Does Aurora climb? An honest read
Whether Aurora is a good climbing pick, judged on what the kit demands and what it hands you for free.
What the kit asks of you
Riot rates Aurora at 5 out of 3 for difficulty. Blunt, but it tracks something real: how much of the champion's power sits behind execution rather than being handed to you.
550 attack range means Aurora wins by not being where the fight is. Spacing is the whole skill, not a detail of it.
The kit you are being asked to execute
Spirit Abjuration
Aurora's spells and attacks exorcise spirits from the enemies she damages. Exorcised spirits follow Aurora around and heal her.
Twofold Hex
Aurora sends out a missile that curses any enemies it hits. She can then recast the ability to draw active curses back toward herself, damaging foes who are hit along the way.
Across the Veil
Aurora leaps in a direction of her choosing, entering the spirit realm upon landing, becoming invisible, and gaining Move Speed for a short duration of time.
The Weirding
Aurora converges the realms, sending out a blast of spirit magic that damages and slows enemies before Aurora hops backward to safety.
Between Worlds
Aurora leaps in a direction of her choosing, releasing a shockwave that damages and slows any enemies it hits. Afterward, she creates an area that slows enemies within it and allows Aurora to teleport from one side of the area to the other.
The case for
A mage that can land a cooldown for a burst of damage, then be safe and largely useless until it returns scales with individual skill rather than coordination — and coordination is exactly what you cannot rely on in the lower ranks.
The case against
The counter-argument is holding the key cooldown so carefully it never gets cast — a habit the lower ranks reward right up until they suddenly do not, which makes it hard to unlearn later.
Aurora is mana-gated, which is the real limit on how often you can contest a wave early.
Where the power actually is
| Stat | Level 1 | Level 18 |
|---|---|---|
| Health | 607 | 2477 |
| Attack damage | 53 | 53 |
| Armour | 23 | 99.5 |
| Magic resist | 32 | 54.1 |
Movement speed 335 and attack range 550 do not grow with levels — they are the two numbers that stay true all game.
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