Aurora ARAM Mayhem Build
The Witch Between Worlds. A middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: #60 of 173 champions.
Tier BPatch 26.21MageAssassinNo runes in Mayhem
- Tier
- B
- Win rate
- 50.6%
- Pick rate
- 6.8%
- Rank
- #60 of 173
- Games
- 1,584,449
- Patch
- 26.21
How to play Aurora in ARAM Mayhem
Aurora is a solid, middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: tier B, #60 of 173 champions, with a 50.6% win rate over 1,584,449 games.
93% of Aurora's damage to champions is magic, so enemy magic resist is what slows it down. It deals 45,980 damage to champions in an average game, more than most champions, so play to stay alive and keep hitting.
The AP build, ability power items, is both the most played and the top-ranked path: Luden's Echo, Rabadon's Deathcap and Shadowflame, with a 50.4% win rate over 1,178,080 games. For boots, most players buy Sorcerer's Shoes, but Gluttonous Greaves rank higher.
The cards that do best on Aurora are Shadow Runner, Wooglet's Witchcap and Hand of Baron. Cards built around movement speed fill most of the top of its list, followed by ability haste. Skip Flashbang and Tap Dancer when you can: they do worst on Aurora. A pair to look for: Don't Blink with Shadow Runner.
Take Flash and Ghost (35% of players); Mark is the common alternative. Max Q (Twofold Hex) first, then E, then W.
Aurora ARAM Mayhem build
ARAMKit groups every Aurora game by build path. The top-ranked path comes first, with the items most players start with, buy first and add later.
AP build · top ranked
50.4% win rate · 88% of Aurora games · 1,178,080 games
Start
Amplifying Tome
Guardian's Orb
Core items, in buying order
Luden's Echo
Rabadon's Deathcap
Shadowflame
| Boots, best first | Players |
|---|---|
 Gluttonous Greaves | 19% |
| No boots | 35% |
 Sorcerer's Shoes | 41% |
Situational, after the core
Stormsurge35% buy it
Void Staff51% buy it
Cryptbloom5% buy it
Banshee's Veil6% buy it
Zhonya's Hourglass16% buy it
Archangel's Staff2% buy it
Most bought items
- Shadowflame91% of games
- Rabadon's Deathcap71% of games
- Luden's Echo58% of games
- Stormsurge47% of games
- Void Staff44% of games
- Sorcerer's Shoes41% of games
Blackfire Torch22% of games- Gluttonous Greaves21% of games
- Zhonya's Hourglass16% of games
Malignance12% of games
Best augments for Aurora
Every card with enough Aurora games, by tier and best first within each tier. Tiers are Aurora's own: a card can be S tier here and C tier on another champion. As Riot's policy asks, cards are shown by tier and order only, never with a win rate. Click a card for its own page; the augment tier list ranks them over all champions.
PrismaticBest prismatic cards
- 1
Wooglet's WitchcapTier S - 2
Hand of BaronTier S - 3
Back To BasicsTier S
GoldBest gold cards
- 1
Weapon of DestinyTier S - 2
Ethereal WeaponTier S - 3
From Beginning To EndTier S
SilverBest silver cards
- 1
Shadow RunnerTier S - 2
Don't BlinkTier S - 3
Swift and SafeTier S
S- and A-tier cards for Aurora
15 S tier and 32 A tier, best first.
| Augment | Rarity | Tier | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Runner | Silver | Tier S | After using a Dash, Blink, or Teleport Ability or exiting Stealth, gain 300 Movement Speed for 2 seconds. |
| Wooglet's Witchcap | Prismatic | Tier S | QUEST: Possess Rabadon's Deathcap and Zhonya's Hourglass. REWARD: Get Wooglet's Witchcap. |
| Hand of Baron | Prismatic | Tier S | Gain 25% Adaptive Force. Nearby allied minions are greatly empowered. |
| Weapon of Destiny | Gold | Tier S | Your first Legendary Item becomes the Weapon of Destiny. When a champion you damaged within the last 3 seconds dies, increase the Weapon of… |
| Back To Basics | Prismatic | Tier S | Your Ultimate Ability is sealed. Gain 35% Ability Damage, Healing, Shielding, and 70 Ability Haste. |
 Mad Scientist | Prismatic | Tier S | On each Revive, you grow large (gaining 30% Adaptive Force and 20% Health) or tiny (gaining 70 Ability Haste and 40% Movement Speed). |
| Ethereal Weapon | Gold | Tier S | Your Abilities apply On-Hit Effects On-Hit effects. 1 second Cooldown per target. |
 Giant Slayer | Prismatic | Tier S | Become tiny, gain 20% Movement Speed, and deal between 10% and 30% bonus damage to champions based on how much larger they are than you. |
| Don't Blink | Silver | Tier S | Gain 1% bonus damage per 10 Movement Speed more you have than the target. |
| From Beginning To End | Gold | Tier S | Gain the First Strike and Dark Harvest Keystone Runes. First Strike: When you initiate champion combat, deal 10% extra damage for 3 seconds… |
 Eureka | Prismatic | Tier S | Gain (30% Ability Power) Ability Haste. |
| Swift and Safe | Silver | Tier S | Gain a (65–290 (by level) +26% Ability Power +65% Bonus Attack Damage) Shield for 2 seconds after a Dash or Blink (5 seconds Cooldown). |
 Homeguard | Silver | Tier S | Gain 100% Movement Speed, disabled for 6 seconds after taking damage. |
 Big Brain | Gold | Tier S | Gain a (300% Ability Power) Shield. Resets on death or 70 seconds after depletion. |
 Blue Barrier | Silver | Tier S | Gain 200–450 (by level) % of the Max Mana Mana you spend as a Shield for 1.5 seconds. Shields up to 300–800 (by level) |
 Escape Plan | Silver | Tier A | Gain a massive (65% Max Health) decaying Shield, decaying 150% Movement Speed, and a decaying shrink effect upon reaching 35% Health (75… |
 Infinite Recursion | Prismatic | Tier A | Gain 60 Ability Haste, plus 3 Ability Haste per takedown. |
 Tooth Fairy | Gold | Tier A | When you deal more than 25% of an enemy champion's Health in less than 2.5 seconds, they drop a Tooth. 4 seconds cooldown per target |
 Warlock Juicebox | Gold | Tier A | Gain (10%+3.5% Ability Power) Omnivamp. |
 Phenomenal Evil | Gold | Tier A | Permanently gain 1 Ability Power when you damage enemy champions with Abilities. If taken as your second Augment, starts with 40 Ability… |
 Upgrade Stormsurge | Gold | Tier A | Stormsurge's Squall now always detonates in an area, dealing (10%+2% Ability Power) maximum Health magic damage to all nearby enemies. Enemy… |
 BEES!!! | Gold | Tier A | Every 15–10 (by level) seconds, your next Ability hit against an enemy champion throws a beehive at the target. Upon arriving, the hive… |
 Veil of Warding | Silver | Tier A | Gain a Spell Shield every 30 seconds that blocks the next enemy Ability. |
 Omni Soul | Prismatic | Tier A | Gain 3 random Dragon Souls. |
 Heavy Is The Crown | Gold | Tier A | Gain 10 Attack Damage, 25 Ability Power, and increase your Bonus Attack Damage, Bonus Ability Power, and Total Attack Speed by 10%. Decrease… |
 Goldrend | Prismatic | Tier A | Damaging a champion with Attacks or Abilities deals an additional (50–150 (by level) +20% Ability Power +40% Bonus Attack Damage) magic… |
 With Haste | Gold | Tier A | Gain (70% Ability Haste) Move Speed. |
 Stats on Stats! | Gold | Tier A | Gain 3 Stat Anvils, with a higher chance of Gold and Prismatic Anvils! |
 Leg Day | Silver | Tier A | Gain 50 Movement Speed and 50% Slow Resist. |
 Donation | Gold | Tier A | Receive 1750 Gold. Thanks chat!:) |
 Mind to Matter | Silver | Tier A | Gain (50% Max Mana) Health. |
 Shrink Engine | Gold | Tier A | Takedowns grant a stack that makes you 4% smaller, grants 8 Ability Haste, and 1% Movement Speed. Lose 65% stacks on death… |
 Outlaw's Grit | Gold | Tier A | After using a Dash, Blink, or Teleport Ability you gain 12 Armor and Magic Resist up to 60 at 5 stacks. Resets every 15 seconds. |
 Ominous Pact | Prismatic | Tier A | Gain 75–150 (by level) Ability Power, 50% Movement Speed, and 20% Omnivamp based on missing Health. Spell casts cost 5% of your current… |
 Ocean Soul | Silver | Tier A | Gain the Ocean Soul, granting high Health and Mana Regen after damaging enemies. |
 Goredrink | Silver | Tier A | Gain 15% Omnivamp. |
 ADAPt | Silver | Tier A | Convert Bonus Attack Damage to Ability Power, and gain (15%) Ability Power. Converts at a rate of 1.67 Ability Power per point of Attack… |
 Twin Fire | Silver | Tier A | On ability damage, fire 1 plus (3% Critical Strike Chance) missiles that deal (10–30 (by level) +7% Bonus Attack Damage+7% Ability Power)… |
 Transmute: Chaos | Prismatic | Tier A | Gain 2 random Augment Tier Augments. |
 Transmute: Prismatic | Gold | Tier A | Gain a random Augment Tier Prismatic Augment. |
 Fey Magic | Prismatic | Tier A | Damaging with your Ultimate Polymorphs enemies for 2 seconds (15 second Cooldown). |
 Witchful Thinking | Silver | Tier A | Gain Ability Power 20–80 (by level) Ability Power. |
 FireFox | Silver | Tier A | Autocast: Gain 25% movement speed and conjure three flames that orbit you every 9 seconds, targetting the closest visible enemy in range and… |
 Stats on Stats on Stats! | Prismatic | Tier A | Gain 4 Stat Anvils, with a higher chance of Gold and Prismatic Anvils! On your next Augment selection, gain one additional reroll per slot. |
 En Passant | Prismatic | Tier A | Periodically identify Vitals on enemy champions. Hitting Vitals with Attacks or Abilities deals an additional 6% + 1.5% per stack max Health… |
 Clown College | Prismatic | Tier A | Backstab: You deal (20–35 (by level) +35% Ability Power +50% Bonus Attack Damage) bonus physical damage when striking from behind. Deceive… |
 Recursion | Gold | Tier A | Gain 60 Ability Haste. |
Tier B
Average on Aurora
48 cards, best first
Final Form
Dashing
Transmute: Gold
Ok Boomerang
Stats!
Upgrade Zhonya's
Biggest Snowball Ever
Totentanz
The Boom and the Bass
Erosion
Urf's Champion
Infernal Soul
Jeweled Gauntlet
Take'em Down Down Down
Flashy
Kill Secured
Magic Missile
Hextech Soul
Forged By The Master
Siphon
Arcane Axiom
Purist - Caster
Marksmage
Can't Touch This
Overflow
It's Killing Time
Zealot
Get Excited!
Double Time
Mountain Soul
Thread the Needle
Pursuit of Power
Juiced
Pursuit of Haste
Ultimate Awakening
Shark Tempest
Ultimate Recursion
Apex Inventor
Bread And Butter
Nightstalking
Get Jinxed
Snowday
Lich Brain
Pinball
CRIMSON COBALT
Light 'Em Up!
Poltergeist
Surge Field
Tier C
Below average on Aurora
37 cards, best first
Trusty Weapon
Hands off the Talent
Deft
Pandora's Box
Rite of Ascension
From Downtown
Growth Spurt
Holy Snowball
Archmage
Bread and Cheese
Brass Blast
Still Here
Snowblast
Pat On The Back
Mystic Punch
Searing Dawn
Ice Cold
Upgrade Sheen
Ultimate Revolution
Endless Decimation
Circle of Death
Skilled Sniper
Bread And Jam
Symphony of War
Hellbent
Blade Waltz
Firebrand
Master of Duality
Triggered Inferno
Typhoon
Glass Cannon
Flash 2
Ultimate Unstoppable
Spin Me Right Round
Divine Intervention
Earthwake
Shrink Ray
Tier D
Weakest on Aurora
6 cards, best first
Flashbang
Tap Dancer
Dual Wield
Critical Rhythm
Third Times the Harm
King MeBest first augment for Aurora
Your first card decides the early fights, and a card that is great as a first pick can be a weak fourth. ARAMKit ranks Aurora's cards for each pick on its own; these are the top five per pick, with their tier in that pick. For the first pick, Weapon of Destiny, Shadow Runner and Wooglet's Witchcap come out on top.
| # | First pick | Second pick | Third pick | Fourth pick |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Weapon of DestinyTier S | Bread And ButterTier S | Hand of BaronTier S | Don't BlinkTier S |
| 2 | Shadow RunnerTier S | Shadow RunnerTier S | Shadow RunnerTier S | Shadow RunnerTier S |
| 3 | Wooglet's WitchcapTier S | Wooglet's WitchcapTier S | Ethereal WeaponTier S | Hand of BaronTier S |
| 4 | Back To BasicsTier S | Back To BasicsTier S | Giant SlayerTier S | Big BrainTier S |
| 5 | Mad ScientistTier S | Ethereal WeaponTier S | Blue BarrierTier S | Mad ScientistTier S |
Strong card pairs
Two cards that do especially well together on Aurora, best pair first.
Summoner spells and skill order
Summoner spells
Flash + Ghost35% of players · 51.1% win rate
Flash + Mark62% of players · 50.4% win rate
Flash + Barrier1% of players · 48.9% win rate
Skill order
QTwofold Hex
EThe Weirding
WAcross the Veil
Max Q first. 96% of players use this order (51.3% win rate); put points in R whenever you can.
Aurora in an average Mayhem game
Averages per game over every game on this patch.
- K / D / A
- 12.7 / 10.3 / 24.3
- KDA
- 4.12
- Damage to champions
- 45,980
- Damage taken
- 31,035
- Self-mitigated
- 15,297
- Healing on allies
- 20
- Shielding on allies
- 0
- Crowd control
- 11 s
- Kill participation
- 65%
- Game length
- 16:49
Damage type
Physical 3%Magic 93%True 4%
Questions and answers
What is the best Aurora build in ARAM Mayhem?
On patch 26.21 ARAMKit ranks the AP build first for Aurora: Luden's Echo, Rabadon's Deathcap and Shadowflame. It is also the most played build.
What are the best augments for Aurora in ARAM Mayhem?
The S-tier cards for Aurora, best first: Shadow Runner, Wooglet's Witchcap, Hand of Baron, Weapon of Destiny and Back To Basics. The full list by tier is on this page.
Is Aurora good in ARAM Mayhem?
Aurora is tier B on patch 26.21, #60 of 173 champions, with a 50.6% win rate over 1.6 million games. That makes it a solid, middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem right now.
What is the best first augment for Aurora in ARAM Mayhem?
For Aurora's first pick on patch 26.21: Weapon of Destiny, Shadow Runner, Wooglet's Witchcap, Back To Basics and Mad Scientist, best first. Cards rank differently in later picks; the table on this page has all four.
Other Mages in ARAM Mayhem
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Related
- ARAM Mayhem tier list
Every champion by tier on patch 26.21.
- ARAM Mayhem augment tier list
Every card from S to D over all champions.
- All Mayhem builds
Pick a champion from the full list.
- ARAM Mayhem rules
Augment levels, rerolls and why there are no runes.
- ARAM Mayhem guide
How the mode, the cards and the picks work.
- Aurora counters
Its lane matchups on Summoner's Rift.
- ARAM Mayhem overlay
The card picker and build in the app.
Source: ARAMKit, used with permission. Patch 26.21, 23,177,263 ARAM Mayhem games, data of October 28, 2026. Riot keeps Mayhem games out of its public match API, so these aggregates come from ARAMKit. Card tiers are shown without win rates, as Riot's developer policy asks.