AATROX NEEDS A BUFF 2015

An Enhanced Bot··5 votes·2,846 views

Aatrox is a champion that's role is defined as a fighter/ tank. Now as a champion that's secondary role is a tank Aatrox has one of the lowest base stats of hp in the game. On top of this his armor/ magic resist isn't too high either. The only reason Aatrox could be seen as tanky without items is with his w which gives Aatrox small amounts of health every 3rd hit and when toggled TAKES health every third hit and in turn gives this third hit a bit more damage. I mean even HE is crying in his picture! Now early game Aatrox is just way too squishy. On top of this Aatrox isn't even that great at dueling unless you are in bronze and sit there auto attacking opponents the whole time MasterYi . He has an e that is very difficult to hit and gives a very weak slow compared to most other slows, his q is a knockup/ gap closer that is SUPER easily countered/canceled item 3070 Aatrox that is super easy to dodge thanks to the mobility meta Vayne , his w still doesn't give back enough health to even keep up with the fact that he has so little base hp. Even Lucian has better base hp stats that Aatrox Lucian . Then we have Aatrox's ult which is sort of useless. It's nice that it gives him a bit more auto range but the initial damage is really quite weak and doesn't hardly affect anyone at all. So Aatrox's kit just doesnt go well together, he has a q that is easily dodged, his e is super weak and hardly fazes anyone, his w can't even be used if he can't stick to his target, and his ultimate's initial damage is nothing and has a SUPER long cooldown. And all this makes Aatrox, a autoattack based champion, completely useless if he can't stick to his target and avoid being kited which is just embarrassing and frustrating. item 3151 Most other successful and decent top lane bruisers/fighters have good kits that allow them to stick to their target while Aatrox is easily kited by almost anyone and his q and e don't hardly faze anyone in lane. Now I know there are Aatrox players that can stomp almost anyone in lane and snowball super hard, but even late game, once every body gets a full build, Aatrox still either lacks damage and is not very tanky, or does decent damage and is really squishy. Now these are ideas of mine for buffs for Aatrox. I think his q should have a larger knockup range and should not be canceled by every kind of cc in the game Gragas (by the way if Aatrox's health is depleted in flight and procs his passive, he should land at the end of where he was aiming instead of reviving in midair only to be eaten up by anybody standing below.. His w should at least return a bit more hp or maybe even scale off of hp (like give back percentage hp) so he can REALLY be tanky, his toggled w seems alright but is hardly used that much in most levels of play so I think that every third hit should have extra MAGIC damage instead of Attack damage. This would give Aatrox more of a reason for an item such as trinity force because both his e and his ult have AP scaling. As of now only trolls and pros build AP with Aatrox making this e and r scaling completely useless for most people. His e should either have a greater slow or have a longer duration as well as scale more off of AD. Also Aatrox's ultimate should have something else special with it. Maybe scale off of AD to actually make the scaling useful in games. (I feel like his e and his r AP scaling are completely useless as of now, that's why i really think that his third w hit while toggled should also include AP scaling giving Aatrox a similar kit to Jax Jax , who's w has magic scaling as well as his r's passive every third hit which also does magic damage) AND PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD INCREASE AATROX'S HP STATS!!!! They are so ridiculous and completely ruin this champion. I really like Aatrox and I think he is be SO FUN to play and I want to see him become a much more popular champion that all people buy eventually. And pls Rito, give Aatrox some skins, the Sea Hunter Aatrox skin is nice but wouldn't it be nice if every champion had as many skins as Lee Sin does?? NO champ likes to have only a couple skins item 3070 Zed

9 Comments

Fadedpf4 votes

His problem, kiting exists.

Schlachsahne764 votes

I agree with almost everything except the skin thing. Aatrox has lower HP and Armor than many champs(Diana for example) And he is not a champion who goes in kills someone and then goes out. He needs to stick to the target, and thats not very easy especially if you explode in a teamfight before you can do anything.

dangopee3 votes

Have you tried devourer on him?

Schlachsahne764 votes

Yes i tried it out. Aatrox gets stronger with it but Yi, Udyr or Jax are still stronger because they can stick to targets and kill them faster than Aatrox does.

SDAxsVD19j1 votes

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Yes i tried it out. Aatrox gets stronger with it but Yi, Udyr or Jax are still stronger because they can stick to targets and kill them faster than Aatrox does.

Current meta in my opinion says otherwise. i have over 200 games on sated aatrox and i can delete people by jumping on them and using bork the problem is he is easily kited and has to clean up. has no mobility other than q once burned which will lead to him not being as good as someone better, Yi.

An Enhanced Bot1 votes

Yes but I've heard there are some bugs with his w not going off always with devourer

SDAxsVD19j1 votes

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Have you tried devourer on him?

i have mained aatrox jungle and let me say something here. Unless you snowball at 15-18 mins with sated bork at that time you are USELESS YOU WILL DO NOTHING FOR THE REST OF THE GAME. i have over 200 games on him and believe me he is very fucking weak. the fact that i made this weak ass champion work and carry a lot of games with him is astounding about how bad NA is.

Beuhlakor3 votes

Aatrox needs a rework.

Riot is scared shitless of him because his W is potentially very toxic.

As long as the "perma healing" problem is not solved, Riot will never buff him except for a couple of small things (like his passive CD recently).

ABcmaSter1 votes

Why do people think he needs a rework? He just needs an above average buff and he will be better. Riot should make him untargetable when he rises upon q activation and quickly targetable again when he is flying back down. They should also make his e put a debuff on an enemy champ he hits. Riot could say that upon landing blades of torment on an enemy champ they deal 30% reduced damage on their next aa or spell at all ranks. This is applied to all champions he hits but reduces by 5% for each champ he hits after the first one. I think these are cool ideas. And yeah buff the base hp or early base hp at least.

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