Aatrox is nearly in a good state, but his Ult needs a little something something @meddler perhaps?

As and Aatrox main, I actually don't think Aatrox is in a bad state.

Run a build like this with the option to replace with or depending on the situation and you will be enjoying 40 percent cool down, plenty of attack speed, mobility, sustain, damage and tankiness.

However, the thing that lacks about Aatrox is his ult---its not very game changing and not very useful for your team in any meaningful way. I am also opposed to buffing his stats as I can already end a game in 26 minutes, easily, when fed.

That being said, a buff to this ult that rewards the player for good timing would be appropriate. Especially if it provides some utility. Since his ult already draws blood out of nearby enemies, his ult should also steal life and heal Aatrox for something like 7%/10%/13% of his max health per enemy champion hit. So this means at level 13, when you have around 1800 HP if you had built a by then, dueling 1v1, hitting one champion with the ult, Aatrox would be healed for 126. You can see the value of using the ult in just the right place, and also providing a reward for building HP on Aatrox. HOWEVER, any health stolen beyond Aatrox's max health will spill over to nearby allied champions divided evenly. So if he has 1700/1800 HP and he hits 3 champions and heals for 378, 278 would spill over and be divided up between however many allied champions in range, lets say there are 3...so that would be 92 HP each.

So you can see how this could really effect a team fight, if used at the right time and right place. Honestly even if i was like 4%/6%/8% that would be fined too, because hitting 4 champions in a well timed ult at a later part of the match, will still be enough to make a significant impact on that team fight.

I love Aatrox and really don't want him reworked to the point where its not even the same champion. League is team game, and Aatrox should bring more to the table as a teammate then diving in just to die, respawn, and then die again.