Talk:Aatrox/@comment-25310386-20140816033253/@comment-25065710-20140817050140

Having played it numerous times as both an avid Jax and Aatrox player I'm actually leaning towards Aatrox in this instance. Jax's kit might be 'perfect' in terms of rounding off Aatrox's strengths but it doesn't ramp up as fast and pose a big of a threat to Aatrox, whereas he will.

In lane, Jax might be be able to mitigate some damage from a trade but he has no safe / free tool of denying Aatrox from farming or healing up from his in-built sustain - the biggest advantage Aatrox has over Jax. Because of the threat of Jax's E and Aatrox's passive neither is really looking to go for a kill - that turns this lane into one of attrition. Aatrox's kit revolves around looking for opportunities to burn some health down and stay healthy at the same time.

Furthermore, Jax's biggest strength is in the late-game but he really does dip mid-game because he still needs to scale heavily time-wise. Aatrox hits a massive powerspike at Level 9 - 11 (arguably the strongest mid-game spike in the game) and can really brutalize a Jax, who at this stage of the game is a jack-of-all-trades, master-of-none.

Put it this way - if Jax gets a kill advantage he closes the gap between Aatrox and is almost equal in power, yet if Aatrox gets a number himself, he will really stretch Jax's opening to make an impact to 35+ minutes.