To Make Aatrox actually played without making him cancerous again.

So, I've been playing a lot of lately. Back in Season 3, if any of you remember, this champion was cancer because he had tanky base stats then, and excessive sustain and damage. The main part about him that was nerfed was his base-tanky-ness. Aatrox also has abilities that use his own hp as a resource, this means that he's punished for spamming anything immediately once its off cool down, he has to use his abilities wisely and strategically. Aatrox also uses his own health to do bonus damage when he toggles BloodPrice to do bonus damage.

I think Riot should keep the same weaknesses on Aatrox, but give him some strengths to compensate. There's a way to buff him without directly increasing his damage, tankyness or stats.

Remove the health price on blood price. Do Xin, Cho'gath, Udyr, and Master Yi drain their hp to increase their damage? No. So Aatrox shouldn't either. Blood Price is Aatrox main source of damage, and it is his only auto-attack modifier other than his ult. This opens up a wider build variety. You shouldn't have to rush life-steal first on him. Build variety for champions is just one of those things this game needs more of.

Decrease the cool down on his Q. Aatrox should have more sticking power to get fleeing targets. This will give him more snowballing if he does happen to get ahead. You shouldn't be penalized for managing to get ahead, it simply means you played better. The jump should also reset on kills and assists. The health price should stay the same.