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Aatrox's Current State

Orfeo Blackheart·1/18/2020, 9:52:57 AM·2 votes·1,688 views

So in the current state Aatrox Aatrox is in, he has a useless W because anyone can walk out of its range, his Q and E are just Riven's Q split up into 2 abilities, and his R is an AD Singed ultimate essentially. Aside from all of this, his only signature thing is self-healing/lifesteal.

Old Aatrox is another topic, yes over this pile of garbage he would definitely have been better but we will most likely never get a revert, but since we won't be, why hasn't he been reworked a second time to get rid of this version? Riot claimed to have reworked him to make him easier to balance which clearly didn't work as he is still just as much of a nightmare and it still to this day does not go over well with those who miss the old version, so why not just rework him since this rework is utterly unsuccessful?

Maybe I am missing something but this champion feels like it is just other champion's kits frankensteined together into an inferior version with minor changes and stat differences and it just happens to be a Darkin, and the way he is now it may even be better to take his Darkin brother Rhaast, AKA Red Kayn, to the top lane rather than Aatrox himself.

(Just gonna leave a poll here out of curiosity for what people would rather see happen to this champion in the future.)

6 Comments

WoonStruck1/18/2020, 10:47:53 PM2 votes

Aatrox is still vastly more popular than old aatrox in his current state.

In what way can that be considered "unsuccessful"?

He is easier to balance than a relatively immobile auto attack stat check that also depends on cdr. He had no way to force people to fight him. He only had a way to force himself in and then slow them. His design was as bad as Tryndamere's, while offering more but being less of a cheese pick.

Aätrox1/18/2020, 1:06:21 PM1 votes

#LeaveAatroxAlone

KingEuphemism IV1/18/2020, 9:52:33 PM1 votes

Well I feel that theres potential to his kit but it just makes more problems that only he deals with. Like you said anyone nowadays can just easily walk out of his W, most picks can just fight but Aatrox has to fight with his Q's. I dunno. But also lets say his W becomes just a pull rather than the whole chain thing, thats going to have to be time with his first Q and E to hit the sweet spot, if his E cooldown matched his Q's so long as he hit the sweet spot would that just make him too mobile to play against? But Illaoi can drain tank better and easier than Aatrox can. A revert sounds neat and I kind of understand why they wouldn't but it shouldn't a big deal, just fix things.

Or you know, maybe I don't know what I'm talking about

Lord Zeta 13131/18/2020, 10:01:17 PM1 votes

Just buff him. thats all i want

Slaxer1/19/2020, 4:24:46 AM1 votes

I just wish they would revert the minion damage and E (where he would have 2 dashes) at least make it so his e does pre mitigation heal