A Quick Swap of Things to Revive Aatrox
**Hello everyone, ** so, lately, most discussion has been about Aatrox as Riot has completely whiffed while making their "progression" on his rework. (As you might be able to tell, I'm no fan of this at all. One Riven is quite enough). But what to do? Well, If Riot listens this time, I have some rearrangements of his kit and the concept to make him a badass war veteran demon again.
As for his kit:
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One three-part Q in the game is enough. Make it a two-cast with almost no CD in between to make it feel smooth and to give auto-attacking more attention (remove the last part of it). Right now, everything is about hitting those knock-ups, but that's a mage's thing. Not a damn Bruiser. I like the precision-award in his gameplay right know, but please reduce the role it has. Now move this swift, two-cast ability to his E instead. Aatrox is no mage.
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Give him his old Flight back. Aatrox was once this hard diving divine war god, time to give him his big flight-of-death back. With the Q being a two-cast now and placed on the E, place this new Flight ability on his Q as it was once. Make it a huge badass, Galio-like dive into a pool of enemies, critick on those hit right on impact and knocking them up for AT LEAST 1 SECOND! but shoving away enemies standing right in the debris. (These tiny knock-ups he has right know ain't the real deal. Make him brutal.)
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Make him feared. Literally. Move that revive back to the passive, remove the ability to move (Wtf is that?? Really Riot??) but let him unleash a 1-2 second fear to all enemies within an area of an Annie W. Now for the Revive (as this has been much discussed), make it a long CD, but do not let abilities aid to the amount of HP restored. No. Let it foremost scale with level instead, but make it coop with the ultimate as described below
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Get Swain out of here. Change the graphics first and foremost - It's like you've just copypasted Swain. I'd personally like it to resemble like more of a "hell", more fire, less blood. Not Brandish, but fire indeed. Make his sword burn and let it leave traces through the air as he swings it. Let him also leave Scourged earth underneath him as seen with Shyvana or something like that. Now for the Revive on his passive, let 20% of damage dealt add to that pool. And let it stay until he dies next time! Of cause, he shouldn't be able to overheal or anything. But he is a demon. He as a damn war god-thing, let him at least be able to heal to full hp.
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Make them pay. As for the sustain he used to have in lane. I'd say bring back the toggle-ability. Remove his W as it is now because it's really shitty. Way too easily countered. (What about moving the chains to the ultimate and let them attach to all enemies around him, slowly pulling them towards the war-demon?)
Well. These were just my thoughts, and I'm no Aatrox expect. What do you guys think?