Thanking Meddler for Discussing Aatrox and my Ideas for Potential Buffs

> Yep, there'll be followup needed. We think the pattern the kit changes move Aatrox towards is better, that's not to say the numbers are right however.

Looking at Aatrox's performance today so far he's having a really tough time of it. Some of that's expected (people who've never played him trying him, people experimenting with builds or doing what used to work but isn't great anymore). We're seeing significantly worse performance than we'd expect from just that though if he was in a good place. We're going to start testing buffs as a result, possibly for the next patch, possibly for a hotfix before then depending on how Aatrox does over the next few days.

It's always great to see Riot interacting with the community and giving us info on plans. While we may not always be positive about it, there are still people who enjoy getting info.

Regarding Aatrox though, most complaints I've seen are about his new passive. Regarding the duration and revive. I wanted to give some ideas for it.

Aatrox Changes (Buffs?):

#Passive:

• Active Name: Blood Rush -> Darkin Rage, or somethin like that
• Active Duration: 4 seconds -> 5-6 seconds (either one)
• Revive: During Active -> Any time
• (Tentative) Now refreshes from combat with large/epic monsters (blue buff, red buff, baron, etc.) The passive has been the biggest complaint. From the revive not being constant to the passive not lasting long enough. Hopefully some changes here and there will make it feel better and make Jungle Aatrox better. May be too generous, but who knows?

#Q:

• Cooldown: 16/15/14/13/12 seconds -> 14/13/12/11/10 seconds OR 15/14/13/12/11 seconds The main problem with Dark Flight was its cooldown. Aatrox didn't have a very reliable dive compared to other divers. A lower cooldown may make up for its cast time and range.

#W:

• (Tentative) When below half health, the heal scales off 7% missing health instead of 5% missing health. OK, Blood Thirst is a fairly weird and maybe even toxic mechanic, and may likely be changed during the Diver Update. But for now who knows if it needs a buff or not, but this idea may carry the satisfaction of old Aatrox's heal burst.