Aurelion Sol

TheGrand547··2 votes·677 views

Okay so we have a ultra powerful being that can create and destroy stars with the slightest effort, yet his ultimate is the most underwhelming thing I have ever encountered. At level 1 it does 150 base damage with a 70% scaling, which is like a rank 3-5 ability of many other champions. Veigar's "q" does 150 damage at rank 3, with a 60% scaling and grants you extra AP when you kill things. The slow and knock back is nice, but not really enough to justify at 110 second cooldown. I suggest making either his ultimate do at least 75 extra damage at all ranks, and decrease the cooldown to 60 seconds at rank 1, not going down with additional ranks. This would make his ultimate feel a lot more impactful, whereas right now it feels if you miss an ult you just wasted your only way to disengage, and won't have it ult for another 2 minutes. Which just feels lame.

EDIT: While it is a good and very useful ability for utility purposes, it just feels like it doesn't do enough damage to justify the large cooldown.

15 Comments

Jbels3 votes

Rock surfing ultimate. Sounded good on paper, not a great ult for a mage to have.

MaxDarkwill1 votes

yeah it does sound like it would have been better on a warrior .

MaxDarkwill1 votes

Tyler 1 boatman of the salt.

Igotlazy2 votes

Aurelion's Ult is so useful because it allows him to get a near guaranteed follow up with his Q and W. It's the ability that helps everything come together. Trust me when I say that Aurelion doesn't need buffs. Experienced players are hitting a ~60% winrate with him in Mid and the Jungle. Before the nerfs that number was 65%. Even strong champions like Zed and Lucian aren't hitting numbers anywhere near that (~55%).

TheGrand5471 votes

The main reason that I think his ult needs a buff, which should be small, is because of the prevelence of champions like Yasuo and other assassins, who's ults have lower cooldown and more impactful ultimates. Which kinda leaves him in an awkward place. I think the reason experienced players have such high win rates is because of how little people play against him.

TheGrand5471 votes

Also what starter item do you see those players picking the most Dorans ring or Dark Seal?

Igotlazy2 votes

There's no problem with having counters. Champs that like to get in your face are those that Aurelion hates the most, it's just a natural aspect of his kit. Granted my understanding of his strength in the mid lane may be a bit skewed. I tend to take Aurelion into the Jungle (#spiritbombganks) so I don't really have to worry about Yasuos and Zeds. From what I can gather though staying in the mid lane to fight the lane opponent isn't what Aurelion mains do. You have such insane ganking power with your E that most of the time it's better to just shove a wave (which he can do amazingly well with W) and go screw another lanes day up.

TheGrand5471 votes

I agree, in order to do well you should not just stick around in lane, but until you hit around lvl 8 your roams are kind of lame and not very useful. After he hits 8 or so then he can do better than assassins due to his roaming. I just feel that if your other lanes our losing as a midlaner you should be able to have more impact without roaming.

ThePartyLeader1 votes

Power is kit relative not ability relative, some champions don't even have ults, think about that.

Rabblerouser1 votes

Yeeaah. I feel bad for Aurelion. You saw him a bit after release but you just... never see him ever now. Especially after the nerfs. Pretty decent nerfs, too.

WTF, Riot?

Titanium701 votes

Aurelions Ult is amazing!

You just have to use it the right way - I never try to accomplish anything on Lane with it. Fly Bot behind your Target, do the Insec with Ult followed by a save Q hit -> Profit. ^^

TheGrand5471 votes

Did you forget that any champion damage will stop your fly? And you're visible over walls while using it so they will most likely know you are coming. But I do agree, in terms of ultility the ult is fine, but I only that damage to be increased by like 50 or so to have more impact.

Titanium701 votes

? If you start in River - there is no way anyone can stop you.

OFC that will only work if your Bot does not push! ^^

TheGrand5471 votes

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OFC that will only work if your Bot does not push! ^^

Stupid normals grrrrr...

Only playing normals till I get enough runes to do well in ranked btw Starting to main ASol in mid that's why this was created

BloodyTompon1 votes

He's not getting buffs anytime soon. He is already at the extreme high end of win rate.

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