They didn't buff Aatrox enough
Ok so, I know everybody already thinks Aatrox is extremely OP because of his passive, but he really isn't. He's so incapable of fighting effectively it's ridiculous, especially because his cooldowns are so high that he can't do anything after he uses them.
He relies almost solely on autoattacking and his E pretty much to fight enemies by himself, when he isn't in a teamfight. In a teamfight, he goes in, attacks, does his thing, and either dies or doesn't die. It all comes down to whether his passive is up or now, and even when it is, there's still a pretty high chance of him dying. There's no way for him to get out of it because of his insane cooldowns.
And if Riot isn't going to reduce his cooldowns or buff him in some way involving that, then I think they should at least add some kind of "bleed" effect like Darius and Talon have. That way there's a higher chance of him doing more damage, or even killing an enemy before dying, which is inevitably going to happen if Aatrox gets caught in a tough spot where he's already used his abilities recently
Aatrox has basically 2 options when it comes to encountering enemies individually
He can either:
- Use his abilities to go in and try to kill the enemies, inevitably dying if he fails to kill them first since he's got literally no way of getting away other than a flash maybe, and those odds depend on where the fights happen
- Use his abilities to try and escape, dealing little to no damage to enemies since he doesn't have a safe way to do so
I'm extremely tired of having to choose between those two. Aatrox should be able to go in, fight, and then at least have a chance to come out safely. He's very inefficient, but I like playing him. I'd love to see him buffed a little more so that he has more of a chance of not dying after fights