Talk:Aatrox/@comment-Equality Slifer-20130521191346

I played some games with him in PBE and as far as i can tell he is pretty strong.

His sustain while constantly autoattacking is immense (i got ~300 on every third hit with only a sanguine blade (below half hp)) also his q-to-w-burst is pretty high.(prepare 2 hits on minions, hit q-auto-e and disengage for short harass) This, combined with a pretty strong slow even at lvl 1 makes him also a very effektive jungler.

One thing to note: It is possible to hit minions and apply the third hit on champs (o rly?) BUT you can switch from Blood-Thirst to Price frequently, that means, every third hit will apply either thirst or price even if the 2 hits before where done with the other (but I don't know if you have to do the three hits in a set time).

Another thing about his w: I highly recommend  duelling with Blood Price instead of Blood Thirst, since the damage it does is at all points far superior to the health it gives. But in Teamfights you might fight with Blood Thirst to survive longer.

I recommend R->Q->W->E, because in laning phase you won't be autoattacking that much to abuse W and Q scales better + lowering CD. I guess the rest should be clear.

Exceptions: Against Enemies who do quite long trades (Tryndamere, Fiora, etc) you can max w first, and if you are losing REALLY hard you can possibly put some points in e for safer last hitting and extended slows.

One last note on his ultimate: don't use it as a finishing burst, like some do with Wukong, it deals Damage based on the enemy's current health, so if you are going for it, use it immediately.

These are all things I found out in pbe, they may change by time, especially on the Release on Life Servers.