Simple Aatrox buff

Zerenza·Nov 8, 2016·3 votes·748 views

So, after playing him a bit, i noticed one thing specifically wrong with him that could be fixed easily. His auto attack range, it's 150, most melee champs have a range of 175 but his is lower than that. There were many times when an enemy could literally be just out of reach despite his sword poking through their freaking model. It made him feel extremely clunky because it was near impossible to hit someone who was running even with the same movement speed and no dashes.

If any buff were to be given to aatrox i'd say this is the one he needs. Now asside from the other hundreds of problems with him i feel this one is the easiest to address and probably the least likely to break him.

8 Comments

Kledy McKledFaceNov 8, 20162 votes

Honestly I dont understand why his abilities cost so much health... They really could be half and more. Vladimir costs are basically the same but he sustain twice aatrox's amount (while building full tank/sustain but dealing 4 times aatrox's damages...)

Idk if he lands q or e on enemy champion the costs could be refund?

ZerenzaNov 9, 20161 votes

It's because Aatrox has a passive that gives him A LOT of life steal on his W and it of course has no cooldown (i maxed it) and it restores basically 20% HP every third auto attack so he can sustain better than vlad can at lower levels.

BoulderoxNov 9, 20161 votes

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It's because Aatrox has a passive that gives him A LOT of life steal on his W and it of course has no cooldown (i maxed it) and it restores basically 20% HP every third auto attack so he can sustain better than vlad can at lower levels.

while at higher levels it is almost impossible when you have to be in a teamfight surrouned by 2-5 people ccing you, canceling out the only thing that is designed to help you survive without the tank stats, is lost...

ZerenzaNov 9, 20161 votes

His counterplay is CC then, if they don't CC him then he'll life steal endlessly and use his Ultimate for the massive AOE damage alongside it. Not to mention he does still heal from his Ultimates hit and it does apply life steal which could be pretty ridiculous. Aatrox is a Drain Tank, Drain Tanks are historically unhealthy for a very good reason and need to be balanced around some sort of counterplay or they'll 1v5 no matter what you do.

GULAG 4 UNov 8, 20162 votes

Why not 200 or 225? I mean he does have a large ass sword...

ZerenzaNov 9, 20161 votes

Because Darius has a long attack range for a melee champion and he out ranges a lot of people because of so that's 90% of his frustration and Aatrox isn't balanced around having that high an attack range.

GULAG 4 UNov 9, 20161 votes

He isn't balanced around anything lol

BoulderoxNov 9, 20162 votes