Aurelion Sol is Truly Broken--Here's Why and How Riot Might Fix Him

RainnFall··4 votes·6,979 views

As we all know, today Aurelion Sol was released. I did not buy him but I played with and against him in every game today.

Playing against him increases my NaCl levels. His passive is truly ludicrous. It seems easy to get kills with Aurelion Sol. All you have to do is stun your enemy with Star Surge, walk back, activate Celestial Expansion, and walk away when the stun wears off. The passive, and the passive + W especially, does all the work in taking an enemy out.

Know I know what you might be thinking. "Yo, Einstein, all his abilities were designed to be followed up with his passive." To which my response is, yes I know. I have no problem with that. What I am concerned about is his passive damage. Too much, too quick.

Here is my proposal on balancing this champ out.

  1. Reduce the revolution speed of the stars on Sol's passive slightly. Make it so the revolve speed increases with consecutive hits on Champs. Remove minion execute.

  2. Slightly reduce the damage on the impact of the stars.

  3. Reduce stun duration by 25% on his Q

  4. The ULT damage is way too high (200 / 300 / 400 (+ 70% AP)). AP champs can easily stack alot of AP. IMO, the AP bonus should be 50%.

That is my list. This champion isn't all bad though. He makes for a good tank. Has a ton of CC which is good in team fights. And is extremely versatile, he can play any role well.

I don't want this champ to be nerfed to the ground but just to be balanced.

Let me know what you think of my list. What would you do differently. What would you remove? Please make sure you constructively criticize.

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26 Comments

MisterHealYoGirl4 votes

Aurelion Sol is a champion with no mobility, clear zones of strength and weakness, and very telegraphed damage. Get over it.

RainnFall2 votes

His E is a mobility ability. And there are always boots you can buy in the shop.

His strengths are a bit too strong in my opinion.

The only major weakness he has is that he is weak against melee champions when they are fighting up close. But with a Q and a W, he can easily melt them

I asked for constructive criticism, not something generalized and biased.

MisterHealYoGirl3 votes

His E has a sixty second cooldown, has a long charge time, and can't be used in combat. It is in no way a mobility skill. Aurelion really struggles with anyone who isn't as immobile as he is; he has two very distinct bands of threat, and if you don't fit in those bands, you're golden.

RainnFall2 votes

His E can get you across the map quickly. Yes it has a long charge and CD, but thats so he doesn't have global presence.

MisterHealYoGirl3 votes

This doesn't make it a mobility skill in the combat sense, and since that's what your whole post is about, I don't see why you're bringing it up. Also, giving him a global presence is EXACTLY what it's for.

0Silverfang1 votes

Actually it's main purpose is long-range initiation. Go for near max range on it starting the Q just before, come in and stun most, if not all, of the enemy team. Then his team jumps on them while he locks the enemy down with Rylai's Crystal Scepter. It's just hard to do since any attacks on him knock him out of his E. Personally, I think they should change that to only CC abilities can knock him down from the sky.

hRnrBbWoTr1 votes

I bet you also think the game is 100% balanced with no flaws whatsoever.

MisterHealYoGirl1 votes

lol thread necromancy Of course it has problems; that's why the company does a patch every two weeks to try and fix some of them. I just don't think that Aurelion Sol is one of them at the moment.

Shannesii3 votes

Aurelion isn't even near being broken. Melee completely stomps him. He cant stun them since you cant activate the Q again until they've traveled outside ur stars (normal passive stars, not w range stars) ..

Elwynn2 votes

Hes terrible.

Big Lincoln1 votes

passive is relatively easy to avoid provided you respect to their orbits and where he's positioned himself

Q doesn't save him from divers that are on his face, his ult needs to have damage to have dual purpose (use it as a panic button for peel vs damage for snipes and burst combos) and his E might qualify as the most conditional mobility in the game.

I don't know why you're trying to turn him into a tank. He's a mage; tank builds should be optional but not superior to his mage function

5050BS1 votes

He is countered by melee. He needs buffs to deal with them. It was brought up on the PBE but Riot never listens to the PBE testers on balance. Only bugs

Stephenizgod1 votes

Try picking TwistedFate into him. Your stun lasts longer (at max rank its double his stun) and has just as much range if not more. Once he is stunned his passive will go away and you are free to damage him without taking any yourself. Pantheon is also a good choice against him, point click stun and Aurelion is super weak to melee. Malzahar is decent enough although if you time your ult wrong you will lose miserably. Lux out ranges him so she is also not a bad pick.

AlwaysByMySide1 votes

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Try picking TwistedFate into him. Your stun lasts longer (at max rank its double his stun) and has just as much range if not more. Once he is stunned his passive will go away and you are free to damage him without taking any yourself. Pantheon is also a good choice against him, point click stun and Aurelion is super weak to melee. Malzahar is decent enough although if you time your ult wrong you will lose miserably. Lux out ranges him so she is also not a bad pick.

Both Aurelion Sol and TF have a stun duration of two seconds at max rank.

Stephenizgod1 votes

Oh my they do, how dumb of me... It always seemed like he got out of my stun long before i got out of his. However TF is still a good pick because his CD is way lower than Sol's.

OHminus1 votes

Update: Sol is oppressive and unfun to play against. Laning phase is stuffy because he can literally sit back and farm and there's nothing you can do to touch him unless you selected the correct team comp. Late game is fking oppressive because every single Sol player gets Rylais and murders everyone.

Great design Rito.

Jaygo411 votes

Literally stopped reading at "Unless you selected the correct team comp" Sorry, Pick/Ban is a massive part of League of Legends. Please don't say stupid shit like this ever again, thanks.

OHminus1 votes

Literally stopped reading at "literally stopped reading". I play blind pick. I play this game for fun. I found Sol unfun and oppressive.

Please realize that some people don't play ranked before you say stupid shit like this ever again, thanks.

Jaygo411 votes

There's a reason your garbage post is downvoted to hell, don't complain then if this is all for fun

OHminus1 votes

I have the normal 1 upvote. Downvoted to hell? What are you talking about??? The reason I play this game is to have fun. Aurelion Sol makes this game not very fun to me. Is that anything to be mad about? Or are you from Salt Lake City?

Jaygo411 votes

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I have the normal 1 upvote. Downvoted to hell? What are you talking about??? The reason I play this game is to have fun. Aurelion Sol makes this game not very fun to me. Is that anything to be mad about? Or are you from Salt Lake City?

you're at -24 wtf just... pick an actually frustrating champ to whine about, not someone with no mobility, a low pick rate, and defined strengths and weaknesses

OHminus1 votes

This post isn't my post you autistic retard. Look at the author's name and then look at mine.

The reason I find Sol frustrating is his insane synergy with Rylais which makes him near impossible to kite.

Please, gather some brain cells before commenting next time.

Jaygo411 votes

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This post isn't my post you autistic retard. Look at the author's name and then look at mine.

The reason I find Sol frustrating is his insane synergy with Rylais which makes him near impossible to kite.

Please, gather some brain cells before commenting next time.

Mb, you morons might as well be the same people.

OHminus1 votes

I see you haven't gathered the necessary brain cells.

Sorry, but I don't like talking to autistic people with IQs below 50. Goodbye.

LadyRenly1 votes

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Literally stopped reading at "Unless you selected the correct team comp" Sorry, Pick/Ban is a massive part of League of Legends. Please don't say stupid shit like this ever again, thanks.

a lot of people play blind, and if you waste a ban on Aurelion, lets be serious, your pick/ban freaking blows and you deserve a loss if you ban him over this months flavor of OP

SteampunkFox9991 votes

Ever hear of, oh idk akali kassaden Katarina talon ekko yasoua zed Anivia annie fizz kennen Veigar

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