Aurelion Sol

Arena changes

• I: New Effect: Gains 30 Stardust stacks per round.
• Q: Burn AP ratio per second changed to 60% AP.
• Q: Burst damage health ratio changed to (4% Stardust)% of target's maximum health.
• Q: Stardust per burst changed to 4.
• W: Cooldown changed to 10 to 6 seconds.
• W: When your ally uses Castle on you during Astral Flight, Astral Flight will be cancelled but you will not dash to your ally.2
• E: Cooldown changed to 8 seconds.²

Burst Damage Health Ratio changed to 3.1% Stardust% in patch 26.16 (was 4%)³

Cooldown changed to 12 in patch 26.16 (was 8)³

• Aurelion Sol can win against strong builds even when his own build is mediocre.⁴
• Gambler’s Blade can be strong on Aurelion Sol when he has two strong teammates and can cash out; his E and Q ticks have a chance to trigger it.⁵
• Stackosaurus Rex is stronger than most gold stacking augments and is especially strong on Aurelion Sol.⁶
• A tank hyperstack build is a common Aurelion Sol pick.⁷
• Avoid voting for Eve’s dance assuming that other players will dance when early-game champions are facing scaling champions such as Aurelion Sol.⁸

• Center of the Universe grants Aurelion Sol six orbiting stars that deal magic damage to enemies they contact.⁹ Patch unknown
• Aurelion Sol’s Q can remain active while the Teemo passive augment makes him invisible; if the opposing team has no crowd control, there is no way to stop him.¹⁰
• Aurelion Sol can be very susceptible to crowd control, which can make him easy to counter.¹¹
• Aurelion Sol can still use Q while Vanished.¹²
• Stackosaurus Rex is not strong on many stacking champions, such as Swain or Veigar.¹³

• Since patch 26.16, Aurelion Sol’s Q burst damage health ratio is 3.1% Stardust%, and his E cooldown is 12 seconds.³
• If an ally uses Castle on Aurelion Sol during Astral Flight, the flight is cancelled and he does not dash to the ally.²¹⁴ Patch unknown

Earlier formats

• Aurelion Sol’s attack no longer broke when he used a Hexgate during flight, since patch 25.23.¹⁶ 8x2 duos
• One Aurelion Sol build used Stackosaurus Rex, Phenomenal Evil Power, Thread the Needle and Jeweled Gauntlet, with Detonation Orb, Infinity Edge, Hextech Gunblade, Rabadon’s Deathcap, Void Staff and Zhonya’s Hourglass.¹⁷ 8x2 duos
• Aurelion Sol’s Q could be used while he was invisible.¹⁸ 8x2 duos
• One Aurelion Sol build used Stackosaurus, critical damage on spells and an early Lucky Fortune shard.¹⁹ 8x2 duos
• Aurelion Sol could be paired with other zoners or control mages such as Zyra or Lissandra to set up E on choke points; a bruiser could also work.²⁰ 8x2 duos
• Vulnerability let Aurelion Sol’s Q and burn items crit.²⁰ 8x2 duos
• Aurelion Sol’s E could go through walls to maintain distance from opponents.²⁰ 8x2 duos
• Rune Carver was a strong augment for Aurelion Sol because it was easy for him to use.²¹ 8x2 duos
• Stackosaurus Rex and Aurelion Sol’s Arena buffs could give him seven stacks per Q.²² 8x2 duos
• Aurelion Sol could stack from the spirit of the dummy.²³ 8x2 duos