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Can I please get my champion back?

Abandon·10/22/2019, 1:10:18 PM·6 votes·2,628 views

https://u.gg/lol/champions/aatrox/build?rank=overall

Remember when Riot said that the rework was a success in upping his playerbase? Well, if you take at that number right now, that's the true figure for people who actually main the champion. When he's obviously 'good', he gets abused and gets obnoxious playrates and banrates despite not having high winrates. When he's gutter trash like he is now, only the mains, you know, the notorious 'Aatrox' mains continue playing him.

The first iteration of Aatrox didn't have many mains, this is true. It bounced anywhere between 0.1 ~ 1.5 playrate. The second iteration of Aatrox (Rickless' light rework) brought Aatrox up to about a 3% playrate before the Guinsoo + Titanic abusers showed up. The current Aatrox has a playrate (mains) of like 4-6%, a little bit better but at the same, has been a balance nightmare since release.

His kit has undergone so many changes... he's lost so much kit identity. No more revive, they trashed his lane sustain, he lost his AD from his E, he lost the ability to waveclear efficiently, he lost his unique 'mutilator' aka grievous wounds + shield weakening, etc. There's like nothing left to take from his kit...

Please fix him. Please when you look into giving him more changes, make him more of a specialised champion with defined strengths and weaknesses. His blend of juggernaut (threat), diver (mobility) and tank (cc) aspects are just too much to balance on one champion. Personally, I'd like for him to return to being a selfish, melee carry. You can keep him as caster or you can make him a blend but just don't put all his damage/cc on 'one' ability again please.

9 Comments

preternatural10/22/2019, 2:36:44 PM5 votes

the funny thing about aatrox is that any top lane or melee champion player is gonna say he's weak right now. anyone that plays range is gonna say he's gigabroken still. and the game balance caters to who? not melee that's for sure, don't believe the hype around these parts.

Ragnaveil10/22/2019, 2:32:22 PM3 votes

Idk why people are downvoting you, the current iteration is just as bad as the previous. His healing is practically a fraction of what he use to have, and hell the previous was pretty balanced if on hit effects from shit like Rageblade didnt affect it (same can be said of Yi, Kai Sa, and Vayne). His Q is about the most worthless ability i've seen in a while because its practically another minigame pile of bullshit that isn't needed in the game (the other example is Fiora Vitals). He needs another mini rework, plain and simple. Remove the extra damage increases on Q except the 3rd Q (remove the cc on all), change W to a better damaging ability, give him either his old E or something else that slows, and give him some damage on R activation, and reduce the healing mod to 20%.

EATARI10/22/2019, 7:26:01 PM3 votes

It’s really just the passive healing reduction on minions that killed him. At this point I’d actually prefer if his passive only procced on champions and monsters. That way I can be sure that it’s up when I engage, because I’m definitely not needing the healing from minions.

Pandemic Punch10/23/2019, 12:03:50 AM3 votes

Get in line

Soraka Shen Mordekaiser Galio Malzahar Sejuani Swain Taric

At some point, I have mained all of these champions until they got reworked.

Original Mordekaiser back when Will of The Ancients was still in the game was my first main.

Hayaishi210/22/2019, 5:24:29 PM2 votes

Thanks Riot for balancing around pro play.