249 - 11 [Katarina](https://baronbuff.com/champions/katarina/) 125 games +209 - 12 [Hwei](https://baronbuff.com/champions/hwei/) 123 games +158 - 13 [Orianna](https://baronbuff.com/champions/orianna/) 126 games +112 - 14 [Malzahar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/malzahar/) 255 games +88 - 15 [Yasuo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yasuo/) 237 games +21 ## How to play against Aurora Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick. ### In lane and in teamfights - Bait Q with a fake last-hit, then trade or push while her main damage is unavailable. - Avoid chasing W into fog when the enemy jungler is missing; reset the wave instead of following blind. - Respect her ult around river and tower dives; fight after it is down or when you can interrupt the follow-up. - Punish off-tempo roams by shoving mid and taking plates instead of matching late. - Spread before she casts ult so one zone cannot trap your whole team. ## Where Aurora is weak Exploit these in draft and in lane. - Aurora's damage is short-ranged for a mage, so longer-range poke and disciplined spacing deny her safe trades. - Her teamfight control depends on trapping enemies inside her ultimate, making spread formations and disengage reduce impact. ## Aurora counters: questions ### Who counters Aurora in Mid? At Gold+, Irelia (60.5%), Vladimir (58.5%) and Cho'Gath (56.7%) have the highest win rates against Aurora. ### Who does Aurora counter? Aurora wins most often against Azir (37.7%), Ryze (39.9%) and Akshan (41.6%). ### Who wins lane against Aurora? By gold lead at 15 minutes, Diana (+607), Mel (+467) and Zed (+436) come out of the laning phase furthest ahead of Aurora. ### 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. - [Mid Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mid/) - [Diana counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/diana/counters/) - [Mel counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mel/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)