Talk:Aatrox/@comment-ExtremeWays-20130615183742

I'm playing games with him and i'm noticing that his damage is solid but not overwhelming. What seems to be his power is how much he can disrupt enemies targeting. His q throws up a lot of chaos and his e creates a sizeable slow while his w is literally a double edged sword. The ult is an initiating tool period, you q in ult and start doing what you can, highly recommended 40% cdr so you can use the knockup multiple times a teamfight.

Maxing W first seems like the right choice the ranged poke may have higher base damage but it deals with MR which is not how you use him.

Maxing Q is dependant on what you're doing, if you need to teamfight earlier max this first because you need to disrupt and get to important targets quickly.'

Maxing E is for people that are smart enough to know you've lost the lane either at champion select or overall player skill, this gives you easy farming ability and its safe because an enemy that gets too close will instantly regret not being able to get away.

Items i consider core: Spirit Visage (just look at the health return, disgusting), Zepyhr (Any AS item really that has defensive properties), Ninja Tabi, Zeke's Herald. These four items allow him to move around quickly, reduce cc, gives some team support, and has about 100-120 in total resistances along with runes and masteries while having about 55 extra ad on top of the runes.

MoM, Frozen Mallet, Gunblade (Tons of sustain), Rageblade, Randuins are all good on him as well.