A Former Aatrox Main's Eulogy for the Conceptual Destruction Resulting From the Aatrox Update

I always want to be moderate when stating my opinions, but this is the first time I would say I hate you Riot. For that you destroyed the favorite champion of mine. Before the update, Aatrox was a auto-attack based healing fighter, who seems to be easy to play, but can always surprise opponents by management of damage, healing, revive, auto-attacks and abilities. I enjoyed the playstyle of being different than any other champions, while still being able to outplay others. Now after the rework, while the healing factor remains, the whole champion turns into Riven . What's the problem with Riven, nothing! But the problem is the losing of playstyle. Aatrox's mechanics used to be different from any other champion in League. As a result, even though that unique playstyle made him dislike by most players, it also makes the champion so much more fun to play. Now all that playstyle is lost: the auto-attack is gone, the bloodwell is gone (yeah it is still in the kit in R, but that "slight" adjustment just made bloodwell so much more like or 's ult, not the mechanic separated from active abilities anymore), the 3 auto healing that has nothing to do with the damage amount, and so many other things. The champion that partner me from pre-level-30 to silver 1 is gone, the unique swardsman is gone, the Darkin I spent hundreds of game with is gone. The identity of the champion is lost, only the shape remains. I hate you Riot, for conceptually destroy a champion from the deepest aspect of its identity. With all that said, I'm pretty sure the Riven rework will make Aatrox popular. No more stupid players who are wiling to practice days after days just to perfect an auto attack, no more stupid players who is dedicated to the champion despite all the reputation. Long live the new Riven. Leave me alone. I wanna cry now.[sg-soraka] Is there any other "former" Aatrox mains wanna cry with me?

Edit: Too much to reply one by one. Now I generally point out a few things I may have miscommunicated:

1. I don't mean Aatrox IS COMPLETELY RIVEN now. I might be a little aggressive on that, and I do know Riven is not just her Q, but what I'm trying to express through this is the loss of identity. For oversimplifying Riven I do want to apologize to River players.[sg-janna] I should say Aatrox is a completely new champion now, with all abilities stolen from other champions, no unique playstyle, only the shape remains. By this yes it has nothing to do with Riven.
2. Aatrox's unique playstyle exist mainly in the old version: I mean the one BEFORE they made him a lot cheesier through the MINI REWORK (the one before this massive update). The very old one did have a unique bloodwell to manage. Back in the time, the bloodwell was not the 5 stack joke. It was super hard to control and maintain: the bloodwell was calculated in percentage (thus hard to tell how much you have exactly if you don't play him a lot), and the amount of health Aatrox gained during the revive was directly linked to the old bloodwell, doing well with the bloodwell means you can outplay people by adjusting the attack speed(thus the damage), the healing(sustain enough not to be burst down, while generating enough damage through the other half of passive). The best example was that one time I was out of revive, ulted by a full health zed, and only with half-filled bloodwell. At first glance, a player should turn off the w to get healing due to the lack of health. Instead, through turning ON my w(which actually burnt health back in that time), I generated a bit more bloodwell (thus increased attack speed), and then I started healing with that bonus attack speed. I ended up healing more through that bit of attack speed I generated, sustained through the damage and killed the Zed at the end. That bloodwell so hard to control and players had to manage even during walking (ex, going from camps to lane for ganks in a limited time so that you carry out good gank timing while having enough passive to win the gank. Yes, this is because the very old Aatrox was weak, if you don't manage blood well good enough, you will lose even as the side 2v1 in a gank.)

Btw, I bet there will still be some people not noticing which Aatrox I meant and argue with me about that the passive is supposed to be a 5 stack junk for noobs to use. [sg-jinx] 3. With all that said, Aatrox rework still look cool as a completely new champion. Good looking, better synergy with the lore, just not loyal to the origin.