The reason why I still view Aatrox as a failure

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In most case and scenarios Riven has a few different combos to do depending on the situation, she can either fight for safety and security or aggressive and risk a lot for a good reward. She has a formula that isn't A+B=C . . . she can do A+B=C or B+A = C or A + B + A^2 = C etc

But Aatrox formula isn't like Riven in that sense. Aatrox is: Do a butt fuck ton of damage because you can't perform anything else better than other champions. The ability to be fluent for Aatrox is destroyed by the rework in the sense that you NEED to hit your W in most cases to finish your Q but you need to land an ability before you can use your W. If anything messes with this SPECIFIC formula for the champion you need to wait again for your chance to perform. While Riven is fluent, Aatrox is . . . predictable.

In this sense, I value because of her ability to be consistent in comparison to Aatrox's ability to devestate somebody just by doing ' a lot of damage. ' Just because you decided to give Aatrox absolutely stupid and retardedly high numbers doesn't mean the rework was a success. Raw numbers isn't a successful design, more so, the ability for a champion to co-exist with their kit in a fluent and natural way.

It's why this champion felt amazing pre-rework (Not the modern re-work that we know of.) and then absolutely shitty after the rework. Her abilities no longer existed to benefit each other, instead, you were forced to auto attack. And it felt clunky and awful. The ability to E your Q made shroud amazing to use in a combo.