Talk:Aatrox/@comment-XEvarinya-20130630112215

Lately he's become my safe pick for top-lane. Whenever I get top and am not sure of my skills with other champions, I usually always beat enemies with him because of my aggresive playstyle and "bursty" harras Aatrox provides (load up W proc, than jump and chunk down half of their health while retreating unscathed or beat them out of lane - hell, I sometimes even kill them on first engage) while I consistently farm. I even got yelled once by the enemy team for smurfing, and that I should "go back to my diamond division" - all while I was playing pre-made with my friends from real life on my main account.

Some time ago I was put against duo-top with Fiora and Zed as my enemies. I heard from my mid-lane (forgot who it was) that they are counters too Aatrox and that my lane is a GG. Well, since I'm like "screw lolking and the counters" I didn't care much, just played it very safe - I literally was hugging the turret (and I'm good at last hitting under it btw), while chunking their health down with the help of my E.

When both of them hit 6 they towerdived me (again, this was on provisional so there's a little chance of meeting high-skilled people there) with my passive up - they ignited me but I didn't care about living trought the attack but punishing them for diving me. Zed died, I used my passive and than I went for Fiora who stayed in lane. I got second kill and started to snowball the lane pretty hard and Zed was helpless against me - Fiora went to roam and - in the end - got some kills on bottom lane. I caddied that match by building tanky blablablah etc. etc. etc.

And now I'm sure you're bored with those kind of stories, but the morale is that counterpicks mostly don't matter, it's just the skill level.

It's my little story from Wood Elo X. ^^ And below I have a tip for fellow Aatrox players out there.

There's this funny trick to use against Zed ultimate: just Q under yourself as he's about to show up, and with the proper timing you'll knock him up and deal tons of damage before he can use his combo on you. That may make him retreat in fear instead of attacking. Also, this trick is good to make use of any targeted dash against opponent (like Fiora's ultimate, Master Yi's Q). You don't even have to aim as much as you do usually! :D

I hope I helped fellow Aatrox players out there with my tip and thank you for reading this wall of text. Have a nice day!