Aurora is the latest champion in League of Legends and can be played both in the top lane and mid lane. With her impressive debut, she quickly established herself as one of the best champions in both lanes.
What kind of champion is she? Aurora is the latest champion in League of Legends and is playable in both the top and mid lanes. The Vastaya caused quite a stir even before her release, as pro players suspected that she would be too strong at release.
After other champions like Smolder had a disastrous start, Aurora’s release couldn’t have gone better. She is currently one of the most popular and best champions in both lanes and has made it into the top 5.
Aurora’s ultimate ability sends shivers down players’ spines
What makes Aurora so strong? What makes the Vastaya particularly strong is her ultimate ability. Not only did the pros fear this even before her release, but players find her abilities to be too strong.
Many players seem to particularly fear her ultimate ability, but her other abilities also make her a must-pick in every game. She is especially effective against melee champions, those who excel in close combat.
Thanks to her abilities, Aurora is hard to pin down for opponents and proves to be an extremely slippery champion, making her an incredibly strong opponent in the right hands.
The new champion moves in the spirit realm
What abilities does Aurora have? Like any other champion, Aurora has three abilities, a passive ability, and an ultimate ability:
- Passive ability: A classic 3-hit passive: When Aurora deals damage to an opponent three times, she unleashes magical damage and summons a spirit that follows her and increases her speed and healing for 3 seconds.
- Q ability: Her Q ability allows Aurora to deal damage and mark enemies with spirit energy. Upon reactivating the Q, she pulls the marked enemies back to her and deals additional damage.
- W ability: With her W ability, Aurora can become invisible and enter spirit mode. While in this mode, the cooldown of the ability is reset when she defeats opponents.
- E ability: Her E ability enables her to fire a projectile that deals damage and slows enemies.
- R ability: Her ultimate ability ‘Between Worlds’ sends out a wave of energy that deals damage and slows enemies. While moving in the spirit realm, opponents trying to escape take additional damage.
How does the champion perform? A Reddit post by user ‘williamis3’ shows that Aurora has a win rate of 53-54% both in the top and mid lanes, according to many statistics pages. For a freshly released champion, these numbers are extremely impressive. She is currently in the top 5 of the best champions.
However, her strong start also has a downside: Aurora’s ban rate currently stands at about 60%.
In League of Legends, only a few champions have had such an impressive start as Aurora. Besides Smolder, the release of the jungler Briar also didn’t go particularly well. You can read here why Briar left many players in despair: LoL brings in a new champion, but already many players are despairing over Briar
