the champion thats a copypasta
There is this one champion that riot has been talking about quite alot that hes "weak and needs a rework" but they called a slight change in his kit a rework and still asking why the hell he has low pick ratio. This champion is Aatrox, currently he has 1.3% pick ratio(the 4th lowest), here i will talk why and give some ideas for a rework. Lets start with why. Aatrox is simply a copy of a bunch of champion abilities put together, and the problem is, is that most of these champions do the same job just better.
Passive: comeon riot, an attack speed buff? there are absolutely no champion with an attack speed buff that has an overall better suited kit for this attack speed(jax,kled.trundle.etc...). Respawn: just a guardian angel with lower cooldown, such original, much wow.
Q : a dash( yes its considered a dash) with a little knockback at the end which is easy as f*** to dodge. now lets count the champions with a better knockup and dash(sejuani,jarvan, alistar , galio, and the list goes on).
W : a three hit passive with damage/lifesteal. the only original thing i can find.
E: a slow skillshot. there are more than 80 champion with slow, you will find most of them better than this since its damn impossible to hit at the end
R: a point blank area of effect, beter PBAoE(amumu,nunu) that increases Aatrox's range, which is nice, without it hes useless but its still nice.
I made an idea about his rework not long ago where someone pointed out that this idea gave him a "mage feeling" and added that he uses his blade to gain power. here i put much though in thinking on a kit that fits him as a warrior. NOTE: i will be describing the animation with the ability itself, there are currently no scaling but i will add later. if you have a scaling idea please add it in the comments.
Passive, Living blade: this is the key part of the kit, all the kit revolves around this passive and i like the stacking buff side of it. Whenever Aatrox attacks a unit his blade draws blood from it, gaining strength, 1(minions)/2(champions and monsters) stacks for each basic. Aatrox gainst attack speed if he have 10+ stacks, AD boost if he have 15+ stacks and a little movment speed at 20+, he can gain 35 stack max. whenever Aatrox gets hit from a champion/monster(basic and spells excluding damage over time) he consumes a number of stacks to decrese from the incoming damage by a number scaling with his AD, if the decrease in damage is greater than the damage itself Aatrox heals for the excess reduction. the attack speed and ad boosts scale if he got more stacks that 10/15
If Aatrox has more than 10 stacks and takes fatal damage he lays on his blade for 4 secs,consuming all his stacks, channeling all the energy he stored to errupt from the ground, knocking everyone for 1 sec as he respawns. gaining 4 stacks for each enemy hit. cooldown( TBA).
Q, Dark flight: Aatrox throws his blade to a target location, stunning everyone hit just before he flies to the blade to knock the ones who are captured in the middle, gaining 4 stacks for each champion stunned by the blade and 2 additional for the ones in the middle
W a troggle ability, Toggle off, Guzzle:ِAatrox heals for each basic, scaling with his AD, the third hid heals him for more.
Toggle on,Frenzy: Aatrox gains attack speed and increased Physical Damage on each attack, the third hit consumes living blade stacks modifiable when out of combat to deal bonus damage scaling with his AD multiplied by 1+0.1 for each stack consumed(can crit). During frenzy Aatrox can't gain stacks from auto attacks
E,Blades of Torment:Aatrox consumes stacks to launch one Blade that slows enemies hit, the blade travel 3 times faster than the original two blades but have longer cast time, instead of launching two blades he launches one. the cooldown is low so he can spam it (spamming it dosen't give you more damage than autos since it has a cast time).
R:same concept, but instead of only doing damage, Aatrox applies grievous wounds and slows enemies hit. Aatrox gets 2 stacks for each champion hit.
