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I just had the biggest existencial crisis when he said it has been 7 years since Aurelion Sol’s release

"They call me a comet. They call me a dragon. They have no words for my true form." -Aurelion Sol

I do love how there's a lore reason for his rework. He's breaking out of Targon's control and is now able to (literally) unleash his TRUE power directly.

As an old Aurelion sol player. I miss the old Asol. This makes me understand how aatrox players felt when they reworked him.

Reworking Aurelion Sol once again killed a champion I enjoyed for the sake of wider appeal. For as cumbersome as he was, for as cumbersome as any champion is, there's a dedicated fanbase that loves them for it.

As a previous Asol main, I'm still grieving at the loss of our stars. The current Asol is a lot simpler, and in some ways less unique, but I am at least happy they made him a battlemage like he used to be. Riot really screwed him up when they tried to push the burst mage hyper roamer style

They didn't sacrifice Identity for Playability, the sacrificed balls for bugs

If you think about it, ASol went from for the most passively letting his stars damaging enemies over time to him actively destroying his adversaries to show who’s boss.

As an OG asol main, part of the fun of learning him was his stars. Learning how to kite properly was both parts frustrating and exciting. This rework, however, is almost just as fun. The only issue is that he's even worse against his bad match ups. With old asol you at the very least had a stun and were always moving.

I like how before being "the center of the universe" was his biggest strength yet also his biggest drawback

I geel Asol feels more like a star creating dragon made from space and stars then he used to tbh

Asol is such a lovely concept, and I have always liked his art and story. I hope this new rework makes him a more appreciated champion!

You say the removal of the toggle stars did not kill him. But every main tells you that it did. And yes it did kill him for many players. The new rework is awesome and he still can deal lots of dps. But it could have also been just a new champ alongside Asol.

The only thing I'd really want changed in this rework would be a purely cosmetic one. Leaving him the orbiting stars (obviously reducing the range of the orbit to not draw too much attention) I think they're really cool and even if they're not part of his moveset anymore, it would be awesome to see three little stars dancing around him (maybe glowing stronger the more stardust you have). It could be like Aatrox's "wings" where you can turn them on and off.

I kinda like how his mecha skin makes his E resemble some sort of dyson sphere. Though not sure if they actually made it to look like that.

Rip to all the 3 old Aurelion Sol mains who now hate the champ because its not the same anymore and has a completely different playstyle.

As a sol main it's so weird trying to play the new sol. I personally loved how hard it was navigating fights even with the crazy amount of mobility in the game and having a melee dead zone. I even played him top with grasp but normal build. It is very hard and sometimes impossible in certain positions to navigate fights, but the damage and fun playstyle felt worth it for me. I miss the boops, but will learn this new sol. :')

A.Sol: My passive was such a unique one, now it's been changed to a stacking one. Viktor and Syndra: Yeah... We feel you.

It feels like riots idea of reworking a champion is just giving it some kind of late game stack based passive

It’s undeniable that this version of Asol fits his fantasy better than the old one. Its also not a bad kit more or less. However, It does feel like a punch in the gut to anyone who took the time to learn his old kit. There is nothing like it in the game, and now my favorite champ no longer exists.

I absolutly adored old Asol. His gameplay didnt feel clucky or akward for me, it only felt unique and endering.I had such a blast playing him, pulling in games and testing my limits. It felt so rewarding to dominate games with him, to learn new strateis, perfect spacing. He was the reason i kept playing league. However now that he was reworked, he doesnt feel rewarding at all. You are basicly just a sitting duck in the first 15 minutes in the game. You dont win, bacause you are good, you win because you farmed minions. Being good at spacing doesnt mater as much anymore. All his charm and fun just faded off with this rework. Now he is just another basic hyper carry. Sadly there is no other champion like Asol anymore. Without him, league became bland and boring for me. I am still glad it made all of you happy, and that people are playing the narcis dragon more. R.I.P. Old Asol, you will be missed

As an OG asol one trick, I really miss the stars lol. I don’t feel like the stars were encumbering, but it definitely took me a while to feel that way. Like 150k points a while. So I get why that’s not appealing from a general standpoint but it was fun for me lol

i'm just imagining an alternate universe where they borrowed DOTA2's Wisp's mechanic for the stars instead of scrapping it entirely

For all the good this did asol I do truly feel for the poor few who stuck through and mastered those janky stars.

I was an Old Akali main, the time when gunblade existed. Her rework was a complete 180 in terms of difficulty, as I played Akali because she was on the easy side. Now she's one of the harder champions to execute, but more players since then. It's sad finding a champion whose style you like getting reworked, but it is what it is.

ASol was my favorite and main. I’m sure all the not ASol players love the rework, but I’m still reeling and bitter about removing his orbitals. They were his identity and what made me love him. I’m sure I can enjoy his new iteration but they more or less killed what I liked best about him. Regardless of any quirk or clunk tbh

The main issue I have with newer champs is that, for the most part, they simply do things other champs do, but better. Just look at how Vars describes A-Sol's new abilities; Q is Vel'koz ult but better, E is Rell ult but better, etc. Old A-Sol was clunky and frustrating to play, but it was incomparable. I'm not saying it would've been better to keep him the same. Like Vars said, no one was playing him in part BECAUSE of how unique he was, but Riot's tendency to coble champs together from the best parts of others is frustrating to me personally.

The only “bad” thing that I can tell about the rework is that they should had kept the stars orbiting him, but just as a VFX. They were iconic.

I know that hes more playable now and better for a offensive playstyle, but his original moveset was so unique because you were literally taking the enemy appart without even touching them. And i see the learning curve is sharp but it is very rewarding and if they gonna sacrifice champions unique abilities in exchange of having more players then what makes him any worth playing if i cmn have what he has with other characters?

What sold me on the rework is that I did a drive-by kill steal on top lane. 10/10 would do it again. Also, the resets on W gives you that power fantasy of being a dragon breathing fire while flying. Imagine pressing E+R on a clump of enemies then pressing W+Q to get one kill then another W+Q, then another, then another.

I have a special connection to Asol, he came out on my birthday in 2016, and i desperate couldn't play him right yet I loved the lore, thematic, and voice lines. Everything about him but his gameplay appealed to me, until now. I can finally play him and enjoy him

2M ASol (retired) OTP here. I can't forgive riot for removing stars, this is just depressing for me

Not a lot of people noticed but I just want to point out the difference between the stun of his ult vs the knock up of his upgraded ult. Stun durations can be shortened by tenacity while airborne cannot, and stuns can be removed entirely by cleanse while airborne can only be "dealt with" by combining QSS and a dashing or blinking ability. So when he hits his upgraded ult, it is almost guaranteed that the victims will stay there for 1.25s. Not a lot but can get a lot done.

I think i have never been more hyped for any of your videos than this one, thank you

While I like the new kit far better than the old one, I can't help but miss being able to fly in with a stun larger than the lane and burn flashes left and right.

As an asol player since release, i am both sad and happy. New asol is fun, but they removed the unique playstyle he used to have, which i enjoyed a lot. Being able to space well enough to win any matchup. His E made him broken, if they just reworked his E to not have his entire power budget i feel like he would be played more.

My god aurelion sol released 7 years ago and i still call him a “new champion”

now not only can he spit fire emotional damage, but actual damage

Your music taste for the background music is amazing. It's really rare to find anyone who uses Pokemon Mystery Dungeon OST. Temporal Tower is an amazing choice given the champion your explaining in the video. You´re amazing :)

Sadly for me the Aurelion Sol rework is problematic for a very unusual reason. The Falling Star ultimate has a large aftershock wave. Sadly, they added a screen shake to the wave which makes me physically ill. Here's hoping they give us an option to "remove screen shake" in the Options menu.

Actually I liked his kit before but now it's great that his kit now is accurate to his lore. I'm still hoping to see his previous abilities to new champion since it's unique ideas

VARS straight up put in the title that this ain’t the space dragon no more

I thought I heard the Mystery Dungeon leitmotif in the background! Huge props!

as a former aurelion sol one trick I don't really hate the new sol but it's sad how they throw away the champion and made him a typical mage , he doesn't really suit the playstyle i developed playing old sol tho but I am happy to see new players are finding success playing him tho . (i do love the storm dragon lee sin on the ult easter egg tho )

I used to main Asol a long time ago when he was first released and I liked him, even after I stopped maining him. Then they reworked his w, and it totally and completely ruined the champ for me. While I recognize that it did not change "that" much, it still changed way too much, as it essentially changed how the champion played as a whole, from my perspective anyways. So I basically completely stopped playing the champion for multiple years and seasons. Ofc. I am not ignorant of the problems the old gameplay had and introduced to the game, as it probably took away a lot of skill expression from lane management. Tbh. I wouldn't know how to fix that and keep the old playstyle. I was honestly looking forward a lot to the new rework, but after having played it a little bit and seen others play it. I just honestly really don't like it. I honestly really really dislike his new Q, as it requires you to stay completely still and channel a spell, while a fighter or an assasin is right in melee range. Honestly it just feels fucking shit. I know that you can use w while channeling Q, but that too feels awkward and "scripted". His E feels weird with the new kit. I don't really have anything bad to say about the E, besides I don't feel like it fits the playstyle of his Q or W at all. Maybe if he had his old Q, a new W and his new reworked E, maybe it would be fun to be an actual starforger who could run around, creating stars and solar systems etc??? Idk just ideas that popped into my head. In regards to his new R, I guess I have the same feeling like his E, I think it's fine thematically, but I just don't feel like it fits his new Q and W. I like the fact that he's a scaling champion that becomes stronger over time, like Kayle. I think it fits really well. I just really don't like the way that they did it. I understand that not everyone shares my oppinion, and that's okay! We're all different people with different ideas and perspectives. I just know I don't like the new rework and won't play it. But if you like the new rework, good for you! Have a nice day :D

Always can expect Vars to bring out the good PMD music for his vids❤️

Excellent choice of music

His new kit actually has a lot of elements in common with his old kit, despite being completely reshuffled. His W + Q combo means that he can still deal slow, heavy damage over time while flying toward or away from an enemy, which is how he used to do damage. He still aims to remain at a roughly fixed distance from enemies, and is still vulnerable to melee burst although he is no longer completely unable to fight back.

While I like what they did with him, it does feel like they could have tried a bit harder to make the old version feel better. For example, they could have tried(instead of removing the toggle on his w) swapping his q and r, or maybe adding a slow to enemies within his minimum range. They could also have added a toggle to his passive that allowed him to hide his stars when out of combat. Any or all of these changes would have been massively beneficial to his playability, be it moving his only real source of disengage out of his ultimate, adding passive disengage to his passive, or removing the clunkiest part of playing the champion.

New Aurelion Sol's kit is pretty well made and really fun to play but I hate how it came at the sacrifice of such a unique kit. I think it doesn't matter how much the meta counter OG Aurelion Sol his OG kit should still be in the game because of how unique and fun he was to play once you learned him. We have 160+ champions in the game to pick from surely we can have both forms of him, pick rates be damned.

I main Aurelion Sol, and the rework changed my playstyle. It used to be using ludens and the crystal scepter with Swifty's or mercs, anything to be quick, move around to make spacing and position. I used to do very well

“Be useful. Be stardust. I’ll help.” - Aurelion Sol 😂 This is all I think when I see that his passive collects stardust to make him stronger on by damaging enemies.

I always wanted a champ that really felt like a dragon. It wasn't really the case with old Asol and current shyvanna. I really like his new kit, you really feel powerful in lage game wich wasn't really the case with old asol in my opinion

I feel like they could’ve kept his stars, made them a W toggle, gave his Q the same mechanic as his new E where the Q grows but it also has a kinetics, deals continious damage and he can explode it to deal damage based on the size (without the stun maybe), make his E the same as new W And change his ult with the new one. This way he could’ve been interesting, true to his self, kept his stars AND fun to play with his mighthy space dragon fantasy. Like, way before his rework, I was talking to my bf about how they didn’t rework Asol to give his Q a kinetics, just like Rell ult. He brings out a Star with it’s entire gravity and orbit and all

I love how his new kit feels cohesive with itself. All the abilities are not only thematic, but also has great synergy with each other. It makes him feel like his own unique champion. It’s so refreshing after getting champion after champion of rehashed abilities of other champs that were thrown together just because they’re flashy or because the devs wanted that specific ability that doesn’t coincide with their lore. For example Belveth being an auto attacker or Akshan being Akshan.

I already miss the old asol... supporting with him was such a unique role/playstyle that noone else could replicate :/

Toggle Asol wasn't the one that killed him in terms of viability because even if they did return the toggle he would still have the melee dead zone but when toggle was removed it was his playability and fun was removed that's why it killed him.

I hope we get a champion next year with a better fixed version of Asols gimmick

I have always thought that Aurelian Sol’s old gameplay was super interesting, but boy am I glad that it’s no longer on him. This sells his world ending power so much better.

Although ASol's new kit is way better and more cohesive, I lowkey wish Riot stuck to the orbiting balls idea and made it work. Maybe Celestial Expansion could have pulled the stars towards him to deal damage, then expand back out to deal damage again or something like that.

Aurelion was my favourite Champ BY FAR in League, and I genuinely thought of just giving up League when this rework came out. I get it, he wasn't popular, he was completely different, not"viable", but, sincerely, as someone who play's League to have fun, fuck that. In a meta where A-Sol was in complete torment due to assassins and gap closers, I was still having fun. I don't play ranked, never have, been playing League since season 2, so yeah, although I get it just makes me feel like League isn't "to have fun", but to be competitive, and just that, viability before fun, it's just frustrating sometimes. And on a different topic, if League is as toxic as it is, it's because of that, in my opinion, Riot prioritizing pro-play an competitiveness over casual play and fun and different playstyles like A-Sol. Just like I saw a few comments below, it's the Aatrox mains blight all over again. Anyways, love your videos, Vars, hope you're doing well and greetings from Brazil.

I love how the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon music fits so well

Can we talk about the Pokémon mystery dungeon music on the background. It just feels so fitting for this vid

At least I can play old A Sol in wild rift…

I liked old Asol even though he was a little weird to play. I also like the new one but he is too strong. I expect him to get some serious nerfs and to loose some effect like being able to cast E while in his W. Q feels super clunky but the range is so long that it make up for that. And being able to do a Q drive by while flying with W is totally badass! Btw i also like new swain. The old one's passive always made my Veigar teammates mad when i accidentally pulled stunned people out of his skillshots.

Damn, Temporal Tower. What an absolute nostalgia trip, PMD EoS is without a doubt my favorite Pokemon game. Keep up the banger music choices Vars!

Huhi singlehandedly smashing rox tigers will forever be a treasured memory to me

Its funny how Riot pulled a Sonic Frontiers by leaving an absolutely atrocious first impression with that dragon breath ability reveal, obliterating the hopes of Aurelion Sol players everywhere and leaving the player base to fester until closer to release where we got a better look and most people went "Wait a minute this looks pretty cool"

i'm an Aurelion Sol otp since S6, I satrted playing him because of the uniqueness of his kit and because of his low popularity which i thought was cool (still do, call me a gatekeeper I son't care). I collected 1.8 million mastery points on him and to see all the hardwork that i've put into learning his playstyle go down the drain is so sad to me. Don't get me wrong the new kit is absolutely fantastic, I just wish they would have released it in the form of a new champ. Why pretty much delete a champ just because he has a low player base? The people who actually played him genuinely enjoyed his kit and were willing to put in the work, so why sacrifice that for the sake of poularity?

Really think they could have balanced the first instance of Asol ( the one with the toggle, forever W) was increasing the hell out of mana cost of W early, with a mana refund per ball that hits a champion. This would have gated his early push and roam as he would have to choose to push hard and not have any mana to roam or just keep his balls in and not be able to push as hard. I think E should have been changed to a mana cost toggle where he then builds up Ms over time rather than just the passive ability. This would also gate his roams where he would be punished if the roam fails. The original rework failed because the power budget in E was WAY to high and the continuous balls in and out were an issue for players

I love how the skies descend card from legends of runeterra became his ultimate.

I actually tried to come up with a rework for him myself. In order to fulfill the fantasy of a dragon that can create (and destroy!) literal galaxies, I would have implemented an upgrade system for his stars: Passive: For each enemy hit, Asols stars gain a stack of "mass", increasing their damage with each stack. Every x stacks of "mass", his stars gain a major upgrade like extra speed, an additional star or extra size. Q: Instead of launching his old projectile, Asols new Q would instead launch *his stars* . They would land somewhere and stay there to form a star system of their own, still dealing damage to enemies. Additionally, enemies trying to walk away from the solar system are slowed (gravity). I haven worked out a concept for W and E (yet), but for his ultimate, he would then detonate the solar system into a super nova, dealing massive damage that scales with the number of mass-stacks he used to create the solar system.

I find executes much more intresting than normal max health damage, so I like his dark hole.

I really like the mechanics of Asol when he has 3 orbs around him 😢

I just hope he says “boop” sometimes when he ults

I still think it's amazing. He was really made into the star forger cosmic dragon that he was meant to be. Before he felt more like a star manipulator at best. Not to mention his Ultimate which I often joked around with friends that he sneezes at people. And his E which felt like a complete joke, where even brushing up against a wrong tree could cancel it out and its only real use was to build up the Q

I feel like they made asol the right amount of dragon descending and breathing fire, and the right amount of cocky star god. I love this rework so far 😂

Imagine chilling on a planet with your people, and some cosmic dragon that's driving by decided to just vomit on you.

I like his new abilities a lot, and i always liked his theme. I would've go for something else if it was me, but this is awesome too.

Man, I miss old asol, new one is just damage stick, like literally just one more battlemage

Hell yeah A Sol! I really liked the original kit, but the shift to hyper-scaling makes sense with the thematic and the new ult is amazing when fully charged. If it means he sees more play, I'm all for it.

crying watching the old Aurelion Gameplay ^^

I just got M7 on new A Sol last night, this is the most fun I've had on a new Champ or Rework since Sera

Old kit was purely "annoyed Cosmic GOD effortlessly dealing with nuisances" and we LOVED IT. Lack of mobile playstyle just made its bad matchups even worse. Good luck trying to trade while standing still against opponents who can simply jump on you and fuck you up. And what the fuck is the point in having the being most representative of the Cosmos staying fucking STILL? Nothing in the entirety of the Universe stays still, another sad design failure. Look, they changed the entire champion to appeal to a broader public, the same people who will drop him the moment they tone down his numbers (the kit is boring as fuck), basically just fucking up those players that fell in love with the niche that only this champion covered. To US Aurelion Sol is dead just so you guys have a new toy you will eventually toss aside. You don't need everyone to play everything. Sincerely, Riot Games, GC.

He is overtuned af rn, but his abilities are fine imo. And certainly feels lore accurate to play. In late game, you do feel like a god.

That Temporal Tower ost from pokemon mystery dungeon explorer of sky goes hard tho, that game was flawless

I often take breaks from the game. I loved Aurelio from release and he was my go-to midlaner. I remember when they changed his W to automatically recall his stars closer to his body I thought my keyboard was broken- like the W wasn’t working Came back recently, took him mid, and got curb-stomped because I had never played this champion before :(

I'm not a fan of his new kit in the slightest but he'll definitely see some play now.

They took his balls away.

Thanks for the video!

I think Riot always wanted to make a proper dragon champion, and now they finally have

As an old Asol Main i find the reworked asol gameplay very limited and boring to play. They sacrificed a mobile battlemage with the need for skillful positioning, for a braindead Inferno Turret from Clash of Clans...

why not just make a new champ? why ruin the old ASol? They could've made a Sun light champ or something along those lines?.. with this new kit? and keep old Asol

I replayed him today and I was so upset that the ring feature wasn’t there. I hope this rework draws more players for him in. He is so underrated and kid you not I never seen one person play him when I wasn’t. This will take a little time to relearn him but that’s fine. Honestly I think I only got him cause he looks super cool imo.

It wasn’t the problem with Asol that he had a dead zone… It was the game itself with all these dashes that was the problem. It still is

he still is a DPS mage with his Q, also the first rework praticaly ruining Asol, making him less of a dps mage. unironically, i think this rework preserves his identity better than the atrocious first one that ruined his W.

As somehow who loved old A Sol I will say the updated version is a breathe of fresh air. As fun as he was he truly did feel stale in modern league and needed a modernization, and while his balance may be a bit of as of the time of this comment his new kit truly feels like an all power star dragon. I think Riot did a fantastic job and making him interesting while still maintaining mobility and map scaling like he always had.

The amount of space puns you’ve used in this video Mr Vars…touché 🤣

Love the PMD music