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Slave Knight·7/11/2018, 8:40:49 AM·1 votes·952 views
The Aatrox rework wasn't for his fans, but the rest of us

Well there you have it folks, if your main champion is ever deemed 'unbalanceable' or 'unpopular' by the onlookers and outsiders then I guess you're tough out of luck. Best regards to those who are still playing 'relics' of the past and I hope they give you the Warwick treatment instead of the Aatrox treatment when it's your time to come.


On a different note, it's interesting that they wanted to keep the parts of his old kit that greatly contributed to the stigma about how 'disgusting' and 'op' he was during his release. The current reworked Aatrox ironically functions similarly to release Aatrox in S3; being an overturned lane bully, that excels in the early games especially in a bruiser meta. I'm just wondering if they will follow suit with the huge nerfs that came after that gave the old Aatrox the reputation for being the 'worst champion' in the game. New Aatrox mains need to tread carefully.

5 Comments

MorganFreemanBot7/11/2018, 8:55:24 AM1 votes

I'd be shocked if they don't nerf his sustain and / or shame off some of his early game damage.

That said, current Aatrox doesn't need heavy nerfs. Irregardless of what people try to argue, old Aatrox had the depth of a puddle. Dive in, AoE slow, wail on people until they die. He was an AA based and low-input stat check champion who came complete with a revive passive, long-ranged slow, and engage tools.. So all the things stat check champions aren't supposed to have.

New Aatrox actually has a skill floor which isn't buried in the basement. Beyond that, his ceiling is actually noticeably high. He can have a lot more power in his budget because it takes more finesse than "right click & grab a snack" to fight enemies.

BoringLittleF7/11/2018, 9:28:23 AM1 votes

Well there you have it folks, if your main champion is ever deemed 'unbalanceable' or 'unpopular' by the onlookers and outsiders then I guess you're tough out of luck.

Well, that is the only thing that ticks me off about the rework thing. Mostly, the "unpopular" part. Because of course Riot are not reponsible for boosting popularity of some chosen characters Yasuo Zed Lux MissFortune Katarina by adding them to almost every video or reading content while leaving the rest sitting on the bench. Fuck the players, who don't go along with the crowd and never pick the most common options. Fuck the players for not conforming or loving what everybody loves. Just fuck those losers, right?

Baron Barian7/11/2018, 9:55:41 AM1 votes

I already said this a thousand times, but I'll keep saying it again. This is just like how they overbuffed Ornn when he as perfectly fine on release, then they just never stopped nerfing him.

I love the new Aatrox (unpopular opinion), and I'm really hoping they'll be careful with the buffs/nerfs on him in the future.