If you are in Bronze - Gold I strongly recommend Aatrox, almost no one plays him nowadays and because of that it gives you the element of surprise. You can easily get 1-2 dragons early game and a majority of the time get 5th dragon by 29:40 because of dragon control.
I recently got to Platinum using this method.
TFW you realize dragon isn't worth shit.
As a note, you don't need the LS quints as it doesn't help him sustain at all with his built in w mechanic, or AS marks either (if anything, it's more efficient to take AD marks and AS quints) - even less so if you get a hard leash @ red. I've been using full AD quints/marks and still doing this very effectively, ending dragon with 50% of my health, full blood well and a health pot running making for a faster dragon and still holding ability to gank bot lane (should be on par with their levels or very slightly behind)
Second Wind with ANY champion(Like Vayne level 1, or Katarina) can solo the dragon early with potions. You literally say it's required, and then it never even procs in the video.(You must reach 24% hp for it to proc, you would notice your regeneration increasing up from 10.0)
I would run 21/9... Protip: The potions are what rape the dragon, not second wind(but this is why second wind on almost any champion can kill it). With armor, 5 potions, and any master or runes build, you can solo the dragon at level 1 with Aatrox. (You can hit the scuttle crab to gain bloodwell also, as much as you want), but we know he can be level 2 before it even spawns, so:
For the beginning, you should take your Q(jump) to raise your bloodwell to max before spawns, kill red with leash, learn w, jump the wall, and kill dragon. You don't have to recall after it's dead, I normally clear some camps after, then go get my upgraded jg tool as a whole item.
Killing it at level 1 is a neat trick, but for most people, this is steps into realizing, that over 10 champs can kill it at level 1 solo, and EVERYCHAMP IN THE GAME, can kill it at level 3.
Then they normally realize that only the first dragon is even worth the trouble shortly after.
Okay since people don't understand I'll try to explain it for you. Full damage Aatrox sucks, if you even attempt to go full DPS on aatrox you are going to get destroyed. 21/9 is bad because you don't need the extra attack damage since he is an attack speed champion.
9/21 uses his 2nd life as a way to stall and make force the enemy to focus you rather than the ADC or APC. That is why you build Devourer & Blade Of Ruined King because of the damage per hit, You also have Visage & Randiuns + GA to be a 3 life tank for your team.
So number 1. Second Wind isn't needed for dragon but its needed for late game team fights, your job is to go in a focus their back line while ur carries kill anyone they can. Second Wind + Visage + W = an Insane amount of healing and blade of ruined king gives you % damage per hit.
Number 2 (Runes) Damage Marks are a must for a decent clear time Seals are standard Armor needed for defense Magic res is not needed because your getting visage for your 2nd item and u need 10% attack speed for dragon + just overall clear time. Lifesteal Quins are nice for late game fights much better than 10 extra attack damage.
Number 3 This works at Platinum Elo which is at the top 10% Of players in ranked So this will help the other 90% of players who want to play Aatrox effectively. I know for a fact this wouldn't work in Diamond but I damn sure know it works in Bronze, Silver and Gold very well.
the amount that second wind heals is based off your damage. Not Attack Speed. You're only going to get 1 heal before you lose the buff. Even the Rageblade lategame with +20Spd +10LS is a better strategy, because the buff stays on you with a timer, not just you lose it above 50%, the moment it activates below 50%.
9/21 sucks 13/17 is 'something' and 21/9 with a visage optimal.
The defense tree, in general, is just useless for aatrox. Perseverance and Recovery hurt his w. Bladed armor doesn't affect the dragon(you took bladed armor probably assuming it did) Tenacity is better on an item SV>Second Wind.
And for some reason, you take 2 MR over swiftness. It blows my mind you think this is better than Oppression also(Reduce targets damage by 3% when slowed), on a character THAT HAS A SLOW. Hell, care to explain why you didn't take another legendary guardian point and took this instead? Completely pointless.
Increase your max HP by 3% only makes it harder to heal up full, because the 50% line is now higher and to top it all off, you don't have any AD to increase the heal value. SV is one of the few items that helps AA get full life(main reason you buy it) with minimal lifesteal, and secondwind can't achieve this either, because it deactivates at 26% hp.
The Offence side gives: Atk Speed Atk DMG +3% DMG +5% AD
Note: AD increases Aatrox heal, and causes his W to sacrifice more life, converting into more bloodwell, meaning that AD Adds attack speed also.
Full damage Aatrox with a single armor item, tanks better than full tank aatrox.
If you ever run Aatrox with Def masters, You don't want recovery and Bladed Armor. You want block, and enchanted armor. You don't want Juggernaut, when Oppression is better. You want swiftness duh, this is the main reason ANYONE runs def tree. You don't want any MR, you should be itemizing this, 3.5 MR is useless when the average item adds like 30-50 MR Spirit Visage adds MR You would want every single point of Legendary Guardian...even if it results in 22 def points... You would want Reinforced Armor, because critical damage dealers are who you should be dueling And you would take Tenacity, because you already fucked yourself going defense, so why the fuck not.
The masters you are running him on ARE indeed trash. Just run full utility and buy a SV and I promise you won't even tell the difference in tank OR damage.
If all you did alone, was read my posts carefully, and copy my suggestion about taking jump first, and not fight the dragon with less than full bloodwell, that's 15% attack speed you're also completely ignoring. Rito even gave a free bloodwell generator crab right next to the damn thing. There is 0 excuse to fight it below full bloodwell.
imo aatrox need a slight nerf.
