Aatrox Main (Thoughts on Mini Rework) Riot please listen to us.
Ok so to first start off.... I am an
main I have been playing Aatrox pretty much since his release. I love
hes my favorite champion although he has some serious problems. Now let me be clear I main Aatrox as a JUNGLER not a Top laner. All of my opinions are based off my experience with jungling as Aatrox. So lets get started.. My thoughts on the mini rework.... First off. There are some definite pros and cons that Im going to address. Pros: he has good burst damage and overall abilities do more damage than previous Aatrox thus making his trades excellent if pulled off correctly.. Aatrox can powerspike really well with
+
if you get that far before the game ends. This is about it with the positives from the new rework. They did take alot from his old build that made Aatrox... well Aatrox. Now I've played the Aatrox on the PBE and had similar thoughts to what I'm about to say. I was hoping they wouldn't release him so soon so that they may address some issues he currently has now. So now to the Cons: his jungle clear speeds has dropped significantly without the passive attack speed building as the blood well fills. As it currently is now he only gains the attack speed when blood rush is active (When aatrox hits 100% on his blood well). Which hurts his jungling phase pretty hard. Another note im going to touch on his passive is he doesn't revive unless Blood Rush is active. RIOT? What are your intentions with this? I literally don't understand why this change was made. Moving on.... With this new rework Aatrox gains damage and attack speed during Blood Rush. This allows him to have a decent amount of burst while fighting enemy champions. But it does nothing to help him against monsters/minions. You lose the passive attack speed after blood rush goes away because your not in combat with an enemy champion. Another note I would like to add is that Aatrox having sort of a Burst Mode in competitive play is going to severely hurt him in higher elos. Assassin's will burst Aatrox before he can fill his well to activate blood rush, therefore no revive or trading damage back. Most people are going to be able to avoid/predict when hes going to go all in making Aatrox not as consistent as his old build. I feel like the current Aatrox build is in a worse state than the original Aatrox build. Some things can easily be addressed and looked at to make Aatrox a good champion. I'm not a game dev but things I would look at giving his passive attack speed back and in exchange maybe tuning numbers on his abilites. Also allow Aatrox to revive as long as the passive is up (like the previous build). These changes (in my opinion) would make Aatrox strong and make his kit overall better and much much much easier to manage/maintain during play. Just my thoughts as an Aatrox main I would not like to see him stay in this state I hope Riot takes a look at this. Thanks Fam 
Edit: Look in comments for better format. I'm bad at English.