Riot is cautious to buff Aatrox because of his potential passive sustain, Solution Inside

Kingsgrave·May 15, 2015·3 votes·563 views

**Heal on Live: **20/25/30/35/40(+25% Bonus AD) which is tripled when under 50% Health to 60/75/90/105/120(+75% Bonus AD)

Heal suggestion:

Vs Champions and Large Monsters: 40/50/60/70/80(+40% Bonus AD) which is doubled under 50% Health to 80/100/120/140/160(+80% Bonus AD)

Vs Minions and Small Monsters: 15/20/25/30/35(+15% Bonus AD) which is doubled under 50% Health to 30/40/50/60/70(+30% Bonus AD)

Now Aatrox is rewarded for going Ham and punished for just sitting in lane and never dying, which shouldn't be happening anyway because hes supposed to be the symbol of War not symbol of Coward

This coupled with changing his decay of passive to after 12 seconds but decaying at a rate of 4% per second (instead of 5 seconds and 2% per second) would promote a healthier trade-focused Aatrox while condemning the more passive sustain tanking Aatrox.

2 Comments

The RaidbringerMay 15, 20151 votes

I kind of like your suggestion. Aatrox does need some major changes, just because of how poorly his power has been budgeted when he was designed. I do think that going ham as him should be the optimal strategy - he's an agressive champion and shouldn't be a second Warwick in lane.

However, I also think that Aatrox is a bit too weak outside of being a lane bully. His tank build definitely needs buffs, he should be able to transition from a fighter/assassin in early/mid to a tank in late game - just like Lee Sin. For Aatrox this is nearly impossible because of his horrible base stats and the fact that his passive tends to fall off in its effectiveness.

KingsgraveMay 15, 20151 votes

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I kind of like your suggestion. Aatrox does need some major changes, just because of how poorly his power has been budgeted when he was designed. I do think that going ham as him should be the optimal strategy - he's an agressive champion and shouldn't be a second Warwick in lane.

However, I also think that Aatrox is a bit too weak outside of being a lane bully. His tank build definitely needs buffs, he should be able to transition from a fighter/assassin in early/mid to a tank in late game - just like Lee Sin. For Aatrox this is nearly impossible because of his horrible base stats and the fact that his passive tends to fall off in its effectiveness.

His base stats aren't really that awful, except for his base Health late game being like 100-200 less than others (which imo is justified)

I feel like the only thing that really needs to be reworked is Aatrox's Ultimate. Either make it a true steroid or make it a Tank Ultimate. Right now its half of both without being good at either. Sure it does an AoE Nuke but it doesn't really provide anything beyond that. Gives more AS which he already has a lot of, gives him slightly more range but not enough to really fit with his kit or be a true steroid.

I don't think his Tank Build should be buffed, I think they should focus on the Fighter aspects of his kit. Making him a better tank just makes him more like everyone else instead of making him more unique.