@Riot Thank you so much for the Pine Sol changes
I have been playing Aurelion Sol for a while now, and just wanted to give my thoughts on the changes on the PBE.
Center of the Universe (Passive): damage increased to 20-130 from 20-97 Not much here, just a better late game for Aurelion Sol.
Celestial Expansion (W) **
Passive's star base damage lowered to 5/10/15/20/25 from 10/20/30/40/50
Mana cost per second changed to 22/24/26/28/30 from 16/22/28/34/40 This will hurt his early game a bit, since people usually max W these days since it gives good damage and waveclear. Overall, his early-mid game will be worse if you go for the W max, but maxing Q will still give you waveclear with a good bit of utility. However, you will have to actually start having to build AP at the earlier stages of the game.
Comet of Legend (E):
"Escape Velocity removed, can now be cast any time out of combat. Goes on short cooldown when taking champion/tower damage."
"Can no longer click to cancel, only cancelled with E recast"
"Now Casts immediately, even if outside the cast range**
This is the buff that really matters. It is going to make the ability much easier to use, and also a lot less clunky, allowing less experienced users to utilize this ability much better than before. I am going to enjoy these changes.
TL;DR- Overall, this is a nerf to his early-mid game damage, but these E changes will make him easier to use. Experienced players will probably preform a little worse, with novice players preforming a little better.