Give us some sort of feedback on aatrox.

I have seen at least 5 threads in the past week about Aatrox. Before this, I didn't even know that people knew he existed! He has never been in the limelight except when he was released and right before he got gutted. However, even though some of them have gotten an extremely high number of upvotes, no red post. Please give us something on him, Riot.

Aatrox mains, like myself, want him fixed. Although not a lot of people play him, it's because he isn't strong enough to be played! Everything he can, another champion can do better. A blood-bathed god of war that is able to change the tide of a battle? Hell no. That's not what he is. He's a statue that sits there in place and AAs people to death, all while being one of the only Melee ADCs that doesn't have an auto reset, and has one of two bonus damage aa modifiers that doesn't benefit from lifesteal, even when he's supposed to be a sustain monster from the way his kit currently is. He's a decent duelist, and his laning phase is actually quite strong, however, if he doesn't get fed, he will be useless mid-late, and if he does get fed, he'll be unstoppable. So you either become impossible to kill, or completely useless. It's kinda like a shitty Draven, but if you fall behind, you have no chance of coming back. Draven at least has a window of opportunity to comeback, while Aatrox doesn't. From the way people play him, he's kinda like Nasus. He likes to sit top, and farm all game, because that's simply all he can do. Difference between the two? Nasus actually benefits from it. Being one of (from my knowledge) 3 champions that can take drag at level 1, HE STILL ISN'T USEFUL AS A JUNGLER! HE CAN SOLO DRAGON AT LEVEL, AND COME OUT AT AT LEAST HALF HEALTH! But ya know what? His ganks are ok, his clearing is ok, and his late game pushing is pretty good. His teamfighting is terrible, though. You know who else has all those attributes? Udyr. Udyr can be a duelist, a tank, a fighter, a mage, a pushers, anything. AND HE DOES ALL OF THOSE BETTER THAN AATROX. Udyr has better ganks, unparalleled clearing, can solo drag at level 1, and his late game pushing is amazing. His teamfighting is terrible. TBH, Aatrox actually has a better teamfight than Udyr. BUT UDYR DOES EVERYTHING ELSE BETTER. Aatrox can be a mage, a really shitty one, but he can do. He kills people in a split second like that. But then he's done. He used his burst on one champion, and now all he can do is auto attack, but he doesn't have the attack speed or lifesteal to like that. So he kills one person, and then dies. Udyr can do the same thing, he won't kill them nearly as fast, but he will live a lot longer. Meddler, a year ago, said that Aatrox was in an "Ok spot". He is not, and he hasn't been since you gutted him.

If you buff him, he becomes extremely problematic. If you slightly rework him, he will most likely become extremely problematic. If you re-release him, he will be fine. He'll pull a Sion, and actually become viable. If you remove him, 90% of the players of this game won't even notice. But whatever you do, you must do something. He is far too weak to be a "God of war".

He doesn't do enough damage to build damage. He isn't tanky enough to build tanky. He can't do anything. He is useless. He is my favorite champion, but he is useless. I don't play him because his abilities are fun. I play him for he is lore-wise, but his kit does not fit his lore. Talk about "Lore-breaking" champions? This is the number one offender. A god of war who changes the tides of battle would not be so selfish. He brings nothing to a teamfight but an unreliable AoE knockup that is becoming significantly worse with the mobility creep, and a weak ass aoe nuke that gives him some attack range and some attack speed.

TL;DR Aatrox is not in an "OK spot", his is in a worthless spot. My favorite champion is so bad, I choose not to play him. I choose Riven, Rengar, and Talon. The first of which stomps him. I used to main top lane and jungle Aatrox nonstop, but now, I can't even play him. I just can't bring myself to lose a game just because I wanted to play my favorite champion. Everything he can do, someone can do better (Except level 1 solo drag, which is almost a useless strat). Need good ganks? Rek'Sai. Need good sustain? Fiddlesticks? Need good sustain and not be instakill? Warwick and Xin Zhao. Need a good initiation? Malphite. Need a good tank? Don't even look at Aatrox for that, because he isn't a tank. Need a good melee ADC? Go Xin, even though Xin isn't a melee adc, he does it better than Aatrox. Need a good all around jungler? Rek'Sai or Udyr. He is not in an ok spot. You can't just buff him. You have to give him the Sion treatment.

I usually don't complain about this, but you have been extremely quiet on this subject, and this is actually one issue that I care about. I check the PBE each update to see if you done anything about him. Every day, I'm more and more disappointed and slowly giving up hope.

I WANT TO BE ABLE TO PLAY AATROX WITHOUT BEING CALLED A TROLL. IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK FOR?