Lucian W needs something.... more

Just to start off with a little background about me, I've been playing Lucian since his release. Ive got about 500 ranked games with him, and I dont even know how many norms, but safe to say a lot. He got me into silver in season 4, and got me into platinum this season. I love how his kit works and functions; how he plays. No matter how much I play him, I never get tired of him. For the first time in a year, Lucian finally got buffed, which means Riot finally realized that he needed some help.

"Lightslinger’s ‘spell-weaving’ paradigm gives him a unique flair among marksmen, but hinges upon each spell being innately worth casting. Ever since lopping off Ardent Blaze’s AD ratio, the ability’s felt lackluster, so we’re pumping up its utility"-taken directly from the patch notes.

I think Riot are right in addressing this, but the W needs something more. The w is a utility spell; I get that. With the ad ratio gone, it became solely a utility spell. But it's utility is really only useful in two scenarios: Either when you want to scout a brush, or close distance with the culling. These buffs really only made it better in these two cases. You can fire off the w first, and then the culling to close distance with the added speed, but in a teamfight, the only time you'll use your w is when you want to proc your passive again, which basically means that Lucian w is useless. its a skillshot where simply firing it is more important than landing it

To fix this, the w needs something more. I've been thinking recently that perhaps giving another 10% more damage on your passive to those who are marked with ardent blaze would be perfect. Or really anything that gives a small damage boost to marked targets. This way, you get an ability that actually matters when you land it, and can be used in more than the two ways stated above. This way its still a utility spell in that it won't do any damage when it hits, but can buff Lucian's damage after they're marked.