Let's talk about Aurora (can’t remember if I have posted anything about her before). Occasionally I see some Aurora users who are not utilizing her Passive as they should. I am not to judge, it could be a hard game/bad team/bad day etc... But when Aurora is doing practically Zero Freeze during a whole brawl game you will start to wonder what is happening.
Aurora's skills are pretty straightforward. Skill 1 and ULT are AoE dmg. While 2nd skill is single target, which mean it is a 100% auto-aim skill.
What makes Aurora special is her Passive, every skill cast she will gain 1 charge/bar (see above her head the red bar), after 4 charges you can freeze 1 or multiply targets depends on which skill you use.
In a simple way you will always use skill 1 to charge her bars, so you can be ready at any time to freeze a target. [So what I normally do is as soon as I get out of the base circle I will start spamming skill 1, you don't really have to hit anything or save 1 to clean minions.]
Now when you have your Passive ready, you need to gank/camp/wait for a good opportunity to use your skill. [You should never ever waste your FREEZE nor ULT unless it is emergency such as you are alone at your base turret and you have to clean minions.]
Freeze + ULT is best to CC multiply targets and the area is huge. Or lessen your tankers job by helping them CC so they survive.
Freeze + 2nd skill is best for single target such as any incoming attack by enemy's initiator or assassin so you can survive or your team can survive. It is a 100% CC combo. Also after CC'd you should spam ULT and skill 1 on them to utilize her dmg.
Freeze + 1st skill is your out of options combo. So skill 1 can be interrupted by minions/obstacle, if you want to use this combo to Freeze you need to aim very good and precise, it is actually a nice surprise AoE CC.
The best combo for her is Freeze > 2nd skill > ULT > 1st skill or Freeze > ULT > any skills.
My current set of items for Aurora are Fleeting Time, Enchanted Talisman, Rapid Boots (these are my core items) after that I would maybe get Lightning Truncheon, Holy Crystal and Divine Glaive (or Necklace of Durance). This is not a burst build, it is shaped after my play style. I want low CD so I can spam her skills often and the movement speed to easily to move back and forth to CC the enemies for my team.
If I have to go for a burst build I guess I would get Clock of Destiny, Demon Shoes, Fleeting Time, Lightning Truncheon, Holy Crystal and Divine Glaive/Blood Wings.
I rarely use Concentrated Energy on her, but if I have to I would swap it with Fleeting Time, since her ULT CD is relative short so it is not a must (but it is good to have it).
I see that I used Glowing Wand here, but this game is like 2 years old afterall. I would totally swap it with Holy Crystal, I am sure it was for the moving speed, I vaguely remember I stripped her off the shoes at some points to get Concentrated Energy.
This was and still is one of my most loved Aurora game ever played. It lasted us 39 minutes, it was about who is losing focus first, if I remember correctly all our (both sides) turrets were down and we kept camping by bushes etc... I had minimal death because my friend took all the hit for me and she kept having this horror show down with enemy’s AD build Aurora (lmao)