Aatrox Matchup

Aatrox Matchup:

Summoners:
- High Elo: Flash Ghost
- Mid Elo: Flash Ignite
- Low Elo: Flash Ignite

Runes and Build:
- High Elo: Phase Rush Scaling (Nimbus)
- Mid Elo: Phase Rush Scaling (Nimbus)
- Low Elo: Standard Conqueror

Why?:
- High Elo: Aatrox can hit you easily from afar and you have nothing you can say about it so you just want to scale to the point where you can beat him or become a massive front liner for your team. Feel free to take second wind if it's too hard to dodge his Q's
- Mid Elo: Same as High Elo
- Low Elo: Low elo Aatrox's more than likely won't know how to aim their Q's so you can literally run at them and kill them

How to win?:
- High Elo: Can only be done once you have Bamis: Hide in bush and whenever he's close, run at him, deal some damage and spin away. Another tip is to wait till he uses all his Q's then go in, but it's more than unlikely that he'll give you breathing space to do so, but pre-5 is the best time to do early trades and try to win.
- Mid Elo: Same as High Elo, except they'll waste their Q3 instead of holding onto Q3 to reduce their Q's cooldown so you can just run at them instantly the second you see them waste Q3.
- Low Elo: Don't run directly at them, but you can bait out their Q's just by using Q and running forwards then instantly running backwards or zig-zagging while running towards him.

General Tips:
When trying to dodge Aatrox Q's, always remember that if you're on the sweet-spot of any of his Q's while running away, they will always dash forwards, so you walk towards them instead to dodge their Q. Otherwise if it's too hard to process where you are currently standing on his Q, just keep in mind: when running away, always walk towards him whenever you see a Q animation starting or think it's going to happen.

Starting Item:
- High Elo: Dorans Shield into Cull
- Mid Elo: Same as High Elo
- Low Elo: Doran's Shield
- All Elos: Make sure to stock up on potions every back, don't bother with refillable as it'll heal only 125HP compared to health potions that heal 150HP, even though refillable always refills each back. You only get 2 refillable potions compared to health potions where you can get a max of 5.