@Meddler Have you guys thought about buffing Aatrox's E Projectile speed?
Right now one of the reasons that he's hard to balance is that his abilities are far too inconsistent. Aatrox E is a simple slow with some magic damage. Why does it need to be so overly difficult to land? It is much easier to land a skillshot on a champion like
while also having all of his spells be much stronger and longer range than Aatrox E, while also not having a gimmick of getting smaller the longer range it gets.
His Q could also stand for a bigger hitbox, it is just way too difficult to land. While I can see a scenario where people just build full tank and make Aatrox into a Vanguard
style, I believe it is just too difficult to land in its current state. Having a bigger hitbox size just makes sense for him.
Just to summarize, buffing Aatrox E and Q would give him more power in his kit in a way that wouldn't break his kit, as Aatrox mains can probably consistently land his skills. One of the problems with Aatrox now is that his balance curve is completely skewed, he's either broken or he's not. These changes would increase the impact of any smaller buffs given to him and his base stats, while not bringing him over the balance curve into the broken state, as these buffs would flatten that curve significantly.