Can we make Aurelion viable again?

Zelnick··2 votes·416 views

Cause I like him but seriously I've seen like 1 Aurelion in the past 200 ranked games and I beat him badly, simply because he's Aurelion and he's a bad champ right now. At this point it's not a matter of no one knowing how to play him, he's just not good and there's infinite ways to outplay him. Jhin came only like a month earlier than Aurelion and Jhin's pick rate is like 20%, he's at least tier 1, meanwhile Aurelion regularly drops to 44% win rate while Jhin bottoms out at only 49.2%.

So, how to rework him to be viable in ranked:

  1. Make it so his Q can be instantly reactivated and stun people, just like Anivia's Q. This is probably the biggest flaw in his kit, he's literally a free kill if you just walk up him.

  2. Slightly increase the maximum range of Celestial Expansion.

  3. More on Celestial Expansion, make it so players can choose what intermediate distance they want the stars to orbit at between the minimum range and maximum range like a normal ability, increasing the mana cost the further the stars orbit.

  4. Make it so only hard cc stop his flying celestial buildup, not just a pebble thrown at him.

7 Comments

Astôlfo1 votes

Aurelion is fine.

Marshbouy1 votes

He is viable. Just really really hard

Zelnick1 votes

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He is viable. Just really really hard

He's not hard he's just bad in most situations, it takes a very specific type of comp to make him work well. The nerfs were just a bit too much.

Astôlfo1 votes

No, not really.

Zelnick1 votes

{quoted}

No, not really.

Yes, yes really.

Astôlfo1 votes

when people who know nothing try to talk on this champion.gg/champion/AurelionSol

Stars Shaper1 votes

Aurelion is viable but:

  • He is too hard for common league player to use
  • He is not rewarding enough when played good
  • Requires a lot of team coordination and timing in order to shine
  • The current Meta hates him

I've had my share of epic games with him pre and post nerfs (Mastery 6 here and I forgot I could buy champions permanents for IPs.. I'd be halfway of Mastery 7 ç_ç). But I can see that he will never be the Graves of the situation nor the fed Yi that gets a penta because he pressed Q. He requires a lot of good positioning and his nature is not bursty but it's about constantly wiping the enemy team out of the field with his stars and being a second initiator (to ensure his stun to hit at least 2 ppl). So anthing you do is also bound to what your team does.

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