Aatrox (Please listen) (Please read Riot)

PepperedEgg··2 votes·1,305 views

I know what I'm about to say has probably been said a million times over. However, Aatrox is a champion that I have a small emotional connection with. When the Aatrox rework was announced I was skeptical. I thought it would be interesting and astronomically different than the previous Aatrox. So when it came out it was enjoyable. That's all I will call it for now. It wasn't almost devoid of any resemblance (Kit wise) to the previous Aatrox. The only thing that still stayed consistent was the revival and airborne on Q. Before the rework Aatrox was unique. He has something no other champion in the game had. Aatrox had a toggleable Basic Attack. He could switch it between healing and enhanced damage. This allowed for some really fun builds with tankiness and attack speed. This now leads me to current day Aatrox. He has 0 unique Mechanics. His Q is simply Riven's Q, His W is a very simple pull-based CC, His E is Riven's E, and his R is simply a buffing of pre-existing stats. Most league champions have at least 1 thing that sets them apart from other champs. But Aatrox doesn't. A champ I used to play when life wasn't going so well for me. A champ I used to play when things could've been a lot better. A champ that probably got me through some hard times. And I know that sounds stupid and sappy over a video game but he really was that special of a champ to me. Like how people get so attached to things like Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh. Aatrox was kinda like my Mickey Mouse. Now, he's just an overly nerfed amalgamation of champions that I've never really shown any interest in. I understand that it's a lot to ask Riot to revert a rework. People were paid and worked hard at the inception of current day Aatrox. However, I'd just like the opportunity to play Pre-Rework Aatrox again. One last time. Please help me get Riot to see this. It would mean an immense amount. I don't care about upvotes, likes, or shares. Just have someone from Riot see it, please. Even if the answer is no I wanna know why. Thank you

5 Comments

Mavëríck3 votes

They reworked him and now consider him fine. His rework is a failure. Nobody seriously plays him because he's useless in every regard. Yet another failure by Riot. I'm dreading how they ruin Voli, Fiddle, and eventually Shyvana, my main of many years.

Greenlightx2 votes

aatrox is fine, fine is good, leave him alone.

Mavëríck5 votes

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aatrox is fine, fine is good, leave him alone.

He's trash. Slow. No impact. Shit at farming. Shit at team fighting. Easily beaten even by champs he's supposed to check or counter;

https://lolcounter.com/champions/aatrox

Darius bodies him and nullifies all his healing and in fact heals himself, stacking Conq way faster.

Irelia dashes all over and you can't knock her up

Akali same issue

Ryze will cc you and spam you down with no chance to close in and hit him

He doesn't go even with any ranged top

He's fucking garbage. His entire kit takes forever to do anything and the return on investment to master him is so low you'd be better off as Yuumi Top...

PepperedEgg2 votes

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aatrox is fine, fine is good, leave him alone.

I'm sorry you disagree with my post. However, there are multiple examples stats-wise, champion design-wise, and gameplay-wise that definitively say he is not fine. I am very interested on why you think Aatrox is fine though. I'm very open to new opinions on Aatrox.

Ragnaveil2 votes

Ah yes, doing 300 damage with Q3 zone late game is good, when any other champ that is like him does more on their main damaging ability that also happens to be on the same button.

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