Aatrox is ABSOLUTELY horrible now his passive is worse and so is his whole build 
. I heard that you were trying to make better to use but you really didn't, I would know I Main him.
If anyone else thinks so too say he was better before in the poll.
GankedByWindows2 votesThey did it so he would become balanceable. His old kit was very much just stat checking. He either was strong enough to drain tank everyone and there was nothing you could do, or he wasn't. They got the numbers wrong on this iteration, but they are watching and plan for some buffs (and already gave some to him in a hotfix too)
Very Hard Engage1 votesid rather be drain tanked/stuck to than get instagibbed by riven/renek/darius/irelia etc.
drain tanking should be aatroxs thing and it shouldn't be item dependent, id rather see weaker abilities with better cooldowns/moreforging animations. than what he is now.
aatrox should be kited, and he is, but right now he literally cant do anything because hes outclassed by every other top laner for whatever job it is you want to do.
GankedByWindows1 votesThat is his thing. They just made it so you do it with botrk and tanky items vs 3 offensive items so he can't tank AND shred through teams like a Yi. They just need to fix the numbers now.
mitias2231 votesHe may have been hard to kill but he didn't one shot you, he had to drain people slowly and if he got stunned at all he was dead.
Ahegao Bunny1 votesThey did it so he would become balanceable. His old kit was very much just stat checking. He either was strong enough to drain tank everyone and there was nothing you could do, or he wasn't. They got the numbers wrong on this iteration, but they are watching and plan for some buffs (and already gave some to him in a hotfix too)
pls... shut up. No one wants a perfectly balanced game. I want to play a fun hero and not a hero i never have a passive with.
GankedByWindows1 votesYou do have a passive, you just have to actually do something for it now. I would disagree that nobody wants a balanced game considering 90%+ of the gameplay boards is people putting forth their thoughts on balance. If you feel he isn't fun, there is a lot of other choices for you.
Shut up is a great argument by the way.
Ahegao Bunny1 votesYou do have a passive, you just have to actually do something for it now. I would disagree that nobody wants a balanced game considering 90%+ of the gameplay boards is people putting forth their thoughts on balance. If you feel he isn't fun, there is a lot of other choices for you.
Shut up is a great argument by the way.
Ah don't take that shut up too personal, it's just because i can't hear that arguement "he had to do that to make him balancable". He was by no means overpowered but was a lot of fun.
Fighting with his own passive the whole time is completely unfun and only frustrating. Furthermore it just feels like they took something away from you. Every time I dont get my passive up in a fight feels just like i slab into your face from riot for picking a niche hero as your main.
And it is impossible to balance that game and still they introduce new heroes, new reworks etc. Because having a diverse cast is more fun than having always the same heroes fighting each other in a mirror match. And riot just shifts Aatrox into a less creativ hero. Taking away his passive for static stats like less cdr, health loss and more health. Also he is more underpowered than before because the changes were overall a nerf.
It's not like with warwick where they added interesting new spells and mechanics while keeping the main concept of this hero and increasing the posibilities. They limited Aatrox to just some bruiser who jumps in and tanks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsC8io4w1sY&index=1&list=PLWIbhIYLOq-T7XwgHe2y2hBE8Zr_yeODi