User blog comment:Doeniel/Aweful Game Design - The Ridiculous Failure Of The Aatrox Rework/@comment-8506165-20170316163756

" This is why everyone in the community was looking towards an Aatrox Rework, where all of the poor Skirmishers problems were supposed to be fixed."

Which this isn't. Riot said repeatedly that this is not "The Aatrox Rework". This is a series of changes intended to put his kit in a better place until the rework can finally be done, seeing as several people have been in the rework queue since before Aatrox's release.

Did they horribly low-ball numbers? Sure. But that's easily fixed with a few patches. However it has taken some of the antisynergy out of his kit and opened up tankier builds as opposed to "build full damage and draintank, or fall behind and die all the time". Which ultimately makes him easier to balance, and potentially a better champion because he's not actively disincentivised to build tankier.

Just because the numbers suck right now doesn't mean it's a failed set of changes. Lots of champions have had sucky winrates at various points before buffs, including champions who turned out to be really strong like Ivern. Give it a few patches, then bitch about it if he's terrible after a few buffs and once people have figured out the best ways to play him with his changes.