Aatrox Passive reaction with Guardian Angel

Slayatrox·Jun 11, 2017·7 votes·2,172 views

I have recently had difficulty with the updated Aatrox because of the way his Bloodwell fills, Aatrox was the first 6300 IP champion I purchased and it was a weird transition with the rework.I was recently testing a build in the practice tool and I wanted to see which would pop first, Guardian Angel or Aatrox passive seeing as they are the same thing, Guardian Angel is activated first which is very counter productive to his kit. Hellbent fades after leaving combat, which Guardian Angel removes you from combat for 4 seconds, completely removing hellbent, whereas if his kit properly was used first then, hellbent would be used, he would revive with the Hellbent bonuses, then possibly die again giving you three life Aatrox. Please take this into consideration and fix the priority between the Passive and the Guardian Angel.

7 Comments

Radiant WukongJun 11, 20172 votes

THIS!

CrettJun 11, 20172 votes

wow WHAT

well that destroys this item for aatrox

LuminierJun 12, 20172 votes

I never build this item on him anymore specifically because of this issue, and Riot honestly just doesn't seem to care. It's been this way since his rework and there's been multiple threads about it, but nothing has been done.

DunkinNoobsJun 11, 20171 votes

It works the way it always has, which was actually beneficial for Aatrox before the rework since it would let you keep your attack speed from your bloodwell after GA revives you. As for new Aatrox, GA is a bad item on him anyway given his newfound love of health so you shouldn't be getting it anyway.

SlayatroxJun 11, 20171 votes

No. aatrox is useles without some form of AD, and if he can get 3 lives, 40 ad and some armor, i think thats a really strong item for him, just the priority needs to be fixed.

DunkinNoobsJun 11, 20171 votes

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No. aatrox is useles without some form of AD, and if he can get 3 lives, 40 ad and some armor, i think thats a really strong item for him, just the priority needs to be fixed.

How does what you said have anything to do with what I just said? Obviously Aatrox still needs AD, you just don't get a GA for it. Even if Riot made GA the way you want, it still wouldn't be a good item on him compared to a plethora of other, better options. Reviving twice sounds nice in theory, but in practice, it's almost never more useful than the raw stats you'd get from another damage item or tank item. You want extra survivability on Aatrox while still getting damage? Get a mallet. It's 700 hp, 30 AD, and the slow will keep people from running away from you, allowing you to heal even more.

SlayatroxJun 12, 20171 votes

Makes sense, but regardless, there should not be anything that hinders someone from getting the item they want, except for their scaling, but that still doesn't stop people from going full AP riven or things like that. All I'm saying is that the priority is now poor for Aatrox, whereas before they had it a way that it worked with his kit, now they don't and it should be worked on. my current build is item 1401 item 3748 item 3078 item 3047 item 3065 , these items put you at roughly 4k HP, 200 AD, and near max attack speed when in Hellbent and Ult, i have considered changing to item 3006 and final item on item 3742 , but im currently sitting at around roughly a 60% winrate as aatrox in mid silver to low plat Elo, experimenting with builds, i may now go the original build and try item 3022 , cuz with that and item 2138 youll be sitting at a hefty 5k hp, 220 AD and near max attack speed.