What's the deal with Aatrox's size?

AviSolus·7/16/2018, 2:35:25 AM·2 votes·4,105 views

I mean, I know he's an Ascended and all, and can be as big as Nasus and Renekton in terms of body size.

But could someone explain to me why he (the sword) is so big? He needs people to pick him up to use him, right?

How can any normal person use a sword that's like 15ft tall? Especially when compared to Varus and Rhaast? I'm not even sure if Tryndamere can pick him up, and he's supposed to be a potential groomed-host-thing-whatever. Thoughts?

Edit 1: This also means that his Sea Hunter Skin is inconsistent with the size change, just fyi.

9 Comments

KuroCaliber7/16/2018, 3:08:00 AM2 votes

He can take the flesh and blood of people he kills to grow bigger. So his size varies.

AlienPrimate7/16/2018, 3:28:57 AM2 votes

He uses Viagra.

Chromatic Eagle7/16/2018, 3:57:21 PM2 votes

Runeterra is an anime.

lightdragoon887/16/2018, 3:13:09 AM1 votes

It only get that big when he really excited

Guy Broman7/16/2018, 4:15:50 AM1 votes

Jeah, it was said when he assimilates the flesh of those he kills he physically grows bigger. I'm sure he'd need the bodies of a lot of people to get to that size though. I wonder what the exact scaling is, actually. Because Rhaast is still human sized with one host (Kayn), but Varus is also still human sized with two hosts (Kai & Valmar). Maybe to actually get as big as he is in his splashart, Aatrox needed to kill hundreds. So maybe getting that big isn't realistic for Darkin at all.

mrmeddyman7/16/2018, 9:51:01 AM1 votes

I don't think he gets bigger at all but that the splash art is just him being big for artistic reasons to communicate that he takes ownership of the battlefield. His size may be due to the terrified soldiers underneath him eyes exagerrating his size because he is so damn frightening or imposing like a god.

In game he gets bigger to quickly communicate that he is ulting like Renekton Nasus lulu ult etc