AATROX mini-rework
The biggest issue with Aatrox
right now is that if he isn't broken, he is one of if not the worst champion in the game, also he is quite basic but at the same time can be considered hard by low elo players, who find it easy to feed on him. My solution comes from a mixture of champs like vayne
and illaoi
. Aatrox
has his main kit item his w, which can heal him or do damage. My proposition is that some form of small healing or lifesteal effect be added to his current ult, and removed from his current w. From here you would switch his w and his ult, making it so that he has his q and e be the same, his w be similar to his current ult, but nerfed somewhat, and have an effect like kha'zix
w, in which he can heal for some sustain. His new ult would be a mix of things, most likely giving him some form of armor/magic resist, hp, and or damgage reduction, in order to make him better at being a bruiser/fighter, then have each third auto contain the effect of his damage dealing part of his w, but ALSO give him some of his first w, in which he heals every third auto. This would be an active effect lasting for some amount of time (say 7 seconds) and adding time each time you get a takedown, like vayne
and master yi
ults, instead of a passive. I don't know exactly what the numbers would be, and riot would obviously have to put some work into balancing them, but this could do a number of things including
- create a point in time where Aatrox
has a clear weakness and power spike (with his ult) - make Aatrox
have something simialar to illaoi
where he is feared in big battles, but there is counterplay and greivious wounds to help deal with him - add some level of tankyness to him with his ult, this is something i think he needs to help him fit into top lane, because as of now he is a carry, like xin
, but isn't a jungler, he needs some level of bruiserness or true damage like fiora
to get him as a good pick in top. - in lower elo, the general idea of what to do against illaoi
is a general concept that is understood not just in high elo, adding something like this would let bronze players have an idea of what to do when as or against Aatrox
Let me know what you think and i can always change things here and there (add me in game and message me there).