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What do you think about Lucian's current status?

Darth Valer·9/4/2015, 1:18:42 PM·5 votes·738 views

I really appreciated his latest changes, but I think he's still very flawed. His burst is not nearly as bursty as Graves'. Lucian needs to stand still for too much to fully deliver his damage output, allowing strong and easy retaliation. His mobility feels lackluster. It should be core in his identity, but I feel like chaining E's (at least two in a skirmish) is very hard since refresh means passive proc's and passive proc's mean standing still in danger zones while using spells. Meanwhile Trist can jump twice the distance with a somehow easier way to reset the skill.

Imho it'd be nice if he got all or a part of the following buffs:

  • Range: 500 -> 525
  • Q: Possibility to cancel animation (if this is already possible I'm not aware) and/or cast-time speed scaling with AS.
  • W: Same as above.
  • E: Mana Cost [40/30/20/10/0 -> 30]; Passive proc's CD reduction: AA on champs -> 1 sec; Lightslinger AAs -> 1.25 sec; Lightslinger AAs on champs -> 2.5 sec; Kills or Assists -> 5 sec;
  • R: CD [110/100/90 -> 120/100/80]

8 Comments

Slamurai Jack9/4/2015, 9:14:12 PM2 votes

He's still shit because his early game is still shit. Go against any remotely threatening support and you can never even go into auto range.

Hayaishi29/4/2015, 3:37:25 PM1 votes

Do not buff him, the bot lane meta has never been good when it comes to diversity, hes fine now, after Jinx gets gutted and ADC itemization gets changed then we can judge.

Jofeyy9/4/2015, 8:48:45 PM1 votes

R needs to have 15% armor pen. A tank can sit infront of it for 3 years and only take 10% of his health in damage...

90019/4/2015, 9:17:47 PM1 votes

I personally was most saddened when they removed the ability to cleanse slows with your dash :(

Give him that back and that is a nice small push in the right direction. Overall though he is still in an okay spot and fun to play

Summonerrr 19/4/2015, 9:22:07 PM1 votes

Lucian really does need to be looked at. I find myself more often in games having to be wary of a Caitlyn than a Lucian because I can buy one armor item and unless I sit there and LET him proc his passive on me for two full combos, there isn't much chance he can burst me down before I can get out of range, even with his zip/zap move/dash kiting gig now.

His poke is fine IMO, but his damage curve as a function of his range is utter shit compared to other ADC's like the aforementioned Graves or She Who Shall Not Be Named (only pictured) . Vayne

Rabid Husky9/4/2015, 11:20:22 PM1 votes

i think they could stand to beef his damage spells to deal more damage when playing as him i feel like im just poking and not making a meaningful impact when i could play jinx or varus or ezreal or kogmaw or ashe and actaully feel like my spells are doing something other than taking a sliver of hp off