Aatrox Rework Maybe?

SorinBlack·12/21/2015, 12:50:57 PM·5 votes·528 views

Lets talk about Aatrox for a minute. Of all of League's champions who have been getting some much needed attention, i feel like Aatrox has fallen to the wayside. I rarely if ever see him played, NEVER played in ranked, and unless you are one of the few people who struggle to main him, you just aren't going to be useful. I want to see this demon of the battlefield in all of his glory. And i think the first step is taking his barbarian Vladimir kit and turning it into something themed less for blood, and more for war.

As with everything posted on these forums, these are just my opinions on what i think could be a good alternative to his kit.

Passive: Never Outnumbered When Aatrox has more enemies than allies around him, he gains additional attack speed and lifesteal for each enemy champion that exceeds the number of allied champions within range, including himself.

Q: Savagery Passive: Aatrox gains passive lifesteal that scales with ability rank. Active: Aatrox loses the lifesteal from this ability, and changes it to extra damage for his auto-attacks for a few seconds. Once the time runs out, the ability goes on cooldown and loses the lifesteal until it refreshes.

W: Carve a Path Aatrox uses his wings to launch himself forward. If he hits an enemy during the dash, he deals physical damage and slows them.

E: Decimate Aatrox builds Decimate stacks up to ten with each unit he kills, each one giving him a slight increase in attack speed. When activated, it consumes all stacks of Decimate, giving his next auto-attack a scaling bonus to damage. If all ten stacks are consumed, it also slows the enemy.

R: Dread Rally Aatrox grants his allies infernal vigor, granting them a large portion of the health he gains from lifesteal for his auto-attacks when they are within range.

With these changes, Aatrox becomes the duelist he was supposed to be. In lane, he can harass his enemies with Decimate and Carve a path, making sure to use the lifesteal from Savagery to make his trades well worth. When he wants to all-in an enemy champion, he pops Savagery, and uses the bonus damage along with his slows to eradicate his enemies. Never Outnumbered means he can hold his own during enemy ganks, and the bonus from Dread Rally allows his allies to take the lead with him while he sustains them through the fight. Aatrox becomes a siege champion, truly shining when his team is on the offensive, but doesn't have much to offer on the retreat. However, his presence means that taking dragon can easily become a counter-offensive when the enemy team tries to steal. Like a true demon of war, he leads his team forward to victory, and doesn't look back.

So guys, i hope you like this idea of mine, and i'd like to hear any feedback you might have. Note that i've purposely left out any hard numbers from these abilities, so we can focus on their flavor and effect more than how OP they might be.

Just showing some love for one of Runeterra's last Darkin, Aatrox.

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