@Meddler Can you try out an Aatrox that gets AD from his passive instead of AS on the PBE?

I would like to see just what that does in particular, especially since I think his problem is that he is so overly stat reliant because AS alone is only a multiplier not a stand-alone, so he has two large AS steroids with a W that kinda uses it.

Now why would AD even be worth trying you might be asking?

Well, AD actually increases the health cost of his Self W, and with that in mind you could make it increase the damage and cost of everything both with AD and when in hurting himself mode. He gets a crap-ton of offensive power but constantly hurts himself unless he is managing the two correctly. Currently he just builds one or two LS items (mostly Botrk) with his overload of AS and just ignores his health costs and his W, especially the heal option. Making it more drastic would be a lot more of a choice for the player.

Also, you could in turn make it harder/take longer to gain blood well against Non-Champions so that you can make it more rewarding and in turn make his revive heal him for more, since right after his revive he is in a pretty bad state with a large amount of AD gone and not just 40 or so % AS less than he had before. He would lose his fuel, his blood with AD from his well rather than more AS.

Just something to think about and try. I would love to hear your perspective on it. I remember Aatrox being tested on the PBE and AS was just kinda tossed onto his passive at the last minute to make it feel a little better, but I honestly don't think he is in a good spot as much of famine or sorta feast that he is.