Why are we nerfing Aatrox?

Zeyphel·8/21/2019, 11:18:09 AM·5 votes·2,616 views

The champion has an average WinRate of 48.30% but you must be thinking that he does terrific in high elo.

No, he has a 49.48% WinRate Platinum+ which is also pretty average and means that he is balanced even in high elo.

So, why do you want to nerf everything that is not Yasuo and has near a 50% WinRate Riot? Why are you so useless toning down champions that have high WinRate but immediately a champion is around 50% WinRate you find a way to either overbuff them or overnerf them to stay away from being balanced?

30 Comments

TekkenPlayer8/21/2019, 3:47:38 PM3 votes

Because hes just another top laner that alienates the rest of the champion pool like Kled Riven Kennen ? Dont act like Aatrox is innocent

Starboy X8/21/2019, 4:23:41 PM3 votes

Because most people aren’t smart enough to spend 1000 gold on healing reduction lol

He’s also pick ban in pro play but nerfing his hp isn’t even going to change that

Darkdemon6538/21/2019, 1:03:16 PM2 votes

Presumably because he's still broken

Karn Bishop8/21/2019, 2:10:31 PM2 votes

For the same reason yuumi was nerfed despite having a much much lower winrate then little aatrox here, worlds.

SiG DxD8/21/2019, 3:58:20 PM2 votes

because of pro play mostly and unfortunately f

boricCentaur18/21/2019, 11:35:12 AM2 votes

Ummmm Aatrox has a very high playrate in every elo and pro play with a pretty high banrate too. He also can't carry games as hard as other tops and takes a lot of skill meaning his winrate should actually be low.

Winrate means almost nothing bty. Banned and playrate are both much better statistics to finding what champions need nerfs

Snowbrand8/21/2019, 12:55:23 PM2 votes

proplay

Anime Fizz8/21/2019, 5:01:17 PM2 votes

Because hes currently overpowered, simple as that!

Troll Slaiyer8/21/2019, 5:01:00 PM1 votes

hes a bigger balance nightmare than old aatrox. at least u could play the old one, this generic "me like kill!" demon monster is banned almost every game. revert the trox

Fear the Kayn8/21/2019, 5:08:09 PM1 votes

He really just needs a light revert. Obviously a full revert is impossible, but they need to adjust his kit to make it much closer to the old Aatrox (auto attack based, builds attack speed/damage items/scales into later game better). It would make him easier to balance in pro play as well.

Chembaron Yamada8/21/2019, 4:35:11 PM1 votes

Because the balancing factor for pro play is presence, which means pickrate and banrate combined. His presence in pro play is really high, meaning that he is out of line in that environment and Riot nerfs champions if they are too strong in one environment.