User blog comment:Doeniel/Aweful Game Design - The Ridiculous Failure Of The Aatrox Rework/@comment-26815373-20170311203419/@comment-1330314-20170314161228

I think it's worth waiting a bit more to see how Aatrox's mini-rework advances, but I think the difference between his and Shaco's treatment is that, while both reworks didn't really fix either champion's design, at least Shaco's ended up making him strong. By contrast, Aatrox, who had already been unsuccessful for years, was made even weaker, to the point of requiring a hotfix. If anything, Riot should've erred on the generous side with him, since making him even a little bit too strong would at least reintroduce him to the game and get more players to appreciate him better. Instead, his changes flopped for the most part and just reinforced his status as one of the game's worst champions, failing to generate new fans for him or please his old fanbase.