is aatrox actually strong at any point of the game?

i've been playing aatrox for a while and to be honest, he's very tricky to play, a champion with abilities that scale of bonus AD and benfits from AS is not a good mix.

i find aatrox EXTREMELY weak early, and is outclassed by alot of champions in terms of dealing damage and Tanking

the only aspect i play aatrox for, is the splitpushing, i split push like a mad man, with all those AS and my saftey card passive aswell as my wall hopping Q, but honestly, i don't find myself doing damage at all, not being able to tank properly, and the bonus AD scaling (which are all at 60% except one) and you don't even buy AD, just the usual BoTrk and then to tank. and then there's this random AP scaling, which can be exchanged for total AD instead of something you will never buy i also think his ult should scale with his health, it would make more sense since he's drawing enemies health (it makes sense to do damage of % enemy, but i don't like the idea of the AoE % max health, and should support buliding aatrox as tank and reward him if he did)

am i doing something wrong? or is Aatrox medicore at alot of things and is outclassed by many?

(looking for feedback/help)