Mid Laners that need a buff

Shellinahorse··2 votes·1,040 views

I feel like the current meta doesn't let ap mid laners, especially ranged ones, carry games to victory. It is either the adc, top laner,or sometimes the jungler. The support arguably has the potential to carry games as much as ranged ap mid laners rn, which to me shouldn't be the case. I've seen mid lane yasuo, leblanc kassadin solo carry games, but thats about it. Here are two champions I think need a slight buff.

Lux I think Lux just cannot carry games no matter how well she is doing if her team is braindead. I get that she deals high damage and has very long range in exchange for being immobile and extremely squishy. However, her passive forces her to get into auto attack range just to deal a tiny bit of extra damage, and she is an easy target in the late game if she gets that close to an enemy. Her kit is literally all skillshots, yet I feel like she doesnt do as much damage as she should for her squishiness. This is probably because of her w being a shield instead of a damage ability, but I dont think that's really the main issue. I feel like Lux's passive damage should be buffed so it does more damage late game, so good Lux players who take the risk of it getting too close to an enemy to finish them off feel rewarded instesd of suffering a guaranteed death . Even if she lands her q, they are only rooted for 2 seconds, so they can still cast abilities and such. A passive damage buff late would help her wave clear a bit as well.

Another champion is Ahri Ahri only does enough damage now to finish off onesquishy enemy tbh. I get that she used to be very strong, but they completely gutted her. First they nerfed w and ult but buffed charm, then mini rework removed her q giving movement, etc. She doesn't do enough damage as an assassin should, even with electrocute. I think this is because of her ult that makes her a very safe champion, but other champions deal twice as mich damage while being just as mobile. Ahri also has extremely high mana costs that cripple her laning phase. I think Ahri should get something like a charm buff where instead of dealing 20% bonus damage to a charmed enemy, she deals 25% or 30% more to charmed enemies with her abilities and auto attacks. It would let herpick off one enemy better, so good Ahri's who charm te right person actually have a better chance at making sure the person actually dies instesd of having to wait for ult to come back up (cooldown is super high) then go back in, charm q w all over again.

I'm sure there are a couple of othermid lane ap range champs that could use a slight buff tbh, but I feel like it's so unfair how ad champs cough yasuo can just auto attack with high mobility and basically solo carry games with their lifesteal while ap mages with skillshots and less dfe ensive stats cant do the same even if they land all of their skillshots.

6 Comments

BradNo2 votes

you're completely wrong. ADCs are terrible atm.

Shellinahorse1 votes

Not really. Almost all marksmen got some sort of buff in patch 8.24b and 9.1 and exchange supports are a little more viable now, which let's adcs live longer. Lucian for exAmple has potential for 1 v 3

BradNo1 votes

That's just Lucian. Most late game adcs are terrible

Mordepool1 votes

Both champs are super safe and lack pushing power. What your asking for is to buff them into Generalist territory. Thats bad game design.

bluefire mark 21 votes

Lux:

  1. Lux' pasive doesn't force her into auto range. Her ult procs it.
  2. Lux is consistently doing good in games and can one shot from a safe distance
  3. Even if you get on her she has huge shields, snare, slow, and zhonyas
  4. I have seen her be the single reason a team wins the game because nobody can even lay a finger on her before she kills them instantly with a nonexistent cd of a combo.
  5. Mages are best thing in the game right now, beside a few ad champions.
  6. Winrate and pickrate aren't too high or low.

Ahri:

  1. Safe distance away
  2. W and r auto targets enemy champions, removing positioning skill
  3. 3 dashes and cc.
  4. While they nerfed some damage on her, her charm now has an effect that increases damage from other spells which evens it out.
  5. Low-ish cds
  6. Annoying af to play against unless you have equal mobility. (Such as zed)
  7. Mages are the best thing in the game right now, aside from a few ad champions.
  8. Winrate and pickrate aren't too low or too high
Shellinahorse2 votes

Lux's ult procs her passive once when she can proc it at least two more times if she gets in auto attack range. I feel like she's consistently doing good as a support when she's meant to be a mid laner. Zhonyas just lets enemies 1 shotyou the second you get out (goes for any champ), and Lux has no abilities thay let her charge up to use before using zhonyas for the invunerability so no idea why you even mentioned that. Shield isn huge and people back off before return shield comes. Snare doesnt stop people from attacking and the slow is easy toget around and used for damage anyways. It is super easy to just dive lux so idk how you think people can't lay a finger on her. Mages are nothing compared to conqueror champions and some adcs.

Ahri is not that safe. She has next to no mobility when her ult is down, which has a long cd. W and r deal very little damage considering you can charm q w ult and still not kill a squishy sometimes. Charm is cc for one person, but it's a good ability. Her ult is 3 dashes with a 1 second interval and has a long cd, so shes really not that safe as long as you go for her once her ult is down. Low CD on q, but high mana costs all around and charm's CD is not that low. You need her charm to land everything else and deal the damage needed to one shot someone. Zed has more mobility than Ahri. All Ahri has is flash and her ult, so pre6 she is stomped snd post 6 still stomped. Ahri isn't full mage.. she's supposed to be part assassin but lacks the damage to do so, whereas someone like leblanc can easily one shot someone and teleport back to safety.

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