How to actually have fun with Aatrox, at least in my opinion
So people are always talking about how Aatrox is terrible, and how he's no fun. Listen, I'm agreeing on that he's a bad champ. He's got bad stats and not the best abilities. But that's part of what makes him fun. I play him when I'm tilted, because I'm free to just play him the way I want. Don't get me wrong, I still give it my all, but I know that people aren't expecting much from me, which allows me to just unwind have fun.
or something similar is my jam in solo normies. With full AD+AP runes, 18/0/12 masteries and R>E>W>Q skill max you can really do some damage with your Death Triangle--works fairly well and usually gets a few laughs. The sustain is still respectable and he gets a lot of easy waveclear/poke-power out of it.