Seems a little Bs imo, he gets massive amounts of dmg on anyone immobile with his third Q, just like another champ........
in fact the only difference is that riven is a much easier lane, since you can interrupt her Q, while you can't with aatrox......
Hayaishi21 votesYou can already dodge them.
Ryelic1 votesYou can dodge them, they're quite telegraphed, he only has one dash/flash to reposition himself, it has a LONG ass initial cooldown, he actually has to land edge hits to do his massive damage/popups?
I would argue riven is much worse since she can cancel all of her abilities into autos to burst you down from basically full health. At least with Aatrox, he can't really cancel his animations into AA's since his swings are so slow and he has to land edge hits.
Xavanic1 votesYou can dodge them, they're quite telegraphed, he only has one dash/flash to reposition himself, it has a LONG ass initial cooldown, he actually has to land edge hits to do his massive damage/popups?
I would argue riven is much worse since she can cancel all of her abilities into autos to burst you down from basically full health. At least with Aatrox, he can't really cancel his animations into AA's since his swings are so slow and he has to land edge hits.
i dunno, riven seems pretty meh to lane against, while aatrox feels severely oppressive, trading is near impossible, he out ranges riven, and unlike darius, he punishes you severely for even trying to trade with him due to his third Q doing so much dmg and beign rather hard to dodge if you trade
Ryelic1 votesIt all comes down to baiting out the Q imo. Aatrox's q has a very long cooldown once he gets through the three hits, and you're largely able to farm during that cooldown in the early levels. It has good range, but if you can learn what the ranges are you should be able to start baiting it out. Do that and aatrox really doesn't have all that much he can do until it's off cooldown.
Or just stand by your minions and let him push the wave when he tries to q you. Aatrox is a lane bully because of his range but he has limited mobility, so he can't really run if your jungler shows up to punish him overextending.
Or just embrace the natural toxicity of toplane and play like Kennen or Jayce. Guarantee you'll make Aatrox's life hell if you stay out of range.
preternatural1 votesbecause aatrox is a transcendental godlike being trapped in a fleshly body. you can't guard him.