Problem with Aatrox

Töbzz·Aug 23, 2014·1 votes·958 views

I was very good with Aatrox but suddenly his w only heals for 50hp at max. Patch notes did say they nerfed him so what happened?

11 Comments

DocRedgraveAug 23, 20142 votes

The problem with Aatrox in general is that Riot gave him a bad early game with all those nerfs. Pre-6 he's extremely squishy and very item-reliant which essentially makes him only useful during the late game and the easiest top to counterpick. This is why you often see him in the jungle if anywhere. If Riot wanted to show Aatrox some love they'd have to start by making him a bit more defensive during the early game but I doubt they'll do that. Oh, and Riot didn't actually nerf Aatrox that patch. They just fixed a bug that allowed Aatrox to heal every now and then with Blood Thirst using 2 autoattacks instead of 3.

Knight SoIaire Aug 23, 20141 votes

i wouldnt call this a weak early game but rather imbalance of power/price mechanic normaly a champion by getting some power pays for it with a weakness aatrox for insane healing pays with squishiness and pays for his damage with even bigger squishiness, so he is quite easy to blow up unless insanely ahead

its just my opinion and it says that aatrox pays for too much of his traits with squishiness

DocRedgraveAug 23, 20141 votes

That's basically what I just said. The imbalance of his mechanic technically causes the weak early game.

Knight SoIaire Aug 24, 20141 votes

but his early game is not weak depending on matchup it can be weak or insanely dominant i find his late game to be weak, he cant be tanky enough to survive a couple of hits from adc or survive till his heal kicks in, he does not deal enough damage to simply eat enemies and the funniest thing he gets only the stuf he buys, there is no innate tankyness no good base damages, barely nothing that translates onto his late game besides scaling good with items

basicaly saying he scales good with items but unlike adc who can go almoust full glass cannon or a tank who buys no dmg, or even a fighter who usualy gets some free steroid allowing him to just build less in some direction, aatrox needs to buy everythign while he has the same amount of items slots as other champions, meaning that full build aatrox always lacks something (vi for instance gets 10% more hp from her shield, j4 gets armour from his e, malphite gets hp and armour and even ad, most of the alround fighters like aatrox gets some free stats to negate the fact that they need more stats overall to function, aatrox does not)

DocRedgraveAug 24, 20141 votes

I guess this subject is heavily debatable...

Knight SoIaire Aug 24, 20141 votes

yes it is aatrox lacks something and we can debatw what it is in my opinion its some form of free stat that would allow him to build into some direction instead of needing everything

EvandirFeb 23, 20151 votes

He gets insane free AS From his passive and ult, he gets a ton of free hp from his w and passive.

koosatimeDec 16, 20142 votes

I just spent IP on aatrox, thinking how cool it would be to be a demon from hell... Guess again, terrible champ, no early game advantage, and at disadvantage to almost all top lane characters (that Ive faced)

Almost identical to alot of other champs. and other than his "sustainability" hes shines in none of their ways. A decent damage output is put to shame by a complete lack of defenses against enemy champs. Almost every game Ive been in hes been countered in every way. Don't buy this champ until they fix him... toggle his autoattack and you should get attack speed as well as damage.

Zenzen3Jan 21, 20151 votes

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I just spent IP on aatrox, thinking how cool it would be to be a demon from hell... Guess again, terrible champ, no early game advantage, and at disadvantage to almost all top lane characters (that Ive faced)

Almost identical to alot of other champs. and other than his "sustainability" hes shines in none of their ways. A decent damage output is put to shame by a complete lack of defenses against enemy champs. Almost every game Ive been in hes been countered in every way. Don't buy this champ until they fix him... toggle his autoattack and you should get attack speed as well as damage.

I had this problem as well, Aatrox is nothing but sustain and only sustain. He gave me nothing but grief and Riot should do something about it. Here's the link to my thread about Aatrox: http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/tips-tricks/u1jELwff-advice-on-champs