@Riot Wouldnt Aatrox be easier to balance if his heal was reduced vs Minions and Stronger vs Champs?

@Meddler @RiotRepertoir

You could increase his base stats and allow him to be more consistent in laning, thus easier to balance and adjust his power accordingly, if his healing was drastically reduced vs Minions and much stronger vs Champions.

This would reward Aatrox for duking it out with his lane partner instead of just passively out sustaining any attempt they make at reducing his health bar.

I know that Riot has stated several times that it's hard to balance a drain character in general, and they have struggled quite a bit with Aatrox in particular, but I think the answer is to just force him to fight in order to sustain instead of allowing him to fight OR farm. He is supposed to be a god of war after all, not the god of farming.