Talk:Aatrox/@comment-31365269-20180713013429/@comment-25532677-20180716034354

This is one of the reasons why tiamat is recommended. If they get  in close to you, you can hit them with the combination of; Auto attack > (Q + Tiamat activation) > Auto Attack > Q > Auto attack. The damage is tremendous, you're looking at a total of 75-450 + (640 - 850% AD) + 8-16% max health as damage depending on your level if you land the full combo and weave in your attacks properly.

In fact all of the champions you've listed bank on dodging your Q in some shape or form. If you are clever enough, you can outsmart them and aim your Q where you know they're going to try to dodge. The list doesn't mention some of the harder matchups, like garen, darius, udyr, vlad, which all can match his sustain in lane and can out-trade him at the same time. With that said, for every pick, there is a counterpick. In a perfect world, champions would win solely based on the player's skill and performance and not rock-paper-scissors but when you have 140+ characters it's bound to happen.