By GamGem ResearchLast updated 18 Oct 2026
the Witch Between Worlds
Patch 26.20 · Stats from the 26.18 Master+ sample (3,066 games).
Aurora, the Witch Between Worlds, slips into the spirit realm with Across the Veil and hops back out of reach with The Weirding. Counted Master+ players took her Mid far more than Top, almost always with Electrocute, and Stormsurge into Shadowflame was how her most-bought and best-winning paths began.
MageAssassin
Patch 26.18 · Mid · Ranked Solo/Duo · Master+ · EUW · KR · NA · 3,066 games · Preview sample
3,066
Games
High
Confidence
Win rate by lane
53.2%Win Rate
Flash
Ignite81.1%Win Rate
FlashIgnite46.3%Win Rate
Flash
Teleport
This exact page: taken in 19.1% of games·48.5% win rate over 585 games.
Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage.
Damaging basic attacks and abilities deal bonus true damage to enemy champions after using a dash, leap, blink, teleport, or when leaving stealth.
Collect 1 memento on champion takedowns, up to 18 total. Gain 6 Trinket Haste for each collected.
Unique takedowns grant permanent cooldown reduction on your Ultimate.
Hitting an enemy champion with an ability permanently increases your maximum mana by 25, up to 250 mana. After reaching 250 bonus mana, restore 1% of your missing mana every 5 seconds.
Your first damaging ability hit every 10s burns champions.
Arcane Comet4.2% taken · 45.4% win130 games
First Strike1.0% taken · 46.9% win32 games
Summon Aery0.7% taken · 52.4% win21 gamesDomination + Sorcery76.0% taken · 48.5% win2,331 games
Domination + Precision9.6% taken · 44.2% win294 games
Domination + Resolve4.4% taken · 42.6% win136 gamesWhich ability to max first, and the level each point goes in — Aurora's most common path.
QAurora sends out a missile that curses any enemies it hits.
Cooldown 9/8.5/8/7.5/7s · 60 Mana
WAurora 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.
Cooldown 22/21/20/19/18s · 80 Mana
EAurora converges the realms, sending out a blast of spirit magic that damages and slows enemies before Aurora hops backward to safety.
Cooldown 15/14/13/12/11s · 80 Mana
RAurora leaps in a direction of her choosing, releasing a shockwave that damages and slows any enemies it hits.
Cooldown 140/120/100s · 100 ManaMax Q first, then E, then W. Take R whenever available (6 / 11 / 16).
| Ability | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QTwofold Hex | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | |||||||||||||
| WAcross the Veil | W | W | W | W | W | |||||||||||||
| EThe Weirding | E | E | E | E | E | |||||||||||||
| RBetween Worlds | R | R | R |
How Aurora performs against enemy mid laners
Recommended items by enemy team composition
AuroraMid average
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Dodge the primary — its rotation is one skillshot; sidestep it and the rest is chip
Deny the reset — it wants a kill to come back out; a warded exit removes it
Punish the cooldown — Aurora is exposed while its rotation is down
Ward the flank — vision is what turns its best opening into a worse one
Respect the spike — Riot rates the kit 5/10, so a practised player gets more out of it than the average
PSpirit Abjuration
Aurora's spells and attacks exorcise spirits from the enemies she damages. Exorcised spirits follow Aurora around and heal her.
Passive — never cast
QTwofold 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.
Cost 60 ManaCooldown 9/8.5/8/7.5/7sRange 900
WAcross 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.
Cost 80 ManaCooldown 22/21/20/19/18sRange 700
EThe Weirding
Aurora converges the realms, sending out a blast of spirit magic that damages and slows enemies before Aurora hops backward to safety.
Cost 80 ManaCooldown 15/14/13/12/11sRange 825
RBetween 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.
Cost 100 ManaCooldown 140/120/100sRange 250
Riot's notes from patch 25.S1.1 to 26.20 change Aurora in 4 patches. The latest is patch 26.19, published 2026-09-22.
EThe Weirding
RBetween Worlds
Despite not receiving any changes since last year, Aurora has fallen off as we've had to nerf Rocketbelt into a fairer state. We're giving our favorite Bryni a bit more power in her waveclear and outplay potential with her ultimate.
PSpirit Abjuration
In a similar boat as a few other mages in this patch, Aurora has been outcompeting and dominating the mid meta in Pro. We're looking to take some power out of her pro specific advantage of baseline target agnosticism without buying into high AP, as well as worsen her lane phase slightly so she is less capable of supporting her team in early skirmishes.
Base Stats
RBetween Worlds
Aurora has been a champion that’s been tricky to make work in pro play, as she has a tendency to end up in the top lane when she’s viable. We still want her to be an option for MSI, so we’re giving her some mid-skewed buffs that shouldn’t move the needle too much for her in top lane.
EThe Weirding
RBetween Worlds
Aurora's too good at catching out targets and bursting them in the midgame, so we're taking down some of her reliable burst damage and making it a bit less punishing to run away from her.
Riot's data lists 4 looks for Aurora with their own art, the base skin included and 25 chroma variants.
Best ARAM build
This champion’s win rate on each patch the preview sample spans, over its own games there. What actually changed each patch is in Riot’s own notes.
| Stat | Aurora | Rank | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base health | 607 | 111th | 620 |
| Health per level | 110 | =25th | 104 |
| Base armor | 23 | =144th | 30 |
| Armor per level | 4.5 | =92nd | 4.6 |
| Base magic resist | 32 | =32nd | 32 |
| Magic resist per level | 1.3 | =93rd | 1.55 |
| Base attack damage | 53 | =145th | 59 |
| Base attack speed | 0.668 | =42nd | 0.656 |
| Attack speed per level | 2% | =119th | 2.5% |
| Move speed | 335 | =74th | 335 |
| Attack range | 550 | =9th | 175 |
| Stat | Level 1 | Per level | Level 18 | Rank at 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health | 607 | +110 | 2477 | 44th of 173 |
| Mana | 475 | +30 | 985 | =104th of 145 |
| Armor | 23 | +4.5 | 99.5 | 131st of 173 |
| Magic resist | 32 | +1.3 | 54.1 | =93rd of 173 |
Riot Data Dragon 16.20.1. Growth curve: League of Legends Wiki — Champion statistic.
Aurora, the Witch Between Worlds, is a Mage and Assassin champion in League of Legends. Riot rates the kit 5/10 for difficulty, 3/10 for attack, 4/10 for defense and 8/10 for magic. Aurora spends Mana and has 4 skins with their own art.
From the moment she was born, Aurora navigated life with a unique ability to move between the spirit and material realms. Determined to learn more about the spirit realm's inhabitants, she left her home to further her research and happened upon a wayward demigod who'd become twisted and lost to time. Witnessing his desperation, Aurora resolved to find a way to help her feral friend regain his forgotten identity—a journey that would take her to the farthest reaches of the Freljord.
