Let's talk about Aatrox

A warm hello to all who read this!

As seen by the title of this discussion, I come to you all today to talk about the underrated champion Aatrox. Recently, I was gifted this champion by a friend I befriended in game. We became fast friends and have had loads of fun together, but that's aside the point!

As I've begun to play Aatrox in blind PvP, I've noticed a few things. The first thing is he is not meta. As in he is very underpowered. I was just in a game with other people and they too agree he is not in the meta. His moves simply do very little damage and no matter how you build him (AD, AP, tank, etc.) he still feels like he can be easily defeated. Now I know people who think Aatrox is just fine will argue in the comments but I believe that Aatrox needs a serious rework.

To start, Aatrox's passive is an amazing concept. It's awesome that when he takes fatal damage, he regenerates some to get back in the fight. That's beautiful, Riot. Props to you guys on that. The problem with the passive is the cooldown is too long and typically it leaves Aatrox very vulnerable if the passive is on cooldown. It's a passive, there shouldn't be a cooldown! Then again if there was no cooldown for his passive it would seem overpowered, but that's just what Aatrox needs at the moment. He's very weak but a great champion concept for sure.

Moving on to Aatrox's Q, Dark Flight. While some top champions have ultimates that knock enemies up in the air (Nautilus, Malphite, etc.), Aatrox is privileged to have that as his Q ability. While it is indeed a fun one to use offensively, to make it stronger it should either a) have more range, b) knocking up enemies in the whole circle crosshair, c) having it knock them up for more time or d) all of the above. If Dark Flight is used defensively with more range, as a secondary flash as I consider it, it would greatly improve Aatrox's defense.

Aatrox's W, Blood Thirst/Blood Price is wonderful. I cannot think of anything that would make it better. It's currently one of Aatrox's stronger moves.

Aatrox's E, Blades of Torment is a great move as well, the slow definitely comes in handy and sure makes him a versatile (but still weak) champion.

Finally, Aatrox's R, Massacre is fun. It lasts for a nice amount of time and it's fun to use with a generous cooldown.

All in all, Aatrox is a great concept for a champion though to probably be chosen more often, he would need a rework. Thanks for your time! Be sure to leave a comment below if you have any opinions.