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so why was lux buffed again?

Anonagon··6 votes·400 views

she was already strong, if not braindead in certain matchups, but she was buffed to be... even safer, and even harder to fuck up on.

Why does her shield have no delay now? Its not supposed to be Windwall, this "OMG my reaction times are so good!! lel get fukt you do no damage" skill. Its supposed to be a TEAMFIGHT ability, about hitting as many allies as possible, twice, to shield against big sustained AoE threats. It shouldn't be a selfish ability, and the change it got only encourages Lux to only think of herself when casting it.

And predetonating her E? Why? All it does is make it undodgable without blowing a cooldown. It was already strong enough. Good Luxs never missed it before. It was already an insanely powerful harass skill - there's a reason it has that 120 mana cost Lux players complain about so much.

If anything, Lux needed nerfs, because she does way too much damage for a champion with the safety and team utility she has. Its not ok for her to be able to 100-0 burst most mid laners simply because she landed a single Q.

Look, I get that its odd that even when Ziggs and Xerath dominate Lux is oddly missing. And yeah, maybe she needs some fixes to have her better compete against similar long-range mages. But all the buffs that she just got only make her stronger against the champions she was already broken against.

3 Comments

Vistha Kai2 votes

You know what really pissed me off? I told Meddler, or whichever Rioter responded to the thread, that Lux deals damage outside the E circle.

So they buffed slow radius by 50.

What the fuck.

RavenHusky1 votes

Why does her shield have no delay now? Its not supposed to be Windwall, this "OMG my reaction times are so good!! lel get fukt you do no damage" skill. Its supposed to be a TEAMFIGHT ability, about hitting as many allies as possible, twice, to shield against big sustained AoE threats. It shouldn't be a selfish ability, and the change it got only encourages Lux to only think of herself when casting it.

Consistency. Why should Lux's shield have a delay when every other shield in the game is instant? Also, it's not just a teamfight ability, Lux gives up a 4th damaging ability to have that shield, and is already one of the squishiest champs in the game. There have been times that I hit W in response to incoming damage, and I would still die because the shield had not applied yet.

And predetonating her E? Why? All it does is make it undodgable without blowing a cooldown. It was already strong enough. Good Luxs never missed it before. It was already an insanely powerful harass skill - there's a reason it has that 120 mana cost Lux players complain about so much.

Again, consistency. Ziggs and Gragas can do the exact same thing, and it's really frustrating when you're breaking your keyboard trying to get singularity to go off instantly. While this doesn't apply to me, it also makes Lux a bit easier to play when you have a high latency, because you cast it, and then can't do anything until the detonate command reaches the servers, by that time, the opponent just walked out of the area. Also, it's not like you don't have a window to react to it, Singularity still has a travel time which you can use to get out of the way.

If anything, Lux needed nerfs, because she does way too much damage for a champion with the safety and team utility she has. Its not ok for her to be able to 100-0 burst most mid laners simply because she landed a single Q.

If you can't dodge skillshots at all, you don't deserve to live against Lux, and it's not like it's a stun. You can still cast your spells, and Lux has to go into auto attack range to get the most out of her damage.

Look, I get that its odd that even when Ziggs and Xerath dominate Lux is oddly missing. And yeah, maybe she needs some fixes to have her better compete against similar long-range mages. But all the buffs that she just got only make her stronger against the champions she was already broken against.

Lux is constantly missing from that group because Ziggs and Xerath have more reliable damage output in the form of their lower cooldowns on their primary damage spells, as well as Ziggs' mobility and and Xerath's mana passive. All these buffs do is make her abilities a bit more reliable to use.

stealthfox941 votes

While I don't think Lux needed nerfs, she really didn't need buffs. She has always been decent.

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