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New Aatrox is actually similar to old Aatrox, but just better!

Myren Quiddle·6/14/2018, 6:56:03 AM·2 votes·2,439 views

How is the new Aatrox not similar to the old Aatrox?

  1. His ult now is his old passive and old ult together.
  2. His E heals him, like his old W.
  3. The 3rd Q now is quite similar to his old Q.
  4. His old E, mainly used to catch up or to place his old Q better, is now his W: used to catch up and especially to place his Q better.

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IceAYon6/14/2018, 7:10:25 AM1 votes

He now can't jump away like his current Q, and have it replaced with dmg and extra cc so he can win the fight.

His current E is a nice skillshot(?). In the rework, he can hit more abilities with less pain. It sucks.

I don't know how far his new E can go. So I can't be too sure.

His new ult doesn't need filling up blood well(it takes less skill in rework). and it can move when resurrecting.

He isn't hard enough to master anymore.

AirKingNeo6/14/2018, 7:27:10 AM1 votes

except what makes old aatrox's W cool is the trade off and choice of damage or healing

LoadedXan6/15/2018, 2:14:42 AM1 votes

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How is the new Aatrox not similar to the old Aatrox?

  1. His ult now is his old passive and old ult together.
  2. His E heals him, like his old W.
  3. The 3rd Q now is quite similar to his old Q.
  4. His old E, mainly used to catch up or to place his old Q better, is now his W: used to catch up and especially to place his Q better.
  1. His old ult gave him attack range and attack speed, new one gives damage and move speed, plus his old one did damage, it was part of the all in burst style.
  2. His E is also useless early and is static whereas his W was dependent on missing hp, it made him that half hp hovering guy that was deceptively tanky at low hp. Also his W had damage half.
  3. His new Q isn't an engage and knocks up for less time. He's also locked in place with a long cast time. His e is completely unnecessary, they coulda just let him move during Q with a movespeed reduction and made E useful.
  4. I will concede that with new Q, Old E is also a poke and they can fill the same role, but his new W is only for chasing, and even then a side movement will break the box completely.

As an addition, what defensive abilities does new Aatrox have? No escapes, E is too short, it's a reposition, not a huge mobility skill for engage or disengage. His Heal is now static, which makes his deceptive defensive healing less effective. His Q is useless at close range for the first 2 casts. Also his E is short enough that if an enemy melees you, your first Q won't hit them even if you use E to dash backwards. He has no defensive capabilities besides Blood Well and that was tacked on to Ult, and no longer is about stacking and maintaining your well to create a positive trade/safe fight.

Again I will say, utility wise, yeah you can say they have things in common, but this is nowhere close to old Aatrox.

ghood4life6/15/2018, 2:16:50 AM1 votes

Because almost nothing in his kit synergizes with autoattacks.

AnonymousBG7/26/2018, 5:51:09 PM1 votes

Guys uderstand that its very simple.They are always people who likes more old aatrox and people who likes new aatrox.But think about disapointment of many people who loves to play old aatrox and now they cant.New aatrox should be NEW CHAMP.No matter how he looks wnad what is his name RIOT SHOULD KEEP THE OLD AATROX.Old AATROX will be never forget he got history.