Talk:Aatrox/@comment-5203179-20141201235659/@comment-25967446-20150118190432

Personally I would say max E (both in lane and in jungle) as it does magic damage which will bypass the armor/dorans shield that people will buy to counter you. The extra slow also helps during ganks and the aoe will give you good wave clear. Maxing W could be ok for the blood price if you can guarantee that you can proc it on the enemy champion but the heal from blood thirst doesn't scale very well with levels unless you are always getting the bonus for being under 50% health. So I would say only max W if you are getting poked down too much.