Aurelion Sol

Aurelion Sol is an AP mage in the mid, and on patch 16.11 they grade out as a solid mid-tier pick — a 51.7% win rate, 1.9% pick rate, 22,357 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. Aurelion Sol grades low on roaming and disengage (3/10, 3/10), so don't take fights that turn on those dimensions.

The most-played core build is Blackfire Torch, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Liandry's Torment, which holds a 55.1% win rate across 2,254 games this patch. The build above re-optimizes once you lock in the enemy composition.

The matchup to respect is Vayne, where Aurelion Sol sits at just 42.2%, the lane swings the other way into Mel (67.0%), and on the team side, Aurelion Sol gains the most from a Cho'Gath (+8.7% pair win rate).