Talk:Aatrox/@comment-5763148-20150606001141/@comment-3546228-20150607165424

Never buy both BORK and Hydra. Choose one. BORK is better for teamfighting (more W heals, so more tanking), Hydra is better if you want to be a split pusher for the extra wave clearing and tower damage.

Black Cleaver? It's a good item, but I don't think it's that good on Aatrox. I guess it's up to personal preference but I feel like his cooldowns are already pretty low, and over spamming health cost spells can be unhealthy in prolonged teamfights.

{{ii|Zephyr}] I feel doesn't give enough combat stats to earn its slot and 2650 cost. Yes, tenacity is great but you should be going anyway.

isn't for Aatrox. Leave it to the AD carries. He doesn't build crit and he has no problem with opponents who build thornmail.

Never buy more than 2 attack damage items. Aatrox is really squishy, he has the health of a ranged AD carry. He can't tank with 1 tank item like Irelia, so you need to buy heavy health items like,  and I'll explain why.

More health = more health cost on Q and E, which is good. That means you fill your blood well faster, which means you are more survivable. Aatrox's playstyle is of an assassin, but he NEVER has to be the first one to die in a teamfight.

is core for Aatrox and you should always buy it, unless the enemy team is full AD or something.

Here's a good example build for toplane against a team that has both AP and AD: