Aatrox tips and tricks

U can cancel Q Animation with your W and should always land it (except minions are in the way) like that, cuz they are knocked up.

Everything is about timing. You need to play Aatrox like a chad would engage in reproductive intercourse: time your thrusts as steady as possible, following a rythm that keeps you from bursting it all out and having to wait for cooldowns to be ready for action once again, your opponent won't wait for it and will punish you for it. Aatrox being mainly focused on sustain, you also need to grab any opportunity you have to recover a little in the midst of action, so your opponent won't notice you lasting longer so you can continue plowing them until they give out. You also need to keep them at a range where your thrusts will be as efficient as possible, without letting them control it too much (or else they'll end up having more impact on your performance than you do), that is why you should always look out for an opportunity to change position so you can always hit them at the sweetspots.

My tip for you is abuse him before he gets nerfed to the ground for being the most cancerous top laner to exist atm.

What i would do is learn some basic combos and how to play aggressive but not overextend also with aatrox combos arent very fast and may take a bit to fully complete so you need to use your dash on your E, the slow on your w, and your drag back on your w to hit the sweet spots on your Q's , also what you should do is go for runes Conqueror, triumph, Tenacity, and Last Stand, then secondary go taste of blood then Ravenous hunter and for items build these from left to right: also if you need to build in order to counter others i usually switch out either for or i switch out for and for summoner spells you are gonna want A decent combo i know is to go Q1 immediately into E so you land your Q1's sweet spot then go immediately into a W, then if it drags them back you want to time and correctly place your Q2 so you hit the sweet spot on the place you dragged them back into with your W and then if your E is off cooldown by then you can Q3 immediately into E so you can land your Q3's sweet spot to maximize damage, This other combo has a much higher success rate if you land your Q1 without dashing and it is by doing Q1 into an immediate W then quickly after landing the W you want to Q2 and E so you land your Q2's sweetspot without letting them leave the W before it drags them back into the center and then you want to Q3 right on top of the dragback location which should be where you are positioned after you land your Q2. I hope this helps! :D