Aurelion Sol

Aurelion Sol is an AP mage in the adc, and on patch 16.11 they grade out as a solid mid-tier pick — a 53.2% win rate, 0.6% pick rate, 7,210 ranked games sampled. On the power curve, Aurelion Sol is a scaling champion: comparatively weak early, but one of the strongest picks on the map once core items come online — so the plan is to survive the laning phase and take the game over late.

How Aurelion Sol wins: grouped 5-v-5 teamfights, where Aurelion Sol tips the fight. The kit grades 8/10 teamfighting. Play around where Aurelion Sol is thin, roaming and disengage (3/10, 3/10), and the enemy loses their angle.

The most-played core build is Blackfire Torch, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Liandry's Torment, which holds a 51.2% win rate across 582 games this patch. Pick the enemy team to adapt each item slot to the specific matchup.

The matchup to respect is Senna, where Aurelion Sol sits at just 46.9%, the lane swings the other way into Yasuo (60.7%), and on the team side, Aurelion Sol gains the most from a Xin Zhao (+16.7% pair win rate).