Lux Buff... here to stay?

WitchQueen Annie·Apr 5, 2017·2 votes·721 views

So Re the new changes

Is it permanent?

Or will it be reverted? If so... in how many patches?

Let's try and guess.

...

I'm guessing its not permanent. Since a lot of other mages are far more underpowered and they don't get resets on their ultimate. In addition, Lux has more utility and damage than a lot of other mages already (and more range) so it just seems strange that the buff could stay and not be revealed to be un-balancing.

2 patches most. Its gone. Either that or a whole bunch of other nerfs just to keep this feature that completely destroy the champ.

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Whip it goodApr 5, 20172 votes

How are other mages underpowered ? Lux got buffed to stay in line with other mid laners that are far better in high elo than she is. Maybe the ult buff was not the best thing to do but she needed some changes.

WitchQueen AnnieApr 5, 20171 votes

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How are other mages underpowered ? Lux got buffed to stay in line with other mid laners that are far better in high elo than she is. Maybe the ult buff was not the best thing to do but she needed some changes.

In low elo she's gonna be deemed too oppressive.

Its kind of like how Zed was not doing well in high elo but was nerfed for his low elo "overbearingness"

The game isn't simply balanced on high elo, low elo is simply too vocal

SmitemuffinApr 5, 20171 votes

A lot of the current mages are in the absolute bottom of win rates. The only ones with decent win rates have terribly low play rates, the top being Anivia with only a 0.24% play rate, followed by Swain at 3.09% for his most popular spot (top)

Whereas Azir Vladimir Ryze Viktor Lissandra Heimerdinger and Cassiopeia are just awful. That's basically the entire cast of mid-range mages that aren't only being currently played as supports. Cass is the only one in that group who even breaks 48% at platinum

WitchQueen AnnieApr 5, 20171 votes

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A lot of the current mages are in the absolute bottom of win rates. The only ones with decent win rates have terribly low play rates, the top being Anivia with only a 0.24% play rate, followed by Swain at 3.09% for his most popular spot (top)

Whereas and are just awful. That's basically the entire cast of mid-range mages that aren't only being currently played as supports. Cass is the only one in that group who even breaks 48% at platinum

so you think Riot has plans to buff these other guys instead or nerfing Lux? I play 2 of the above very extensively (wanna guess which)?

SmitemuffinApr 5, 20171 votes

Well, I just have a feeling that you definitely don't play Vladimir. I'm a Viktor main myself and it's just depressing how much that champ sucks right now. Viktor's rework didn't address a single one of his core problems and only even gave the illusion of success because they tuned his numbers so high...until they nerfed him repeatedly. It took them forever just to fix the bug on his ult.

I don't actually expect Riot to every buff those mages. In fact, I get the impression that Riot doesn't want people playing the mage class in general because almost every change to the game is either a direct or indirect nerf to the class at large and then it's followed up by hitting any of them that manage to survive unless nobody is playing them. I think Riot's vision for the mage class is just something for assassins to get fed off of and snowball from. That's it. Even their "class update" featured across-the-board damage nerfs to all their spells flat damage and AP ratios.

In fact, you don't even need AP damage dealers anymore and teams are better off if they just don't even bother with them. Any AP matchup can be shut down with item 3155 alone, nevermind how easy it is to get item 3140 or item 3814 and make any AP mage just irrelevant. The problem is even worse because nothing can shut down AD champs currently. If an AD has ferocity masteries, item 3071 and item 3035 then a item 3075 is only worth 18 armor. That's a 2350g item 1029 . And Riot is totally okay with that, but not with mages being even close to decent.