Aatrox.. needs a nerf

itzShone··2 votes·1,784 views

I played Nasus against Aatrox in the top lane.

From the very first level, he simply kept denying me cs, whenever I would get close he just does his Q and deals a ton of damage on me.

5 minutes into the game, he already had 50+ cs and I had.. 15 because whenever I tried to go for a last hit he would press his one key and do a lot of damage on me.

My jungler came for a gank and we managed to kill him together, fairly easily. I stayed in lane and got a few stacks, but still ended up a lot behind him.

I'm a decent player, average, my opponent was Gold III though, he's a better player than I am, but it really stood out to me that his champion is just dealing more damage than mine and just being stronger in everything, whether it's damage, healing, burst potential. Aatrox seems like Nasus. Just a stronger version, though.

Nasus was designed to be a great threat if left to farm, downside being that the early game is pretty bad and it takes a lot of effort to keep csing to build up stacks.

But what's the downside to Aatrox ? Good early game, huge potential for endgame. Literally, a champion that's just good overall.

One point you might argue is that Nasus has a better late game by getting a lot of stacks, but by the point we got to the late game, he had triple my cs and just left me far behind to be of no consequence to the entire game. It was either risking my life to get 1 stack or just sitting under turret, where he still kept poking me with the abilities.

I love playing Nasus, though I am really annoyed by the champions that I get to play against; notable examples being Urgot Aatrox Quinn, mainly the first two that are just impossibly hard to fight due to them having a better kit, more tankiness while retaining damage or just straight out dishing insane amounts of damage early and winning the lane because of their champion.

Thoughts? Opinions?

Keep it civil please, I'm not the best player, as I said, but I am quite decent and slightly upset over this and frankly consider it bs that someone can just pick Aatrox and basically be a better version of Nasus.

4 Comments

Hello Georgie3 votes

It's almost as if weak early laners are supposed to lose to lane bullies. Who would have guessed.

DuskDaUmbreon1 votes

They already said they're nerfing Aatrox...Also, list stats if you're actually trying to justify a nerf, don't just give one game like it means anything at all.

Darkdemon6531 votes

They're nerfing him in the upcoming patch. Also, Aatrox is a hard counter to Nasus. He's a harder counter than even Darius, which is pretty scary to think about.

ThisName1sDumb1 votes

Yeah Aatrox is a really tough matchup for immobile champs like Nasus, but he is being nerfed next patch so yeah.

Also, Nasus probably isn't the best champ to blind pick. He's not the worst, but he does have a lot of really tough matchups.

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