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Playing Against Aurora
MidPatch 16.2.1
What They Do
Aurora is a highly mobile skirmisher mage who excels at kiting and area denial. She uses to poke, and to stay elusive, and to trap enemies in a spirit arena where she can teleport freely to outplay them. She wins through attrition and superior positioning.
Abilities (What to Watch For)
| Ability | What You'll See | What It Means For You |
|---|---|---|
| Spirits orbiting her character model | She heals and gains move speed by damaging you with spells. Long trades favor her sustain, so avoid extended fighting unless you can burst her. | |
| A line projectile followed by a returning effect | The first hit applies a curse, and the recast pulls spirits back to her. The return damage is significant; move laterally after she fires the initial missile to avoid the return path. | |
| A short leap followed by invisibility | Her primary safety tool. It has a long cooldown (20s+ early). Once she uses this to dodge or engage, she is extremely vulnerable to a focused all-in. | |
| A blast in front of her that makes her hop backward | Her self-peel and slow. If you are a melee champion, she will use this to keep you at bay. Bait this out before using your primary gap closer. | |
| A massive circular spirit boundary on the ground | A death trap. Trying to cross the edge slows you and knocks you back toward the center. Aurora can teleport between the edges to dodge your spells, so aim your CC for the center or wait for her to reappear. |
Respect
- !The return damage→The recast travels toward her current position, not where she originally stood. If she hops with or , the return angle changes to hit you.
- !sustain→In a neutral lane, she will constantly heal back your poke by tagging you with spells. You must commit to heavy trades or she will simply out-sustain your mana pool.
- !The boundaries→Walking into the edge of the ultimate arena is a death sentence because of the heavy slow and displacement. If you are trapped, you must fight her in the center.
- !invisibility flanks→She can use the stealth to bypass wards or get into range for a point-blank on your backline.
Punish
- +is on cooldown (20-16s)→She loses her only true defensive tool and invisibility. This is the only time she is truly killable for most mid laners.
- +used for waveclear→She has no way to stop your gap-closer once the hop-back and slow from are gone. Dive her immediately.
- +Missed initial missile→If she misses the first part of , she cannot recast it for damage. You have a 6-8 second window where her primary damage source is gone.
- +Level 1 and 2→She is quite weak before she has all three basic abilities to kite. Aggressive mages can push her under tower early to deny her spirit stacks.
Laning Tips
- •Stand away from your own minions so she cannot hit both you and the wave with at the same time.
- •If she curses you with , watch her movement; the return spirits always travel directly to her character model.
- •Save your high-impact skillshots until after she uses , as the invisibility will cause you to drop target or miss.
- •Pick champions with point-and-click CC (like Malzahar or Lissandra) to shut down her mobility inside .
- •Her hop distance is fixed; if you have a secondary dash, use it AFTER she uses her hop to stick to her.
- •Do not take trades when she has several spirits active from , as her movement speed makes her almost impossible to hit.
Teamfight Warning
- ⚠Do not clump in narrow jungle corridors; the initial cast of deals massive AoE damage and slows the whole team.
- ⚠If you are trapped in , stay away from the edges to avoid the 'loop' effect that pushes you back into her spells.
- ⚠Buy Grevious Wounds (Oblivion Orb) early; her healing in multi-man teamfights is surprisingly high.
- ⚠Keep side-bushes warded; an Aurora using out of vision to land a 5-man will win the game instantly.
- ⚠Focus fire her the moment she reappears from a teleport inside ; she is still a squishy mage despite her mobility.
AI-generated counterplay guide • Patch 16.2.1 • Cached