So will Aatrox possibly be the next scheduled rework after taric or possible a close one?

HongChongDong··2 votes·531 views

There are threads constantly popping up about how weak Aatrox is in the current meta but instead of simply being out of meta it's more that his kit was garbage to begin with. Basically all of the concepts put into him are contradicted by his own kit.

He's a DPS engage champion meant to survive by using a revive passive and built in hard sustain to be tanky but: #1- He gets kited so hard to the point he can't AA anything due to a lack of decent CC and sticking power. #2- His revive passive typically just delays his death for a few moments rather than give him a second chance. #3- Has very poor sustain that's further weakened by the reason #1. #4 Unless somehow fed his damage is so piss poor. And finally #5- The biggest issue with his entire kit is that he basically chunks himself just to use his abilities due to his insane HP costs that basically kill him before the fight has even begun only to gain a small amount of Attack speed and use his abilities that rarely actually do anything.

Taric is a top priority rework that everyone is waiting on but there's also a large Aatrox fanbase that's out there waiting for this guy to get buffs to make him viable again instead of basically being so bad that he can't be played unless you're prepared to lose 90% of the time.

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Zero Skill Tank1 votes

? Aatrox is by no means 'weak' now, itemization serves him well, and it is reflected in his statistics.

You are right though that his kit has it's problems, and Reav3 stated he will probably be updated during rooster update of divers.

Duke Anax1 votes

Aatrox is a melee carry, if he gets a bit of gold he wrecks, otherwise he is borderline useless. However like any Carry he can always farm to come back. If I get to lategame I can handle any Sated Rageblade.

However he is very difficult to play in a way that most low Elo players struggle with. He doesn't have much mechanics to learn, all his power comes from Tactics. You need to constantly gauge your Bloodwell, your helth, your passive and your ult against the enemies numbers and health and then decide if you get a kill or not.

With Aatrox there is no try and abort, you need to be very sure about what you are doin. but once you learn that he becomes unstoppable.

He reall likes to build MR item 3091 item 3156 item 3139 item 3065 which is why he is actually a good counter to the current Jungle meta.

HongChongDong1 votes

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http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/lltKwLrh-useless-and-unplayable-aatrox-part-9999482999

Try to get a read here.

Short summary of that post. Aatrox is still weak and requires an absolute skill with him just to play him against people of lower skill level and is countered by almost every single viable and popular top laner. You basically admitted yourself how weak he actually is.

Alytrox1 votes

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Short summary of that post. Aatrox is still weak and requires an absolute skill with him just to play him against people of lower skill level and is countered by almost every single viable and popular top laner. You basically admitted yourself how weak he actually is.

Being skilled and doing well with him makes him weak/unplayable?

HongChongDong1 votes

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Being skilled and doing well with him makes him weak/unplayable?

No. How did you even get that? According to your post the only way you can even play him is having a ridiculously high mastery of him and even then if an opponent is of an equal skill level you will lose. To add to that from your own post as well every viable top laner that's not a raw tank can and will win against him.

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