Aatrox - Before the Rework

What was Aatrox like BEFORE his rework?

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Music used is For Whom the Knell Tolls by Danny Baranowsky (Theme of Dead Ringer from Crypt of the Necrodancer)

All of the Old Aatrox and New Aatrox gameplay was from either my old videos or from my recent games.

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[Peldms]

"Look how they massacred by boy." I miss him so much, was one of the few characters I got well acquainted with and then he was removed from the game.

[Sugharon]

Old Aatrox was one of my favorite champs. I wish he was still this way.

[phatang]

Miss the old Aatrox, the feeling when u rush in 1 vs 2, 3 enemies press R and start slashing and healing is incredible.

[mimico]

RIP Aatrox
Gone but not forgotten
★ June 13th, 2013
† June 27th, 2018

[mastermimin]

I would absolutely love to see the Sion rework deconstructed. It's such a drastically different champion and almost nobody knows the old him.

[endoyuki]

I remember playing him during s5 and his attack speed with lifesteal is soo good. I really miss the old him

[DustD.Reaper]

Old Aatrox will always have a special place in my heart since I remember him being one of the first champions I played when I freshly started with league about 6 or 7 years ago, and even though it were just botgames at that times, I really had a blast with him. But since I ended up as a support main, I never really ended up picking Aatrox besides the times I would maybe got him in ARAM while he was in the free rotation so hearing that Aatrox was getting a rework back then gave me mixed feelings because one champion that I never played before and got reworked, Warwick, became one of my favourites to play in league so I thought that it probably will be fine, but there was always this dread I felt that the Aatrox I first got into league with may be gone then...which by now turned into reality.

I dont dislike the new Aatrox, there were some fun moments I had with him aswell...I just really miss the old Aatrox, and he is now synonymus with an older time of league. One where every new champion wasnt an overtuned amalgamation of exsisting champions, but instead had new ideas and interesting gimmicks, where we had event thematic game modes and holiday maps like the Halloween and Christmas ones...and where I think Riot cared more about the community and less about just making money.

[TheMrFancyKiwi]

I still find it crazy how the mini rework they gave him one patch before his big VGU actually made him a good, playable champ. They finally made him good just in time to remove him.

[phgumerr]

I've had an idea for a while, and that's if you have mastery 7 on a champ, then they get reworked, the m7 looks different, maybe it looks like that Champs color scheme. Idk I just think there should be something for the pre rework playerbase for that champ

[samijouili]

Loved Atrox because of the dark flight skills, back then it seemed like the coolest thing

[koi]

Aarrox used to be my main, I still miss him. I played once after the rework and that was it.

[TheHappyReaper]

I used to main Aatrox back in the day, and I was really hyped for his rework when it was first announced, because it seemed to make Aatrox more like how I played him, which was a weird ad/AP hybrid using gunblade and nashors to shift Aatrox away from pure autos and more towards trading and burst. However, I could never really get behind the new Aatrox. The problem for me was never the revive, or the lack of on-hit support, it was how abhorrently slow the new Aatrox’s Q felt. Maybe I’m crazy, well probably actually I’ve been playing league for a while now, but whenever I played the new Aatrox it just felt like it took so long for my ability to go off, especially in the late game. I never could get used to it, and ended up dropping the champion.

[dino]

I love new Aatrox, I have him at m7, he's one of my favorite champions to play in the entire game

But I also dearly miss old Aatrox, he was always a fun flex pick I could lock in when I just wanted to have fun. I thoroughly enjoy playing the new version, but I also loved playing the old version.

All this being said though, with Renata and Akshans releases, I FIRMLY believe they should give Aatrox's revive back.

[apreslavague]

Aatrox was my very first champion ever when arriving in LoL... I'm so sad they reworked him :(

[Nietmeg]

This was the one I was really looking forward to! Thank you cryo!

[felixfresh]

Damn that hits right in the feels. I got my first ever pentakill with the old aatrox i'll never forget the rush of adrenaline it gave me...

[guillermolopez]

I knew this video was coming and when I saw the 20 minute long duration I knew this was gonna be good. Especially knowing Aatrox was your fav champion before Thresh

I personally like the new look better than the old one, and I never got to play the old Aatrox, but I've seen so many people talking about this topic I'm thinking more and more heavily every time that Riot should release a version with old League champs, before any rework had been done, just for fun

[unholymackerel]

I really miss the old Aatrox. I even made a montage of him way back in the day, one of my fondest memories is a match I played him in the jungle when I went 20/1 and still lost a match. I got him to m7 before the vgu and I really really miss it, I wasn't good at him by any means but god damn, I absolutely loved the way the champ played. It was so unique with the ultimate and the toggle W, sigh. I really wish we could have him back, even if he's never ever meta. Lol.

[Flavourius]

I would really like the idea of you covering Maokai next, before Gnar became my main champ it was mostly Maokai but due to item changes and his ult rework I'm sad that he'll never be the strong tree you could rely on anymore in team fights.

[toyue]

I miss the old Aatrox so much. From the visuals, to the lore, to his gameplay and his identity. Sure it wasn't perfect and perhaps seemed generic, but it was very unique and had it's identity. I really felt powerful and as the video said, one was able to dance with death. Now Aatrox is a constantly screaming tragic character who really wants everyone and everything to die. He has become a AD caster with a playstyle that does really remind me of Riven. Ofc it's still different in many aspects, but nevertheless the new aatrox feels closer to Riven than to his former self.