(Regarding Aatrox) A potential buff rework idea I saw browsing reddit actually makes a lot of sense

TigerMama Gemgem·Jul 6, 2015·1 votes·442 views

[–]Rabbitary[XeXeeD] (NA) 1 point 10 days ago Buff his scaling and base armor, make his Q cooldown be reduced for each target hit, and have his ultimate scale off of lifesteal. Boom. Aatrox is a viable pick again.

As with any AA champ, messing with stats has to be done cautiously, but when I have yet to see an Aatrox win lane after playing 2500 games since his release, I think he's due for a rework of some kind.

11 Comments

ShuffledPancakeJul 6, 20151 votes

Bruh that buff is massive yes viable.. yes op. his ult does enough dmg with ap while they build armour. if he stacks lifesteal his early mid and late would be better then Lee-Irelia-Cass

TigerMama GemgemJul 6, 20151 votes

He's one of the only champs in the game that is aa based that doesn't scale into lategame. Something needs to change. And most Aatrox's don't go AP since the initial laning phase is so tough.

ErockandrollJul 6, 20151 votes

I would wait until After Stated Devourer comes out. And honestly, he will be more prevalent in the Jungle I think.

TigerMama GemgemJul 6, 20151 votes

It won't compare to people like Vi and Jax, what with Vi doing more than 10% of hp on proc and jax, when timed right doing double empowered damage as well as every 6th attack doing double ult passive damage. Aatrox just doesn't scale. He's a duelist that fails to duel most people in the game when they both have equal gold.

SwollwonderJul 6, 20151 votes

I do fine with aatrox now...don't buff him he will get nerfed if you do then I won't be able to play him again

ShuffledPancakeJul 6, 20151 votes

TigerMama GemgemJul 6, 20151 votes

Just going to throw this out there: Gnar, 14% hp as magic damage (they build armor? who cares). Maokai, 13% (16% with a stacked Rod of Ages) hp as magic damage. Irelia...well, Irelia... Pretty much all tanky laners who are top tier are easily capable of putting out damage with just one damage item or even built full tank. Aatrox can't. Also, Gnar has a permaslow and a speed boost in mini form and tons of cc in mega form, Maokai has a ton of cc, Irelia has innate tenacity along with a 2 seconds stun and a low cooldown gap closer (and the speed buff from triforce). All these have some ways to stick to a target and to be relevant in a 5vs5. Aatrox can't. Sir, i agree with you.

EffectFXJul 6, 20151 votes

Not every champion needs to deal damage with one damage item (aatrox can so I don't know what you're talking about)

Aatrox is a jack of all trades with crazy sustain, a dash/AOE knock up, damaging line slow, and a revive that makes him incredibly annoying to kill. Aatrox isn't relevant in 5v5's if you're bad with him.

TigerMama GemgemJul 7, 20151 votes

Sustain that falls off hard if you build no damage a dash/aoe that is so telegraphed that it is interrupted 4-6/10 times that line slow is easy to dodge and you know it a revive that literally does nothing to keep him alive since he loses all attack speed from his passive. If you build damage you die instantly due to it being so telegraphed. If you built tank you still die since you have no damage to kill anything.

EffectFXJul 7, 20151 votes

So build some damage. Hydra/Blade of the ruined king. Done. Pop W when under 50% HP for 3x healing. Only interrupted if you use it badly. Only if you don't know how to lead targets. Makes early game tower dives a breeze (both as a laner and a jungler) and ult now provides 20% bloodwell (which is for his AS) giving incentive to hold onto your ult if you know your passive is going to pop. You only don't have damage if you don't build damage.

EffectFXJul 6, 20151 votes

Uhhhh... fuck no.

Just because you haven't seen him win lane after 2500 games (which sounds like total bullshit unless you're in bronze) doesn't mean it has not been done (it has).