As an Aatrox player, I dislike these changes

Fawksea·Feb 23, 2017·3 votes·1,044 views

I mean the changes on the Q and E aren't even adressing his real problems on those abilities, i guess the E doing physical damage is nice and easy to counter since he can't do magic damage to you so woohoo armor against aatrox, but his q problem was it being fucking clunky as hell even with these i dont care, just the W heal becoming complete crap unless you build tank (on every 3rd hit 5% missing hp, cus y'know, theres a lot of tank items that give attack speed) and his passive? i play him jungle, how tf will i even jungle with him with a shit less attack speed and healing for barely anything unless im 20% hp? i don't like the changes, and neither do most aatrox players apparently, the changes are more nerfs than buffs. Also can the whole "oh it's just test changes stop freaking out about it so much" how else will riot know they're fucking up?

6 Comments

Elite4RunnerFeb 23, 20172 votes

You're asking for a change on a level that Riot is not prepared to deliver at this time.

They have stated that this rework will not close the books on his potential to receive a more extensive rework in the near future.

FawkseaFeb 23, 20171 votes

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You're asking for a change on a level that Riot is not prepared to deliver at this time.

They have stated that this rework will not close the books on his potential to receive a more extensive rework in the near future.

i'd prefer if they didnt even change him not gonna lie.

Big LincolnFeb 23, 20171 votes

it's intended. W isn't meant to let you drain-tank mindlessly in fights anymore; you swap to the healing version to top off when you get low and when you want to keep your blood well at 80% so you don't waste it on jungle mobs or something. W damage having no health cost puts no reason not to use it now, especially post-lifesteal; there's no opportunity cost until you get lower on health.

He also has actual synergy with defensive items beyond item 3065 instead of being punished for building HP. item 3053 passive raises the AD you'll get from your passive

E gives him some synergy with item 3071 so that he can proc the Rage passive from a distance to help with chasing and kiting, and can also have a means to actually fight enemy tanks.

these are pretty smart changes.

FawkseaFeb 23, 20171 votes

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it's intended. W isn't meant to let you drain-tank mindlessly in fights anymore; you swap to the healing version to top off when you get low and when you want to keep your blood well at 80% so you don't waste it on jungle mobs or something. W damage having no health cost puts no reason not to use it now, especially post-lifesteal; there's no opportunity cost until you get lower on health.

He also has actual synergy with defensive items beyond instead of being punished for building HP. passive raises the AD you'll get from your passive

E gives him some synergy with so that he can proc the Rage passive from a distance to help with chasing and kiting, and can also have a means to actually fight enemy tanks.

these are pretty smart changes.

so building him black cleaver steraks full tank is the only way to go now? they're making him have to build tank but has to actually use autos, not to mention you could say "hey botrk" ye the attack speed is nerfed, making him have to build tank+attack speed doesn't seem to be smart, 5% msising health every 3 autos seems like x5 worse than his current w, heck even if they removed the triple health below 50% the heal would be better

SirLapseFeb 23, 20171 votes

They would've made his Q unable to be interrupted if they were intending to make this change the "final" one. It's still pretty hype and I won't auto-lose against Ignite users from chunking my own self to death.