User blog comment:Krauserlols/Nop his ult still sucks/@comment-5170841-20130618111818

1. An irrelevant reasoning, most skills tool tips don't even explain what the specifics (cc duration, range, applies on hit effects) of their skills does

2. Renekton, Pantheon, Hecarim, Trundle and Nasus can all be considered ad bruisers and yet their ult scales of AP, does magic damage and are AoE. This is so they can balance him. If it scaled of AD it would be a nuke and it would defeat the purpose of an iniating tool as well as making the buffs he gets on the ult. Remember that Aatrox is a champion that would be better in sustained fights since his sustain and attack speed practically make him unkillable in the correct situations. So if you end the fight early, it would benefit Aatrox less because he recovers less from it since he relies on prolonged engagements so he can maximize his W pasive.

3. The added range is actually the one misplaced here. The only logical reason why he should have it is so he is albe to attack carries at slightly safer position. Which is weird since his ult and Q are meant for him to go in in the middle of the fight. Instead of range, I would rather have it be an AoE buff to his allies as well like what you said. Bonus AD and AS for him and half of that can be an Aura to his allies.

It's not pointless but it does need some tweaking, I could see where Riot was heading with his ult ( an iniatiing steriod ) but just kinda fell short since they thought it would be OP. They should definitely take another look at it.