You know, I love the new Aatrox, but he does have some glaring problems.

The main one being, he doesn't really have a role in league. Based on his kit, he seems like he could be played one of 2 ways.

1. A juggernaut like darius/illaoi, who fucks you up if you get in range, and creates a massive NOPE zone around him.

2. A fighter centered around aoe damaging abilities and who has the ability to take you out in a full rotation if he can land everything.

Now, heres the thing, if he is supposed to fit into category 1, then he needs a lot more sustain than he currently has, and being a drain tank that works off of landing abilities is more healthy than an aa based one.

If he is supposed to fit into category 2, he needs a much better way to stick on people than a pull that your enemies can easily walk out of, and knockups that cc you longer than your opponents. IMO, if you allowed him to be able to move his skill shots around during his ult without using e (think like camille w), he would be a bit better, and more viable than he is in his current state on the pbe.

And along with that, his ult simply feels lack luster, you can basically get the same effect with zilean. His ultimate simply does not feel as powerful as it should be. The only thing that his ult really give him, is a larger hitbox, and an animation that says https://memegenerator.net/img/instances/63882535/do-it-do-it-come-on-kill-me-im-here.jpg