Aatrox Mid build for patch 16.17, generated from current-patch ranked Emerald+ games. Below: comp-aware build path, runes, top 10 bans for the matchup, and how Aatrox wins.
Aatrox is an AD caster in the mid, and on patch 16.17 they grade out as a situational pick — a 48.0% win rate, 0.2% pick rate, 1,825 ranked games sampled. On the power curve, Aatrox spikes hardest in the mid game around the two-to-three-item mark — that is the window to force fights and objectives.
How Aatrox wins: grouped 5-v-5 teamfights, where Aatrox tips the fight, and splitpushing a side lane and forcing the enemy to answer it. The kit grades 7/10 teamfighting, 7/10 split-push. Aatrox grades low on disengage (3/10), so don't take fights that turn on those dimensions.
The most-played core build is Eclipse, Sundered Sky, Death's Dance, which holds a 44.4% win rate across 45 games this patch. Pick the enemy team to adapt each item slot to the specific matchup.
Aatrox's highest-volume core items and rune page this patch. Select the enemy composition above and the build re-optimizes for that exact matchup.
Who Aatrox Mid wants on the team: partners with the biggest positive swing on Aatrox's win rate this patch.
Aatrox is also played in these other roles this patch.
For full draft-time coaching with all 10 picks, use the Team Builder. To see Aatrox's tier on this patch, see the Tier List.