Talk:Aatrox/@comment-27080952-20160629000253/@comment-28876110-20160629015542

From what I've played as Aatrox, his power didn't come from anywhere near his passive, but rather just his insane dueling with lifesteal and attack speed (With his W passive either letting you shred tanks or just give that much more lifesteal in earlier trades). His passive helped, being a free GA so long as you used your almost free spells, but if you got the ball rolling and started to splitpush, maybe building something like BotRK, Berserker's Greaves, and perhaps a Guinsoo's if you were ahead, you could fight anyone who didn't have the burst to one-shot you. He's not as powerful in pushing as say, Jax, Udyr, Riven, Trynd, etc (the usual suspects for splitpushing), but he's still a very good pick, especially in Top, if your team knows what they're doing and can create enough pressure for you to simply saunter down toplane to the inhibitors.