Talk:Aatrox/@comment-35229418-20151203194456

Hmm, Aatrox looks pretty strong now. Yeah, we all knew that the new masteries and items would have buffed him, but it wasn't the way I expected.

First of all, he seems more effective as a jungler than as a top laner now. He's one of the champions who benefit the most from the new. With, he acts as a powerful sustain clearer - almost as fast as with the same kind of sustain, but with huge early game pressure.

is obviously a no brainer on him. The fact that it's an on-hit effect means that will apply it 3 times for every 2 basic attacks, which is pretty good.

After, seems like the best choice. At that point Aatrox needs AD to scale with, not more AS. Sated applying Cleave means huge sustain on minions/other champions in mid game skirmishes and ganks. After a couple small defensive items or one big defensive item based on enemy damage, can be built and, once it's completed, we have the possibility to swap Ravenous for  for free. This is a perfect transition from a mid game skirmisher to a late game diver. Both Titanic and Ruined King's on-hit effects are obviously applied by Phantom Hit.

Sadly, I haven't had the same luck when I tried top lane. The 5% life steal granted by and Vampirism looks good on paper, but it's still easy to be bursted down. looks good as a burst counter and it also heals on Fervor of Battle's damage, but not having Hydra's burst nor BotRK's dueling potential makes it have more cons than pros.