@Riot or Meddler Can AP Aatrox please stay a fun playstyle in his mini rework

I've seen AP Zed more than I've ever seen AP Aatrox.

who?

The problem is when they take offmeta builds too far.

Like AD Malz in the Malz rework.

oh please just let him work normally first. the champion sucks let him be a thing first. beggers can't be choosers

Or Miss Fortune.

Consider the AP Aatrox mains here. If they can't find a new main, they'll be like me, stuck with what can hardly be called a main because the numbers are just too low and they can't find a good replacement. God forbid they try to replace their old main with a new one, even a legitimate one, and it's immediately gutted. (COUGH COUGH VLADIMIR COUGH.)

How is that fun you legit just lose your team the game and die all game, unless you're a masochist of course then I can see it.

Yes!!

Also MF, Yi, Trynda, Yorick, Trist, Sion, etc

It's really not... at least, not for your opponent. If they can dodge your E's, it's 'zone the Aatrox off cs, juke his E's'. If they can't, it's 'Aatrox sustains through everything you do, given enough time, while you eat constant poke and a slow every 8 seconds, or every time you try to engage', into getting bursted.

You ask this like Riot even understands the game enough to make such things happen. The last time they wanted to make a "fun playstyle" remain was jungle/AD Malz, and it turned him into a pure jungler with half the utility and then his ability to jungle was completely removed.

I didn't know aatrox had an optimal build.

Judging by how they gutted AP Tristana, AP Aatrox is done for.