Aurelion Sol's Star Passive on PBE?

Elite4Runner··5 votes·871 views

I'm not sure if this is URF specific or if this is part of a buff for the coming patch, but Aurelion Sol seems to gain more stars with level.

I saw in a video that he had 4 stars at level 6 and then 5 stars at level 13.

I like this idea, but I actually had a similar idea that I think would be better, while also giving players a little more control and variation in build path.

What if we left his stars at 3 but increased orbit speed with something like attack speed, maybe CDR, or something completely off the wall like MR or something like that? Preferably something that doesn't often come on items that would make him more 'bursty'. This way with the right items he becomes more of a DPS mage instead of a burst or kite mage.

If you decide to scale it on attack speed, this would make items like item 3115 and item 3091 good on him.

item 3124 would technically help as well, but I see it being awkward to try and stack.

I actually think that giving him more power is good right now because he is very weak against cc and close range combat.

Anyways, that is my idea. Let me know if it is any good, or complete trash in your opinion. Also, what do you think of the addition of stars like what I saw on the PBE? Is that a better idea, or is buffing Aurelion Sol's passive even necessary?

11 Comments

Elite4Runner2 votes

Sadly, it's Brofresco, and he does terrible lol

Narasimha2 votes

I could be wrong, but they already said they don't want to increase orbit speed through any means, because they want the timing to be constant for people playing as and against Aursol.

Elite4Runner1 votes

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I could be wrong, but they already said they don't want to increase orbit speed through any means, because they want the timing to be constant for people playing as and against Aursol.

I kinda hope they are not that against it. I think his playstyle is too static right now. He relies too heavily on his passive and having such a limited way to increase it's effectiveness is like if Jhin's passive scaling was cut in half. Sure he would still deal a decent amount of damage, but without it he still has a slow predictable damage output, with an even more limited set of abilities, less safety, and fewer build options.

I like Aurelion Sol, I like all of the champions really, the more the merrier, but I want to see them all on a fairly even playing field. I think Aurelion Sol is a bit of a fail right now. Don't get me wrong, he can definitely be strong, but there are maybe two build paths that make him strong and effective, and even those are very situational.

Darth Sidiouss2 votes

This is exactly what i wanted riot to do with aurelion sol because when i played him it just felt wrong like they messed up his kit , more stars in later lvls makes alot more sense.

Elite4Runner1 votes

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This is exactly what i wanted riot to do with aurelion sol because when i played him it just felt wrong like they messed up his kit , more stars in later lvls makes alot more sense.

I felt the same way. I just felt like he was so limited and it is really hard to increase his strength and effectiveness. As I've said on other responses, he seems to have a very limited number of paths in which he can become strong, and even then, only in certain situations. I would be happy to see more stars, but I think even this keeps him in the same limited niche.

J E B A ł T E D2 votes

I actually really like that attack speed idea and its synergy with the orbital speed, I hope a rioter input shows up on this.

Blue Kaozi1 votes

Do you have a source for this video?

Tristanl0l3 votes

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UozsVbE9bMs

this guy makes me want to throw up every time i accidentally click on a video of his.

Elite4Runner1 votes

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this guy makes me want to throw up every time i accidentally click on a video of his.

Lol I would have agreed with you completely about a year ago. He has actually gotten better.

GaleWinUnleashed1 votes

So, not only does he have no clue how to play Aurelion Sol, he also gave no indication that he noticed the passive stars increasing in number. Gonna give him the benefit of the doubt and guess that he hasn't really tried his abilities properly yet.

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