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As a retired Aatrox veteran, seeing the rework..

Sanghelios·6/15/2018, 11:52:24 PM·40 votes·9,026 views

makes me want to erase League of Legends from my memory for ever. (So I don't have to witness this)

I uninstalled 2 months ago. Though with the recent changes to the game, I considered returning in anticipation of the Aatrox rework. I wasn't expecting much from Riot, knowing that prior reworks have been hit or miss (Warwick//Galio).

I can not politely describe the disappointment I felt when I first glimpsed upon this aatrocity. So I'm going to ask a simple question instead:

Why would any sentient human being/collective of humans decide that it is a good idea, to delete a unique, perfectly viable, and fun champion, only to unwork it into a low-effort reproduction of something, that is already in the game (Riven)?

https://i.imgur.com/H31a6Ou.png Such cowardice..

Money. New Aatrox is (arguably) worse in every aspect, except that he now appeals to a larger audience. (The model, and its animations are despicable. It's arguable whether voice/gameplay is worse, but it is definitely not authentic. They deleted the character.) At least the splashart is nice.

B-But he's less of an issue to balance now! If only there was something like a gameplay update, something that wouldn't require an entire overhaul, neglecting everything dedicated players enjoyed about the champion.

AAtrox doesn't even AA anymore?!??

This is the Galio rework all over again. The audacity...

Aatrox compared to a recent case of severe identity theft https://i.imgur.com/3oMyiUM.png https://i.imgur.com/QhVzqaf.png

https://youtu.be/kGiiqE-b7bk

Another champion reworked into a stereotypical piece of s*** https://youtu.be/7coK9jJ1HbI

I know it doesn't matter, but I definitely will never return to League. If you like these reworks, congratulations - you're the target audience, and there's nothing wrong with that. Though the majority of dedicated mains does not.

80 Comments

BLACK REALM GOD6/16/2018, 2:38:08 AM27 votes

so... you havent played in 2 months and you want to comment on a champion that isnt even released yet in a game that changes every 2 weeks... and has arguably been in one of the more chaotic states than usual lately due to new concepts and such... even though you main zed and suffered losses playing as aatrox and havent played him in ranked since season 7...

and the comment you choose to bring up is... "he plays like riven now"...

k. you do you man.

but im calling bandwagon.

Terozu6/16/2018, 1:08:30 AM16 votes

They actually talked with active mains when reworking him.

He's still a noble war demon.

The only Riven similarity is the 3 part sword slice on the Q.

Fedoran6/16/2018, 12:39:48 AM11 votes

I too am an aatrox player. (M7)

I agree with what you have said, very dissapointing. It just seems that riot doesn’t want AA based melees in the game anymore (for somewhat good reason. Things like Yi, Aatrox, and Xin Zhao can be pretty toxic)

MagicFlyingLlama6/15/2018, 11:59:00 PM8 votes

perfectly viable

I have news for you.. He was not perfectly viable. He was absolute garbage and has been for a long time. His braindead simplistic kit is impossible to balance.

He needed a full rework, although this may not have been the best outcome.

NamenRoodles6/15/2018, 11:58:22 PM7 votes

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paisy6/16/2018, 2:06:40 AM7 votes

I loved the Galio rework, and this Aatrox rework looks badass. Current Aatrox isn't even that unique, he's just a guy who autos a lot.

Harden Stepback6/16/2018, 2:24:37 AM7 votes

Old aatrox was ugly af. New aatrox looks kind of dope.

Raoul6/16/2018, 1:43:22 PM6 votes

https://pics.me.me/just-because-youre-unique-doesnt-mean-youre-useful-19585701.png

ValiantKiller6/16/2018, 12:47:32 AM5 votes

Well urgot rework was way different but it was better

gabetheguy6/16/2018, 7:38:53 PM5 votes

goodbye. we won't miss you.

MorganFreemanBot6/16/2018, 6:38:02 AM4 votes

As someone who's enjoyed Aatrox a few times, I genuinely don't think his previous design was salvageable.

He was one of the purest stat checks in the game, what with 3 out of his 5 tools (4 abilities + passive) existing as passive steroids. The only interaction they had was a toggle on his W and an activation on his R.. So not much.

Ontop of that he came with strong mobility and catch tools. Compared someone like Trundle as an example, another steroid heavy melee bruiser carry, Aatrox had insane amounts of target access. That alone made him staggeringly difficult to balance.

Then there was his healing and the revive passive. Both of which made it even harder.

I genuinely don't think old Aatrox was a concept which could have been made to work. But, more importantly, I don't think it was worth making work.

I mean really here, what was his identity? Dive fighter who gets stronger the longer he attacks & heals through offense?.. How many other champions do we have who do that? Shit, Warwick had that EXACT identity, but was reworked because it was bland and unbalance able without severe alterations.

So far as new Aatrox goes, I hugely disagree with the visual update. I dislike the new model, dislike how 'generic' he's become VO and such wise.. But he actually looks to have choices to make, with outplay potential on both sides, with his new kit.

SEKAI6/16/2018, 2:24:59 PM4 votes

[{quoted}](name=Bloody Hellfire,realm=EUW,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=pdIgmrts,comment-id=,timestamp=2018-06-15T23:52:24.957+0000) Another champion reworked into a stereotypical piece of s*[mention Galio]

Except the new Galio is literally the old Galio with an actual personality. I've said it before and I'll say it again: If you actually read the damn old Galio lore, League Judgement, voice lines, and whatnot, you will KNOW the old Galio was literally a flying dog made out of stone. Let alone some kind of unique personality, the old Galio barely has any sentience. The new Galio is good because it actually explores the identity crisis part of Galio's theme really well (something that can not be done well when the character is really only as smart as a dog like the old Galio), if you actually take the time to read any of the damn thing related to the new Galio.

Appearance wise: The colour scheme change is solely because of the colour scheme change of the national colour of Demacia, and has NOTHING to do withe Galio specifically. And it's also kinda funny that people want Galio to not be "stereotypical" but complains that Galio is now no longer a stereotypical Gargoyle.

And the only thing Galio actually loses over the course of the rework in terms of the gameplay elements is really just the on-hit shield, and the really bad MS thing that nobody really remembers Galio for because it's just such a presence-less ability. The rest has been kept, he has now more straightforward scaling with MR instead of the 2-staged indirect scaling he had that was really bad and inefficient, he is no longer so reliant on Flash and his ulti, he still pokes and can be built as mage just fine, he still AoE taunts... etc etc.

The new Galio hate train is really just overplayed and brainless, imho.