Aatrox Matchups

Hard Counters

Fiora★★★

Fiora can parry your Q sweetspots and out-sustain you in extended trades.

Irelia★★★

Irelia sustains through your poke with her passive and can all-in when she has full stacks.

Riven★★★

Riven can animation-cancel through your Q combo and out-trade you in short bursts.

Favorable Matchups

Malphite

Malphite cannot trade back into your Q combo and you out-sustain his poke easily.

Ornn

Ornn is too slow to dodge your Qs and you heal through his short trades.

Sion

You can interrupt Sion Q with your W and out-heal his poke damage.

General Laning Tips

• 1.Hit Q sweetspots consistently to maximize damage and healing in trades.
• 2.Use E during Q cast animations to reposition sweetspots onto enemies.
• 3.Save World Ender for teamfights rather than wasting it on small lane trades.