So will Aatrox possibly be the next scheduled rework after taric or possible a close one?
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.
which is why he is actually a good counter to the current Jungle meta.