his w and passive... ruined.. now he is really garbage...what he lacked was an identity .. he wasn't necessarily bad but now his heals are negligible . his w damage got gutted .. and the ratio got gutted as well .. and doesn't synergies with his passive. before aatrox w was his bread and butter now its total garbage ... might as well play illaoi guys
xShiNjiNx1 votesEh after doing some messing around with it on PBE its not HUGE nerf but yeah its not as good as it looks on paper.. His revive is more "rng" forsay.. and losing the attack speed on his passive bloodwell feels really really awful. Other than that i think its the right direction..
53436278DEL11 votesits a gut to well experienced aatrox players doesn't reward mastery at all
Game Over ZI1 votesI mean, the fact that the health cost for most of it was straight up removed is a little nice
53436278DEL12 votesthe health cost was good ...............it was the percentages that was the problem
FurriesAreHot1 votesIt's good in my book, and these changes are TEMPORARY! They will be reworking him further in the. NEar future
ThotEradication1 votesAs an Aatrox main who would carry games even though everyone would consider him a trash champion, I feel as though they nerfed everything that made Aatrox good. I solely relied on Aatrox's below 50% hp heal, passive attack speed, blood price damage, revive, and mixed damage. Riot nerfed every single one. The only thing I agree on is the change to his Q ability and his passive can use a few tweaks. I actually have a few changes that Riot could possibly consider.
Lets start off with Aatrox's passive Blood Well. I kind of like they way they were going with the passive but it is an overall nerf. He looses his passive attack speed steroid's reliability. What they could instead do is give him passive attack speed no matter what his blood well level is at. It can be 10% at level 1 and scales with level to 25 or 30% at 18. When he enters Blood Rush this bonus doubles for the duration. They should also make Blood Rush refresh every time jungle monsters hit him as well to help with jungle clear. Alternatively, they could just make his Blood Well never decay so he can gank lanes with his Blood Well 80% full. This will buff his laning phase and help him in the jungle.
There is only one thing I want to see changed to Aatrox's Q. I want him to have a reliable knock up. Riot should change his Q to where it knocks up enemies in any part of the circle. The closer to the middle of the circle, the longer the knock up. I believe the numbers should be at the outer portion of the circle 0.5 sec while the middle should be 1.25 or 1.5 sec. This will make Aatrox's Q reliable and add the possibility for a full team knock up. They can nerf the damage to compensate but it doesn't matter much since the ability is used more for utility then damage.They can also make the radius slightly smaller. Some people suggest making it untargetable but every champ needs "counter play" as if grievous wounds or armor wasn't enough.
Aatrox's W should stay unchanged or if they are gonna change it, make it to where building straight AD, Tank, or Bruiser benefits from it. The way they have changed is has caused only TankTrox or BruiserTrox to benefit. The W Blood Thirst should have an AD ratio on it or full damage Aatrox is never gonna use it. He won't have enough health to sustain and W with Blood Price mixed with Death's Dance heals plus adds more damage. Aatrox's triple heal below half hp is iconic and what makes him a great duelist.
Blades of Torment is what makes Aatrox not get completely dumpstered in lane when the enemy laner builds Ninja Tabis. I like how the buffed the damage and ratio on E but hate the fact its now physical damage. Any tanky champion will now destroy Aatrox even harder when they build armor. Irelia, Darius, Nasus, Nautilus, Maoki, Fiora, and pretty much any other top laner can just build Ninja Tabis to negate a large portion of his damage. He can't poke them out now since his E will be doing considerably less damage. The only way it will benefit him is if he is going against a squishy top laner since he has more damage on his E now. If they are gonna keep his E physical damage then they need to put some armor penetration somewhere. Maybe have his E reduce armor or have percent armor penetration like Darius E.
I love Aatrox's Ultimate the way it is. It increases his auto attack range and is a reliable steroid. The only suggestion is maybe having a 1 second fear. I'm not sure if that would make him broken.
Overall, they made him into a champion who can do well against squishes and utterly get destroyed by tanks. They also seem to have made him into more of a feast or famine character then he was at his current state.
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53436278DEL11 votesyup nasus going dumpster him now
ZephyrDrake1 votesrito why didn't you make him be the most broken champion in the game! i mean i know you removed his health costs so there is no way in hell that he would ever maintain the same power in his abilities!
53436278DEL13 voteslol the health cost was fine........ was really irrelevant ..
ZephyrDrake1 votes[{quoted}](name=Desolated Mace,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=RdwpQNls,comment-id=00040000,timestamp=2017-02-24T04:31:30.635+0000)
lol the health cost was fine........ was really irrelevant ..
yeah %health costs on 2 of his abilities and a flat cost that increases the more AD you get sure is "irrelevant". Punishing him for building any amount of HP sure is irrelevant. Him killing himself slowly sure is irrelevant
53436278DEL12 votesi never felt it and i'm sure you never played has much aatrox has me
ZephyrDrake1 votes[{quoted}](name=Desolated Mace,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=RdwpQNls,comment-id=0004000000000000,timestamp=2017-02-24T12:09:25.736+0000)
i never felt it and i'm sure you never played has much aatrox has me
good for you then! want a cookie?
Chronabis1 voteswhy the downvotes, he is right in reality. W was what made Aatrox good and it got nerfed for Q and E, which are his bad abilities. Also the passive was gutted too. Ah well, even my friends with 0 games on this guy are saying it is a buff so if people wanna believe it was a buff they will