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the Aatrox rework failed in every aspect but one which is his champion model , here is why

subhuman team XD·6/13/2018, 4:34:11 PM·5 votes·1,398 views

When i first saw the trailer for Aatrox , i thought to myself oh my not only hes a massive warlord with a giant darkin sword , but he also looks so badass that im sure his kit and his VO will be epic and scary af.

the next day where his abilities were revealed , i was wrong , i expected something unique and completly new and never seen before in any other kit , something that puts darkin champions into a whole new level of epicness but no i was totally wrong , all they did was give him a riven Q that is more or less better than hers , put some whacky sound effects (not sure if anyone noticed but his sword strike has the sound of nasus's cane instead of a REAL darkin sword sound) and ofc whacky and clunky animations such as his walking animation and his transition from abilities to walking/vice versa , compaired to urgot's VGU , this is by far the most underwhelming and least intresting rework i have ever seen , and dont even get me started on his VO , all they could've done was bring back the old voice actor and just grant him completly new lines like now while sounding arrogant , a little bit angry and eager to fight as every darkin should be , but nope they decided to give him a russian guy on crack VO with needless jokes in each interraction and absolutely no seriousness what so ever.

compaired to the trailer where he looked like he was gonna rip you apart , i was failed miserably , i truely thought that this would exceed urgot's rework but no i was disappointed , urgot and warwick still remain as the two most badass reworks of all time in my opinion and i feel bad for aatrox mains cause compaired to the live aatrox , the new one definitly landed way off the mark.

i was expecting something unique something truely terrifying about darkins something that shows how powerful the darkin race is and they're not to be messed with , but i was disappointed , imo this rework was rushed they should've thought more deeply on how aatrox should sound like (arrogant , eager to fight , scary , wise and smart ...) as well as how his abilities should look (tending more towards survivability and rage) instead of copying abilities from other champions and adding a few touches on them to make it look a bit different , reminds me of that "can i copy your homework , sure but change it a bit so it wont look the same" meme ...

TLDR : new Aatrox doesnt fullfill the darkin theme that much (creatures that lust for battle , war and blood) , his animation were terribly done since his abilities were also terribly thought of , his VO is the worst idea of all time they should've just brought old aatrox voice actor to give him more lines and interraction while keeping that scary wise smart and elegant darkin creature type of thing intact , his SFX are also terrible (specially his sword slash sound , like i said above it sounds like nasus's Cane instead of a real DARKIN sword) the only way they can save this guy is to re-evaluate what they've done , postpone the rework so they can revamp his VO / animations and abilities as well as giving him Darkin themed sound effects (just like Rhaast's entire abilities , they all sound darkin-ish) and ofc think deeply about how his abilities should look like since he is a darkin warlord ,hes suppose to have some form of rage mechanic while preserving his "blood lust" in his kit and make his ultimate more impactful instead of just hey im bigger and i get free ad and i cant die for the next 12 seconds ...

1 Comments

KuroCaliber6/13/2018, 4:58:23 PM1 votes

His abilities are still a damn ways better than they used to be. And for god's sake he's not russian, I'm pretty sure he's spanish. Old Aatrox didn't lust for battle, he didn't lust for anything. There was little to no actual hunger in his voice. Also, you saw his special interactions and jokes are a part of that. Every champion has them. Just type /joke if you don't believe me. He may have a three part skill like riven, but each part has the potential to CC and his final part is a homage to his old Q. The W is more interactive than the buff you in different ways because you have point and click. It gives him a way to keep enemies in a fight as well as reposition them for more Q damage+knockup. And his E is no longer the awkward V shaped skill it's a literal dash, something that is kinda crucial to most fighters nowadays. Aatrox is who Riot thinks he should be, not who you think he should be. While it's certainly valid to give criticism, you also need to understand that Darkin are now going to play a more active role than old Aatrox was introduced into. They're not demons, or spirits. They're a race of warrior-aliens who came to conquer, not help humans win their wars.