You can't buff Aatrox too much because...
...the draintank concept gets stupid after a point where the numbers get too big.
coughSwaincough 2016
And, again, Riot inconsistency at it's finest.
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Personally i think drain tanks are just a stupid concept to began with
To be fair, Swain doesnt have mobility, sustain pre-6 and has mana. His only problem atm is the latest change Riot did to shoehorn him into toplane (he was countering Zed/Yasuo to much). His R healing being independant of damage dealt is a bit of a problem and needs either nerfs of a middle point (half fixed healing, half healing for damage done).
The real problem are drain tanks that are manaless and/or have mobility. Aatrox is literally both. He was ridiculous when he was strong, and I know because I abused him when that happened.
Swain has way more counterplay that Vlad and Aatrox, but people usually ignore that just becausehe doesnt play like another melee toplaner.
Also, is this a ''buff Aatrox'' topic or a ''I am going to mention Aatrox just because I want Swain gutted'' topic.
Aatrox was never supposted to be a Draintank ... he just worked too well with tank items prenerfs ... pretty much like Ekko
Swain has no gap closer to be fair and does have at some counter play. Not much admittedly, but he does have some.
You can literally apply the "You can't buff X too much because..." to everything, omg I love it, I should start doing this with Karma and looking for the double standard that they've used for other champs :p.