Champion sheet · Mid

Aurora

Patches 16.20 to 16.22 · NA

Tournament presence · pick + ban

17.1%#38 of 173 champions

Pick: 8.2%picked in 253 of 3,078 games
Ban: 8.9%198 bans over 2,231 games, against 1.5% in soloQ

Win rate as Mid54.7% between 49.3% and 60.0% over 234 gamesSoloQ 50.6%: no clear gap

Median length29.7 minsoloQ 28.5 min

Amateur: 3,336 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, NA. SoloQ Master+: 163,618 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments4 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.DraftLengthSpells
How to play itElectrocute, then Stormsurge, Shadowflame, and Rabadon's Deathcap: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compTeam damage first: more damage than 97% of mid laners.DamagePoke
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftFallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

4 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.

DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
4.0%
SoloQ
1.6%
4.0% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 1.6% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
9.4%
SoloQ
1.5%
9.4% ban rate in amateur play over 1,746 games, against 1.5% in soloQ over 116,542 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.7 min
SoloQ
28.5 min
Median of 29.7 min in amateur play, against 28.5 min in soloQ.
SpellsFlash + Teleport instead of Flash + Ignite
Amateur
78%
SoloQ
51%
Played in 78% of amateur games; soloQ sticks to Flash + Ignite (51%).

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Electrocute, then Stormsurge, Shadowflame, and Rabadon's Deathcap: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesElectrocute93% · 7,576

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Ignite51% · 4,139

≠ Amateur: Flash + Teleport instead of Flash + Ignite. 78% · 250 games

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 69 games

Core (3 legendaries)35% · 1,370

35%of soloQ games

Stormsurge
Shadowflame
Rabadon's Deathcap

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Team damage first: more damage than 97% of mid laners.

Team damagetop3%26% · mid laners: 21%

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other mid laners

What marks it

Damage
Poke

Like other mid laners

Damage in lane
Gold at 15 min
Gold at 20 min
Map pressure
Absorbs damage
Plays teamfights
Takes its kills in duels
Lets allies carry kills

What it is not

Little CC
No split-push

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 64 in lane, 88 in mid game and 91 in late game, out of 100 mid laners.

562+35 vs 528

1,008+109 vs 899

1,459+281 vs 1,179

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Auroramid laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 52% of mid laners against the direct opponent.

mid laners

3.7takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; mid laners: 3.2.

Where it stands among mid laners · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 64 of 100 among mid laners562 · median 528
Damage in mid game · rank 88 of 100 among mid laners1,008 · median 899
Damage in late game · rank 91 of 100 among mid laners1,459 · median 1,179
Gold at 15 min · rank 58 of 100 among mid laners+89 · median +25
Gold at 20 min · rank 52 of 100 among mid laners+89 · median +71
Map pressure · rank 72 of 100 among mid laners3.7 · median 3.2
Absorbs damage · rank 27 of 100 among mid laners362 · median 489
Plays teamfights · rank 62 of 100 among mid laners56% · median 55%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 43 of 100 among mid laners21% · median 23%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 27 of 100 among mid lanersrank 27 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 25 of 100 among mid laners0.3 · median 0.7
Team damage · rank 97 of 100 among mid laners26% · median 21%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.