Talk:Aatrox/@comment-36067310-20190725144215/@comment-38332177-20190803034446

Aatrox wasnt really about the revive. Before his rework he was more of fighting to the death gaining blood stacks to get stronger and lifestealing off of you, similar to now but no rage mechanic. Right now he is defined by is overwhelming spellvamp and lifesteal, basically just like Vlad or Rhaast, though unlike Vlad he heals more based on his damage dealt similar to rhaast only that rhaast's healing only gets really good when attacking beefier targets, Aatrox heals really well against all champion. Right now I would say he has more spellvamp/lifesteal out of any champ in the game even vladimir once he gets his items. While the revive was alost a core part that defined him, I would arguably say his health stealing defined him more.

For example before his rework, I would say his W was the most core thing in his kit more than the revive. There are actually a lot of people glad that his revive is gone, and they have asked to remove it a while ago because it took up quite a power budget or it just wasnt needed.

I still wish the revive could come back in some way but as of right now it just isnt possible with this kit. He heals too much to even get it off