Changes to Aatrox's W. Ability casts and basic attacks charge up W passive

IllumanatiObama·4/6/2015, 1:01:35 AM·2 votes·1,349 views

So last patch, Aatrox received a buff to his ultimate where if he hits an enemy on activation, his Blood Well would be filled up by 20% for each enemy hit. It made him better but I felt it didn't do enough. So I got to thinking about his W and how it could synergize better with his overall kit. I thought maybe his Q and E along with his basic attacks could Stack his W. Similar to Maokai passive and Kassadin's E except the part where team and enemy spellcasts charge up the passive, whenever Aatrox Casts his own spells(Q and E) as well as using his basic attacks, he will charge his W passive. After 2 charges, his next basic attack will either deal more damage or heal him depending if you Have Blood Thirst or Blood Price active, switching between W passives does not add charges however. You cannot gain charges if the W passive is active so multiple procs are impossible to pull off. Let's say you Land your E+Q combo and have Blood Price active, with my idea for these changes, his W should be able to proc off the enemy without having to use two basic attacks previously. Or if you hit a basic attack and then E and you have Blood Thirst active, you can get the heal off the next basic attack after hitting your first basic attack and casting a spell previously. The two basic attack procs before the third would also apply as well as an ability and 2 basic attacks. I think this change would make Aatrox a stronger champion in laning phase and team fights without making him a broken or oppressive champion. Although some numbers may need to be tweaked if his damage becomes overwhelming, especially considering Blood Price scales off 100% bonus AD, I think this could be an awesome change to test out on the PBE servers.

If any one has suggestions for this particular change so he doesn't become faceroll OP, please leave it in the comments below. If any Rioters read this, please leave your thoughts on the idea and see if you may consider it or not.

Edit: To be clear, the idea behind this is to give Aatrox more overall synergy with his kit because he is lacking in that department. When you think of abilities that synergize well with one another, you think of Lux's snare-e-laser combo, Darius' dunk combo, Syndra's ball handling combos (not a dirty joke lol) and Zed's shadow combos. All these skills work together to make the champion stronger as a whole. The only skills I feel that synergize with Aatrox are mainly E-Q or R-W but rarely all 4 together. My idea could give Aatrox as a champion more synergy with skills, add an element of complexity and big play making he's not possible of making as of now, and it would fit into his theme of being an ancient warrior of a forgotten race who feasts off the carnage of battle and inspires all who follow his charge into a blood crazed frenzy. So to any Rioters who eventually read this if ever, I do not wish to make a champion OP because I like him, I wish to make him an overall better champ that succeeds in creating this idea of an ancient Warmonger and help his kit be a bit more thematic with more synergy involved. If changes to his numbers must be made to keep him from breaking the game and becoming OP, so be it but if this change does go through, I would welcome it.

Edit: Here's my post on Reddit for anyone who would prefer to read it on there. http://dd.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/31lb36/idea_to_change_aatroxs_w_passive/

9 Comments

thelastimzy4/6/2015, 1:13:51 AM2 votes

I really like this idea for Aatrox and I feel like it would help him out a bit but in the other hand it might make him to strong because he would be able to double proc it super fast if done right. Not to mention it would be fairly easy to set up. But none the less the need to tune Aatrox just a bit more to be in a better place.

darkdill4/6/2015, 1:03:45 AM1 votes

Certainly a possibility.