Riot still plans on reworking Aatrox. Right?

Serge THE GREAT·4/20/2017, 4:52:00 PM·5 votes·867 views

I've tried to continue playing Aatrox but it's just not worth the trouble. Riot mentioned a few months back that the changes they made to Aatrox were only temporary until they could give him a rework but I want to get confirmation that this is still true from a Rioter. It wouldn't be the first time that Riot said they were going to rework a champion and never did. Aatrox still feels like garbage even after all these years and I don't see any point in playing him. I used to just play him because I thought he looked neat and I wanted to play as a drain tank, but all that ever happens with Aatrox (even when built like a drain tank) is that I dive in, explode to 0 HP, revive, and get one auto attack off if I am lucky before exploding again. His kit doesn't even make sense thematically (this has been brought up dozens upon dozens of times on these forums). He's supposed to be a leader that seems to use some sort of magic to inspire warriors to fight beyond their normal limits, and yet nothing in his kit helps his allies in any way.

I'm sure some folks will look at my match history and just say I'm bad, and that's fine if you feel that way. But I know I'm not alone when I say that Aatrox has felt 'off' since he first came out and that never changed.

10 Comments

DeathBurst4/20/2017, 4:58:42 PM1 votes

"only temporary until they could give him a rework" in the medium to long term. Otherwise it wouldn't be worth the effort of doing this mini-rework in the first place. Don't hold your breath. Aatrox is probably still in the top10 or top15 of Champions that will get a rework, but with 3-4 reworks per year, that's still ~2 years away.

Harambe3g4/20/2017, 5:23:22 PM1 votes

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AmazoX4/20/2017, 6:35:04 PM1 votes

They post-poned the Diver's Update mainly for Aatrox VGU.

midnight oil244/20/2017, 6:40:54 PM1 votes

They're gonna be giving him a major rework i the diver update, this was just to make him buffable until then. His old kit was apparently really hard to balance.

Salron4/20/2017, 7:40:54 PM1 votes

Aatrox is pretty decent now after getting some buffs after the rework left him weak He probably feels bad to you because your itemization and keystone choice make him feel weak

Take Fervor and aim for item 3153 item 3071 as your core damage items You can skip out on cleaver but he is awful without bork

Warlord won't be doing much for you since its based on total AD which you shouldn't have that much of on him where as his innate attack speed gives him good synergy with fervor, especially pre-6