Aatroxvs Darius
Aatrox vs Darius is a moderate matchup in LoL patch 26.7. Aatrox wins with a 51.8% win rate (+3.6%) over Darius based on 112 games. Aatrox wins the early laning phase while Darius scales better into the late game. Below you'll find the best Aatrox build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Aatrox vs Darius matchup.
Aatrox Matchup Breakdown
Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Aatrox performs against them. You'll get head-to-head win rates, laning stats, the best build and runes for the matchup, and early vs late game analysis — all based on real ranked data.
Darius(51.8%)Who Wins the Aatrox vs Darius Matchup?
Aatrox vs Darius Matchup Summary
The Aatrox vs Darius matchup is a moderate matchup in League of Legends ranked play. Based on 112 recent matches analyzed, Aatrox wins with a 51.8% win rate compared to Darius's 48.2%, giving Aatrox a 3.6 percentage point advantage. Game phase dynamics play a critical role here: Aatrox controls the early laning stage, but Darius outscales as the game goes longer. The matchup shifts dramatically depending on game length — Aatrox needs to press advantages before Darius reaches their power spikes, while Darius should focus on safe farming and hitting key item breakpoints. The most significant statistical gap is in damage output, where Aatrox leads by 39 DMG/min — a difference that heavily influences the outcome of trades and skirmishes. Aatrox has a statistical edge, but the margin is close enough that respecting Darius's strengths is important. Trade when cooldowns are favorable, track the enemy jungler, and build toward your strongest item spikes to convert the slight advantage into a decisive lead. Understanding these matchup dynamics is essential for champion select decisions and in-game strategy when facing this lane opponent.
Aatrox vs Darius Laning Phase Breakdown
Darius is favored during the laning phase against Aatrox, winning 3 out of 5 key stat categories. Darius holds advantages in farming, gold income and sustain, making them the stronger laner in this matchup.
Best Aatrox Build Against Darius
Plated Steelcaps is the optimal boots choice against Darius, providing the mobility and stats Aatrox needs most in this matchup. The top-performing core items for Aatrox against Darius are Sundered Sky, Death's Dance and Spear of Shojin. This combination gives Aatrox an effective balance of damage, survivability, and utility for the matchup. This build performs exceptionally well, achieving a 100.0% win rate across 4 games — well above average and making it the top item path against Darius. Adjustments may be needed based on team compositions and game state, but this build provides the strongest foundation for the Aatrox vs Darius matchup.
Early Game vs Late Game
Aatrox55.4%Darius44.6%Aatrox48.2%Darius51.8%Aatrox dominates the early game (first 15 minutes) with a commanding 55.4% win rate — a 10.7 percentage point lead over Darius. This lopsided early game means Aatrox can dictate the pace of the lane from level 1, controlling trades, wave state, and river priority.
In the late game (25+ minutes), Darius takes over with a 51.8% win rate, leading Aatrox by 3.6 percentage points. Darius scales more effectively into team fights and objective contests.
This matchup features a dramatic power shift: Aatrox must aggressively press their early advantage and close out the game before Darius reaches their scaling breakpoints. If Darius survives the laning phase without falling too far behind, the matchup flips in their favor. Dragon and Rift Herald control are pivotal — the team that secures early objectives can snowball or buy time to scale.
Best Aatrox Runes Against Darius
Precision
Resolve
Running Precision primary with Resolve secondary allows Aatrox to press their advantage against Darius, amplifying the strengths that make this a favorable matchup.
Aatrox matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.7. The table below shows Aatrox's win rate, gold difference, and performance stats against every champion in the current meta. Click any champion name to see a detailed head-to-head breakdown including the best Aatrox build, runes, laning stats, and early vs late game analysis for that specific matchup.
Opponent | Win Rate | Matches | CS/min | DMG/min | Gold/game | Early WR | Late WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45.16% | 155 | 6.4 | 866 | 11,864 | 44.3% | 45.9% | |
| 51.79% | 112 | 6.0 | 797 | 11,312 | 55.4% | 48.2% | |
| 50.00% | 96 | 5.7 | 863 | 11,443 | 43.9% | 54.5% | |
| 56.72% | 67 | 5.5 | 795 | 11,931 | 62.1% | 52.6% | |
| 50.00% | 62 | 6.4 | 956 | 11,308 | 46.9% | 53.3% | |
| 45.00% | 60 | 5.9 | 698 | 11,100 | 45.8% | 44.4% | |
| 53.45% | 58 | 6.5 | 1,156 | 12,013 | 53.6% | 53.3% | |
| 47.37% | 57 | 5.8 | 950 | 11,200 | 54.3% | 36.4% | |
| 58.93% | 56 | 6.6 | 956 | 11,821 | 52.0% | 64.5% | |
| 61.82% | 55 | 4.9 | 1,176 | 11,883 | 54.8% | 70.8% | |
| 45.45% | 55 | 6.4 | 956 | 11,649 | 52.0% | 40.0% | |
| 41.18% | 51 | 6.3 | 864 | 11,446 | 46.4% | 34.8% | |
| 51.02% | 49 | 6.1 | 902 | 11,770 | 45.8% | 56.0% | |
| 55.10% | 49 | 6.3 | 741 | 12,029 | 47.8% | 61.5% | |
| 54.17% | 48 | 5.2 | 785 | 12,087 | 54.5% | 53.9% | |
| 43.75% | 48 | 5.8 | 884 | 12,451 | 40.9% | 46.1% | |
| 52.17% | 46 | 6.3 | 850 | 12,435 | 42.1% | 59.3% | |
| 47.83% | 46 | 2.6 | 835 | 12,495 | 68.2% | 29.2% | |
| 42.22% | 45 | 6.3 | 841 | 12,095 | 44.4% | 40.7% | |
| 54.55% | 44 | 6.2 | 976 | 11,800 | 52.4% | 56.5% | |
| 47.73% | 44 | 5.1 | 829 | 11,356 | 47.8% | 47.6% | |
| 46.51% | 43 | 5.0 | 858 | 11,486 | 55.0% | 39.1% | |
| 57.14% | 42 | 6.8 | 819 | 12,257 | 58.3% | 55.6% | |
| 60.00% | 40 | 5.5 | 887 | 12,024 | 64.3% | 57.7% | |
| 51.28% | 39 | 6.6 | 796 | 10,137 | 55.6% | 41.7% | |
| 50.00% | 38 | 6.4 | 804 | 11,425 | 57.9% | 42.1% | |
| 50.00% | 38 | 6.6 | 1,007 | 13,499 | 44.4% | 51.7% | |
| 48.65% | 37 | 5.9 | 905 | 11,724 | 38.9% | 57.9% | |
| 41.67% | 36 | 6.0 | 656 | 10,494 | 28.6% | 60.0% | |
| 67.65% | 34 | 2.1 | 842 | 13,456 | 75.0% | 63.6% | |
| 44.12% | 34 | 5.5 | 663 | 10,798 | 50.0% | 37.5% | |
| 54.55% | 33 | 6.0 | 809 | 11,425 | 58.8% | 50.0% | |
| 57.58% | 33 | 5.9 | 1,034 | 10,801 | 63.6% | 45.5% | |
| 53.13% | 32 | 1.3 | 807 | 11,527 | 55.6% | 50.0% | |
| 43.33% | 30 | 1.3 | 772 | 12,948 | 50.0% | 38.9% | |
| 37.93% | 29 | 6.1 | 907 | 11,291 | 53.3% | 21.4% | |
| 51.72% | 29 | 2.5 | 911 | 13,549 | 54.5% | 50.0% | |
| 31.03% | 29 | 6.3 | 644 | 10,337 | 26.7% | 35.7% | |
| 53.57% | 28 | 1.4 | 734 | 12,720 | 68.8% | 33.3% | |
| 39.29% | 28 | 6.3 | 927 | 11,296 | 16.7% | 56.3% | |
| 25.93% | 27 | 5.8 | 655 | 10,863 | 44.4% | 16.7% | |
| 34.62% | 26 | 6.3 | 1,002 | 10,882 | 16.7% | 50.0% | |
| 38.46% | 26 | 5.6 | 701 | 11,588 | 38.5% | 38.5% | |
| 50.00% | 24 | 5.3 | 816 | 12,600 | 66.7% | 40.0% | |
| 47.83% | 23 | 0.9 | 741 | 10,379 | 60.0% | 25.0% | |
| 68.18% | 22 | 1.5 | 831 | 14,103 | 72.7% | 63.6% | |
| 61.90% | 21 | 4.3 | 781 | 11,223 | 58.8% | 75.0% | |
| 52.38% | 21 | 6.4 | 1,035 | 12,236 | 50.0% | 54.5% | |
| 55.00% | 20 | 6.2 | 791 | 10,056 | 50.0% | 66.7% | |
| 50.00% | 20 | 6.3 | 876 | 12,057 | 66.7% | 25.0% | |
| 47.37% | 19 | 2.7 | 710 | 11,697 | 63.6% | 25.0% | |
| 50.00% | 18 | 6.8 | 874 | 11,125 | 71.4% | 36.4% | |
| 62.50% | 16 | 1.3 | 738 | 14,687 | 33.3% | 80.0% | |
| 62.50% | 16 | 6.3 | 752 | 11,612 | 85.7% | 44.4% | |
| 46.67% | 15 | 6.4 | 768 | 10,514 | 50.0% | 44.4% | |
| 60.00% | 15 | 5.5 | 910 | 14,095 | 28.6% | 87.5% | |
| 26.67% | 15 | 7.0 | 888 | 10,618 | 37.5% | 14.3% | |
| 50.00% | 14 | 5.3 | 924 | 11,340 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |
| 64.29% | 14 | 5.6 | 821 | 11,030 | 80.0% | 55.6% | |
| 57.14% | 14 | 1.3 | 775 | 13,038 | 55.6% | 60.0% | |
| 76.92% | 13 | 1.1 | 705 | 12,233 | 66.7% | 85.7% | |
| 38.46% | 13 | 3.1 | 789 | 10,992 | 44.4% | 25.0% | |
| 46.15% | 13 | 1.5 | 723 | 14,744 | 80.0% | 25.0% | |
| 25.00% | 12 | 6.3 | 658 | 8,568 | 33.3% | 0.0% | |
| 33.33% | 12 | 0.8 | 732 | 12,214 | 33.3% | 33.3% | |
| 63.64% | 11 | 1.2 | 749 | 13,567 | 71.4% | 50.0% | |
| 40.00% | 10 | 5.9 | 1,096 | 14,156 | 0.0% | 44.4% | |
| 30.00% | 10 | 1.8 | 833 | 12,761 | 25.0% | 33.3% | |
| 50.00% | 10 | 1.1 | 703 | 12,215 | 33.3% | 57.1% | |
| 20.00% | 10 | 2.4 | 591 | 10,858 | 33.3% | 14.3% | |
| 70.00% | 10 | 1.7 | 819 | 13,557 | 75.0% | 66.7% | |
| 33.33% | 9 | 1.2 | 652 | 11,048 | 28.6% | 50.0% | |
| 88.89% | 9 | 1.1 | 916 | 13,969 | 80.0% | 100.0% | |
| 62.50% | 8 | 2.7 | 953 | 13,796 | 66.7% | 60.0% | |
| 62.50% | 8 | 5.8 | 864 | 11,033 | 60.0% | 66.7% | |
| 25.00% | 8 | 3.3 | 680 | 9,227 | 33.3% | 0.0% | |
| 87.50% | 8 | 6.2 | 852 | 9,717 | 75.0% | 100.0% | |
| 75.00% | 8 | 1.6 | 775 | 12,679 | 80.0% | 66.7% | |
| 37.50% | 8 | 2.9 | 435 | 9,148 | 40.0% | 33.3% | |
| 28.57% | 7 | 5.6 | 985 | 13,090 | 33.3% | 25.0% | |
| 57.14% | 7 | 5.4 | 1,049 | 10,444 | 80.0% | 0.0% | |
| 42.86% | 7 | 0.6 | 460 | 9,798 | 50.0% | 0.0% | |
| 28.57% | 7 | 1.6 | 837 | 13,411 | 0.0% | 33.3% | |
| 42.86% | 7 | 1.2 | 755 | 13,264 | 100.0% | 33.3% | |
| 42.86% | 7 | 2.7 | 785 | 14,663 | 0.0% | 60.0% | |
| 57.14% | 7 | 3.4 | 827 | 10,525 | 66.7% | 0.0% | |
| 33.33% | 6 | 2.3 | 695 | 10,782 | 20.0% | 100.0% | |
| 100.00% | 6 | 7.2 | 721 | 11,667 | 100.0% | 100.0% | |
| 50.00% | 6 | 6.4 | 860 | 11,547 | 75.0% | 0.0% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 0.6 | 709 | 11,897 | 0.0% | 100.0% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 1.9 | 540 | 7,311 | 60.0% | 0.0% | |
| 80.00% | 5 | 5.2 | 728 | 9,042 | 75.0% | 100.0% | |
| 80.00% | 5 | 6.4 | 841 | 9,216 | 66.7% | 100.0% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 6.1 | 943 | 12,562 | 50.0% | 33.3% | |
| 80.00% | 5 | 2.3 | 800 | 10,879 | 66.7% | 100.0% | |
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Aatrox vs Darius - Frequently Asked Questions
How does Aatrox do against Darius in League of Legends?
Aatrox wins the Aatrox vs Darius matchup with a 51.8% win rate compared to Darius's 48.2%, a 3.6 percentage point difference. This data is based on 112 recent ranked games in patch 26.7.
How does Aatrox do against Darius in the early game?
In the early game, Aatrox has the advantage against Darius with a 55.4% win rate versus 44.6%. Aatrox players should look to press their lane advantage through aggressive trades and wave control during the first 15 minutes.
How does Aatrox do against Darius in the late game?
In the late game, Darius takes over the Aatrox vs Darius matchup with a 51.8% win rate compared to 48.2%. Darius scales better into team fights and objective contests after 25 minutes.
Who wins the Aatrox vs Darius matchup?
Aatrox wins the matchup against Darius with a 51.8% win rate in League of Legends patch 26.7. The 3.6 percentage point advantage means Aatrox is moderately favored in this lane matchup based on 112 games analyzed.
What is the best Aatrox build against Darius?
The best Aatrox build against Darius includes Sundered Sky, Death's Dance, Spear of Shojin with Plated Steelcaps. This build achieves a 100.0% win rate in the matchup. Check the matchup breakdown above for the full item path and build order.
What are the best Aatrox runes against Darius?
The best Aatrox runes against Darius use the Precision primary tree with Resolve secondary. This rune setup achieves a 37.5% win rate in the Aatrox vs Darius matchup. See the full rune breakdown in the matchup comparison above.
Does Aatrox counter Darius?
Yes, Aatrox has a favorable matchup against Darius with a 51.8% win rate. Aatrox has a solid advantage over Darius in lane based on current patch 26.7 data.
How do I play Aatrox against Darius?
When playing Aatrox against Darius, leverage your statistical advantages by trading aggressively during favorable windows. You have early game priority — look for kills and zone control before first recall. Build the recommended items and runes for this specific matchup for the best results.