AATROX NEEDS A BUFF 2015
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
. 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
that is super easy to dodge thanks to the mobility meta
, 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
. 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.
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
(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
, 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
