Does Aatrox really feel like a Fighter/Tank to you?

4NoxiousHours·Nov 27, 2015·1 votes·432 views

Every time I have a Aatrox in my team or is in the enemy team he feels so damn squishy, similar to Nocturne.

It's as if he feels like a Assassin/Fighter.

" Depends what they build or what tank items blah blah blah "

Even with two tank Items he feels hella easy to pop. I witnessed this on people's stream and have experienced this. Something is really wrong with Aatrox tho, and I've seen people making threads about him but I question why Meddler hasn't given him the Idea of an AoE fear with his ult.

It was suggested by a player last year with a lot of up votes.

12 Comments

Stand Alone WolfNov 27, 20151 votes

Well damn I'm glad I'm not the only one. Playing him feels terrible. He definitely doesn't feel anything like a tank. I've tinkered with him so damned much I'm tired of it. I tried attack speed marks, quints, attack damage marks, quints, defensive masteries, offensive masteries, I've experimented with my build, ect. In the end, I'm always squish, & late-game feels like I don't even exist. I love playing Aatrox, & bought him two days before Illaoi's reveal thinking I had time to save IP before a new champ was to even be revealed. He is fun, but doesn't feel right top lane.

4NoxiousHoursNov 27, 20151 votes

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Well damn I'm glad I'm not the only one. Playing him feels terrible. He definitely doesn't feel anything like a tank. I've tinkered with him so damned much I'm tired of it. I tried attack speed marks, quints, attack damage marks, quints, defensive masteries, offensive masteries, I've experimented with my build, ect. In the end, I'm always squish, & late-game feels like I don't even exist. I love playing Aatrox, & bought him two days before Illaoi's reveal thinking I had time to save IP before a new champ was to even be revealed. He is fun, but doesn't feel right top lane.

I think it has to do with how much he has to sacrifice health. But of course saying this will trigger some people to say " his W gives him life steal and using it right gives him a certain % because 5x+0=23 with the dimension square equals to the length of a triangle x2 AND BELOW HERE ILL DEMONSTRATE EXAMPLES

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Even seeing Aatrox play jungle, his ganking leads him to death because of how squishy he is early game. Aatrox can't tower dive without either dying or losing a passive lol

Little Stick ManNov 27, 20151 votes

when I play aa I run armor and health per level and build item 3748 item 3065 but no he has nothing naturally tanky. I think his base numbers got cut down bc of how retarded he was on release.

4NoxiousHoursNov 27, 20151 votes

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when I play aa I run armor and health per level and build but no he has nothing naturally tanky. I think his base numbers got cut down bc of how retarded he was on release.

Isn't that against heavy AP? o_O

Little Stick ManNov 27, 20151 votes

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Isn't that against heavy AP? o_O

actually the health cdr and bonus healing are the reason I like item 3065 even if youre not against heavy ap. if aa cant heal he is truly worthless

4NoxiousHoursNov 27, 20151 votes

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actually the health cdr and bonus healing are the reason I like even if youre not against heavy ap. if aa cant heal he is truly worthless

If he gets buffed I'm sure there would be an increase of people to main him lol

Hayaishi2Nov 27, 20151 votes

Aaatrox feels like Tryndamere, except he doesn't 2 shot me, or he doesn't cheese me at level 1. A shitty version of Tryndamere indeed.

He needs a couple of tweaks to change his playstyle a little bit and actually turn him into a sustain fighter who doesn't melt like butter the moment a CC hits him.

4NoxiousHoursNov 27, 20151 votes

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Aaatrox feels like Tryndamere, except he doesn't 2 shot me, or he doesn't cheese me at level 1. A shitty version of Tryndamere indeed.

He needs a couple of tweaks to change his playstyle a little bit and actually turn him into a sustain fighter who doesn't melt like butter the moment a CC hits him.

YES! OMG YES! THOSE ARE THE WORDS IM LOOKING FOR!

HE REALLY DOES FEEL LIKE BUTTER!

3TWarriorNov 27, 20151 votes

unlike tryndamere though, he has a second life passive, crowd control(in 2 forms), sustain that doesn't wreck his passive(if we're not counting the mastery changes) and bonus damage

4NoxiousHoursNov 27, 20151 votes

Never mind guys, I just recently found out Aatrox is getting a Kit Rework sometime lol but Riot is struggling to know what to give him so they asked suggestions to the community haha.

He's basically getting a Fiora touch.

ErockandrollNov 27, 20151 votes

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Never mind guys, I just recently found out Aatrox is getting a Kit Rework sometime lol but Riot is struggling to know what to give him so they asked suggestions to the community haha.

He's basically getting a Fiora touch.

Not sure if he should have too terribly tanky stats. (though that's based on his current kit) He would have too much DPS to be a tank, and too much engage to be a Juggernaut. Though I could see him as a Bruiser/Duelist.

But the whole Fiora thing scares me. Cause as soon as Riot decides that her Dueling/splitpushing ability is Oppressive. (which could happen sooner, as it's both popular in LCS and in yoloQ.) She'll basically get Jaxed. (though arguably Jax isn't Jaxed anymore with the new rage blade.) I would hate Aatrox to meet a similar fate.