🛑 XiaoMing Aatrox - GrandMaster Elo - XiaoMing Aatrox Guide

[@valeon788]

Why does he never use conqueror?

[@clicktoaddtext7933]

because it is never the best option for him phase rush > conqueror against "run you down" champs - darius, olaf grasp > conqueror against melee short trade champs - trynda with e + auto, renekton with melee range q, ksante with melee range e q, camille with q electrocute > conqueror against champs that you dont want to stay in melee range with, mainly focusing on comboing with abilities - fiora mordekaiser comet > conqueror against champs that you want to poke down with q1 and q2 because they have no out of combat sustain - wukong jax ranged champs in short conqueror sucks ass in lane and he wants to win lane, it also isn't that great in teamfights because his playstyle is not "run in and pray you heal or tank through everything with triumph, conq, and bruiser items" but "flank and burst down high priority targets while healing more due to going lethality/squishy but higher damage" he also had a realization that last stand is literally just conqueror so when he wants to get stronger the longer he fights (the longer you fight, the less your health, so with last stand you get 11% increased damage on a q3 when youre at 30% health. thats better than conqueror and its a small rune) i'm not sure why he went grasp against jax i think he may have just forgot to c hange runes lol if you ahve any questions just put more comments

[@Kevin-tn3wl]

He goes the same item build every single game. Eclipse and Serylda's make him squishy, but give a lot of burst. In lane he goes almost always for short trades to lower the enemy's lifebar enough so that he can dive them. After that, he snowballs mostly pushing a side line. Conqueror Aatrox just doesn't work with this playstyle of his, because you need to do all-ins or very long trades to stack it up fully and get the most of it in the laning phase and in teamfights. Therefore, for that you'd need more HP and resistances built into your items. In short, the runes he chooses are for winning lane.

[@clicktoaddtext7933]

because it's never the best rune for him. grasp > conqueror against champs where you take lots of short trades in melee range - renekton with his q, ksante with his e q, trynda with his e + q, camille q comet > conqueror against champions you want to poke down with q's or can only reach with q - wukong, jax, ranged champions electrocute > conqueror against champions you want to burst down - fiora with her healing and vitals over time phase rush > conqueror against "run you down" champions - darius olaf he seems to be experimenting with grasp + sudden impact and ghost poro for its insane laning power, but i would say comet still is a lot better against jax specifically because you wont auto attack him often. his runes are pretty much all about winning lane; his playstyle in teamfights is also not the "frontline by healing and tanking with bruiser items, conqueror and triumph" it's "get the jump on the enemy carries and burst them down while dodging enemy abilities, buffering q through CC, and healing a shit ton due to higher AD items".