Aatrox and Preseason 6

Tl;dr: Where do you think Aatrox currently stands for the start of preseason 6?

was one of those champions that was pretty unreliable. He's strong, but only in lategame when he can turn into a monster. I don't remember when I last played but I do know that I only played him in the jungle. Why? I felt like his health costs were too high and the heal off his w too useless (until he's below half hp) to be able to survive laning phase in top lane. Don't get me wrong, I love playing Gypsy Danger and stomping everything, but I just couldn't do that without getting items first. The damage from his W is amazing, but you can't be reckless with it or you'll end up dead. You can just stay on the frontlines and not do anything fancy, but then what's the point of including damage in his kit and forcing health costs onto him if he's just going to stay there? Yes, with items, he can be tanky and can chunk down the enemy frontline faster, but health costs man. You can heal yourself back up, but that's only effective if you're below half hp and becomes insignificant when you'e above half. What happens if that dirty decides to knock you away before you can heal? is a bull that sucks up damage and can stay relatively healthy, but what about ? There are too many champions that can fill the roles that could but they can do it better.

This brings me to my question, how do you think will fare with the new mastery and item changes? What about with the marksman changes? I saw some masteries that look like they'd be useful on , but I'm still skeptical on how the item situation will play out. Will be able to survive in top lane?

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