Talk:Aatrox/@comment-28018860-20160514152725/@comment-4091261-20160703173731

is actually a reasonable, and extremely powerful, first item rush. Unless is up against someone who has  in their core build, like  or, the  is a fairly powerful investment. Not only as an investment in defense, but also in offense.

When considering that the consumed by his spells becomes charged in, a portion of the  bought transforms into. Fortunately the total pool is large enough to not overflow when rushing only one health item; so the mitigation of burst combined with increased DPS from buying is fairly useful against picks like, , , and. being a fairly powerful situational item means that its usefulness even pushes past early game, meaning a smooth transition.