Notes from author
One of my favorite few favorite heroes in LOL along with Riven, Aatrox is a super aggressive, in-your-face type of fighter and has great sustain. It wasn't hard making this Aatrox build mostly because of how his Skill set in LOL could be easily imitated in Dark Souls.
So.....
Let's go right into it!
Skill sets and how to play:
Dark Flight
Q: Abyss great sword 2H heavy attack.
Blood thirst/Blood price
W:
Blood thirst causes Aatrox to gain life steal, unfortunately we couldn't do that in DkS with an AbyssGS but we can have HP regen with Replenishment to act as your sustain!
Blood Price is just straight up Damage boost, that drains your hp. Power Within much?
Blades of Torment
E: I find Dark bead to be the closest thing to BoT.
Massacre
R: Sadly we couldn't increase weapon attack speed in Dark Souls but we can still imitate the burst AOE damage when casting Massacre with Gravelord sword dance! phew...
With all that said, an aggressive mind set is needed to play as Aatrox so keep close to your opponent, if they are the type of players you likes to do blind parries then you got Dark bead to help you punish.
I've caught people with baiting my AbyssGS 2H heavy attack then instantly unlocked cast my Gravelord sword dance. Strangely enough that is how most people combo with Aatrox in LOL; Dark flight to Massacre combo.
I hope you give this build and play style a try!
*he looks Aatrox enough... right? Riiiiiight!?*
