Aatrox needs a new ultimate

Vicarious117··3 votes·607 views

So I absolutely love playing Aatrox, he's unique and demands at least more skill then your average champ does so he stays fun after learning him, but his ult...... it's just so lackluster in just about every aspect......

I mean this solo vanguard that has single handedly turned the tides of historical battles by inspiring his allies through his sheer power and prowess, gets a longer sword and attacks faster when he goes "super form"..... so not only is it an incredibly boring concept in-game as well as not fitting into any sort of identity but is also quite "anti-lore."

Honestly first and foremost before his ult is changed some of his balance issues should be addressed, and I think the largest issue comes from the W toggle being able to do loads of damage early game, so Riot had to make him extremely squishy early game to balance that out since he can also heal himself, but then this also is what creates his ridiculous power drop between the lvl 1-3 duel and like 3 freakin items! It's too much to be a threat, there's this MASSIVE lull in his effectiveness due to his strange misbalanced base stats and essential items. So what I think needs to happen is actually force him more into the tank role, remove the toggle so now it only heals but give it a passive that increases his attack speed based on how many points you put into it (since the AS was severely reduced from his passive and I think his ult shouldn't be an AS steroid at all). This would also allow Riot to buff his defensive base stats so he's not a paper weight early game even though his kit is made for an engager.

I'd keep his Q and his E the same though, I personally see nothing wrong with them, but that's just little 'ole me lol Maybe give them more damage, base or scaling not really sure, to make up for the loss of the damage from his W though, but not too much or he'll have the same issues as before :P

Now as for the ultimate, I personally think it should be a team fighting based ult based on his lore. The current one lacks anything and does not fit his lore even the slightest and does not add to his identity at all. So, how many of you play Smite? If you do then you know about Hades' moveset and ultimate. For those of you who don't, basically the caster stays stationary (channeled ability) while rising into the air and in an AoE around him all enemy champions are pulled towards the center where the caster is for like 3 seconds or something. Now I'd say this ult should heal Aatrox for a good amount, based on some amount of damage dealt, which in turn would increase the closer to the center the enemy champion(s) are, he cannot be interrupted while performing this ult, but enemies can attack him if they run to the center and can even flash out if they're on the edge. This gives him a very strong teamfighting ultimate that fits his lore and allows him to fill this fighter/tanky engager type champion while also still providing counterplay, as in either flashing out of the AoE or just killing Aatrox if he's not tanky enough. It at least has more counterplay then both Amumu's and Galio's ults do lol

Just some thoughts, I know this would be a tall order if anyone actually reads this, wouldn't be surprised if no one does really, but this is all just something I've been thinking about and felt like sharing.

If you like the idea or have any ideas of your own feel free to share, honestly anything could really help Aatrox find any sort of identity in this game atm lol

EDIT: And I was told I have to say "Riot is allowed to use my ideas free of charge" or something like that if I want them to even consider this, so yeah go ahead, my treat lol

5 Comments

Duroxxigar1 votes

Aatrox is fine IMO. This meta just doesn't favor him. Nor does the easily accessible Morello.

I do wish he had a bit tankier of stats though. But he should not be changed into a tank. I do think he could use a better ult though. I wish his old ult was still here . The one in beta anyway :D

Kitten of Evil1 votes

What was his beta ultimate?

Vicarious1171 votes

It used to essentially steal a percent of health from every enemy hit (15% of current health per enemy I think, imagine ulting with like 2 tanks/bruisers at full health nearby!) and give it to Aatrox as bonus health for the duration of his ultimate and kind of worked like a heal as well since if you ulted someone and got the bonus health, you'd keep the health gained after the ultimate ran out if you didn't take any damage and only your max health would go back down.

Needless to say they quickly removed the health gained part entirely and made the damage done just a basic flat amount, removing all the identity and uniqueness from it completely :(

Kitten of Evil3 votes

Oh wow, that does seem very strong. Still, I agree with OP that his current ult is really lackluster and not satisfying to use. It may as well just be another Renek/Nasus ult, but instead of bonus HP it grants bonus AS.

Vicarious1171 votes

Yeah I loved that original ult... knew it would be nerfed pretty quickly though lol

But honestly he is not fine, hasn't been anywhere near fine since they nerfed his passive into oblivion. Removed almost ALL of his early game power in lane and crippled his jungling to the point that he isn't even really a viable jungle pick anymore.

I would also like to keep his carry potential as well, cause when you do win lane as Aatrox atm you can build damage and decimate almost anyone in 1v1s and even 1v2s sometimes, which is amazing! But then there lies the problem, with that damage potential his base defensive stats have to be so freakin low that if you ever fall behind for w/e reason you won't do enough damage, since you're behind, and you'll be squishy as f*ck even with a couple tanky items.

It's a very unhealthy balance atm is all. Honestly if they just returned his lost AS back to his passive he'd be in a much healthier place again, but then he'd be a viable jungler once more and Riot doesn't seem to want that for some reason.

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