Possible Aatrox Buffs
Hello! Aatrox has been one of those champions that stays in the lower tier. As an Aatrox player I thought of some notable buffs that could make him more viable, but not over powered. Here they are:
PLEASE NOTE: I am purposing possible buffs. Riot may not even look at this, and even if they do not all of these changes will be put together, if any!
Passsive (Blood Well) - (This was something I wanted to happen a long time ago, looking back now I realize how dumb this may be but I still want to share the idea in hopes Riot will consider this.) Whenever Aatrox takes fatal damage and his passive activates he should revive with a full bar of "Blood Well". This would give Aatrox 0.3% - 0.55% attack speed (based on level) when he revives. I feel this would help Aatrox make use of his passive more than just reviving to die again because he doesnt have enough attack speed to proc healing from "Blood Thirst".
Q (Dark Flight) - Aatrox shouldn't be able to be CC'ed while using "Dark Flight". My reasoning for this is because "Dark Flight" has such a long animation when it is cast. Using your Q around anyone with CC is a huge risk because you are basically setting yourself up for something like a thresh hook. I feel like it is fine for champions like Lee Sin to have an incorruptible dash because how how fast his dashes are. for someone like Aatrox, who has to basically charge up his dash, I feel like making him immune to CC when he casts it would be a good change. Secondly, (this one is a little less favorable because I feel this would make Aatrox over powered) a reset upon champion kill or assist. This is a stretch because "Dark Flight" is a CC ability itself. Aatrox has to keep auto attacking in order to stay alive and cannot be played like Kha'zix (Leap in, kill, leap out), but the reasoning for the reset is to give Aatrox more presence in fights. Personally I do not think a full cool-down reset would be good. I think it would be a great change if half the cool-down on "Dark Flight" was refunded on champion kill or assist.
E (Blades of Torment) - This is a very solid move and I do not have too many ideas for it. Buff late game damage a little bit maybe. Increase the slow from 40% to 50%. Something like that.