Talk:Aatrox/@comment-24835178-20141018125403/@comment-5211662-20141021175302

I usually rush Hydra and then Zephyr. Zephyr offers attack speed, as well as tenacity, cooldown reduction and even more attack damage, as well as extre momement speed, which means that Aatrox is even harder to kite. This item also lets me buy Ninja Tabi without worrying about tenacity, allowing me to deal better with enemy ADC. Also, while Blade of the Runed King has the attack speed and a great passive effect, it has few actual AD, and Aatrox's W scales pretty well with AD as well as attack speed.

I usually like to splitpush with Aatrox anyway, and while I am splitpushing, I am farming, and the gold from the extra farm and the towers I take let me buy the tank items I need. Late-game when I don't need to splitpush anymore, I have the tankyness to go pretty well on teamfights.

When I rush Blade of the Ruined King, is when I plan not to splitpush, and instead, go on teamfights. This is when there is already another player besides me that plans to splitpush. When this happens, there is a item that I buy alongside Blade of the Ruined King: Youmuu's Ghostblade. This item offers AD, armor penetration, and a great active. This build path is not suitable for splitpushing since it lacks the same wave clearing capatibilities due to not having a Ravenous Hydra; however, it is way better for teamfights and for dueling potential.