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Ceasar2727··4 votes·591 views

So, first of all, I'm NOT hating on Lux Lux. She's been my main for a few years now, and I think we all know that Lux is VERY powerfull, maybe even too powerfull. I have thought of a few changes to her kit to balance her, and I want to present them to you and hear your opinion. Changes

Her Passive: Remove the current passive, new: Demacian Light - Whenever Lux hits an enemy champion with a basic attack or an ability, she and her team will have vision of that enemy for the next 4 seconds. (The removal of her old passive makes it more atractive to get Lich Bane, aswell)

Her Q: Stays the same

Her E: It now deals less damage in the beginning, but the damage increases the longer it stays up, like Gragas' Q. It still slows. Her W: Lux can now chose the range of her shield, so it can return faster to her / shield allies that are further away from her. Her Ultimate: Stays the same

Thank you for listening - Now, I know those changes are pretty radical, but please let me know what you think. Also, sorry for any grammar errors / typos, English isn't my first language.

15 Comments

chipndip12 votes

Bad idea since a lot of her overall power is based on utilizing her passive. Also, she already has fall-off issues. Why make them worse by making E have a massive delay in max damage?

Ceasar27271 votes

Her E is almost undodgable and it deals incredibly high damage, so lower the damage in the beginning to prevent the spamming.

Ceol1 votes

I don't believe her E needs changes because it is the only form of reliability she has in her kit. Being all skill shots makes her incredibly unreliable when playing against competent opponents. Though E harass may be 'oppressive' (although it costs 130 mana at max rank, so it's not nearly as spammable as people make out) it's pivotal to her ability to reliably poke. Not to mention, it doesn't do an exorbinant amount of damage. I think it's quite fine where it is.

waiting for WoW2 votes

Not so sure about the other changes but I do believe that her E should work like a Gragas Q.

There is nothing more obnoxious than having a lux E spam you in lane.

Infernape1 votes

Or seeing the projectile come out and knowing you cannot evade it (unless you have a dash/blink or if you're at the edge of the projectile) because she can instantly detonate it.

Poske2 votes

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So, first of all, I'm NOT hating on Lux Lux. She's been my main for a few years now, and I think we all know that Lux is VERY powerfull, maybe even too powerfull. I have thought of a few changes to her kit to balance her, and I want to present them to you and hear your opinion.

She is balanced / outclassed by orianna. This is coming from high elo mid main. She definetly isnt to powerfull

Changes

Her Passive: Remove the current passive, new: Demacian Light - Whenever Lux hits an enemy champion with a basic attack or an ability, she and her team will have vision of that enemy for the next 4 seconds. (The removal of her old passive makes it more atractive to get Lich Bane, aswell)

The removal of her old passive DOESNT MAKE HER MORE ATTRACTIVE to get lichbane. What are you smoking? As far as The idea? Idk her E and R already sort of do that... really not that relevant

Her Q: Stays the same

Her E: It now deals less damage in the beginning, but the damage increases the longer it stays up, like Gragas' Q. It still slows.

No just no. We can add a bonus effect if her E stays on a ground longer.. like blind to champions P since its to sunny but thats about it. Dont turn it into another gragas Q. its already really good waveclear shouldnt have potentional to do more damage to minions/ less dmg to champions which is what your idea in average would do. You are also supposed to POP e before her ultimate this would just confuse a lot of people

Her W: Lux can now chose the range of her shield, so it can return faster to her / shield allies that are further away from her.

Thats actually a good idea

ModKnightsKemplar2 votes

I actually love that new passive. I'm not sure about losing the old one on Lux, in particular though. She kinda needs some kind of valve to make her risk something to get her max damage, and that's kinda what her current passive does.

Without that, I'm worried she would be tuned around her burst a little too much, which could be frustrating.

Still really like the passive, though. That's a fun one for Lux.

PhantomGG1 votes

Completely random question that has puzzled me for ages and is unrelated to your topic.

Why do lux mains not enjoy lich bayne when it's basically her passive?

Ceasar27271 votes

Since it is already in our passive, we much rather get something that gives us more AP But yes, I often get it aswell.

MrHaZeYo1 votes

Lol what, LB synergies with her passive so awesomely. If you have a frontline so you don't need to really put yourself in danger, you can easily weave AAs in between her spells. The only reason I sometimes forgo it because I'd rather just have the quicker burst so I don't have to AA, but with LB you do hit harder then without it. Specially since its a 80 AP, 10CDR item (with some Mana and MS), it does well.

I also think the E changes would hurt her to much as that is her main source of damage and it really isn't that hard to dodge, it's more a mind game then anything, just like most skill shots, and without the AA from her passive during lane it really doesn't do much damage.

D3m37r11 votes

IMO Lux was balanced until patches 5.12 and 5.17 happened

V5.12 Prismatic Barrier NEW EFFECT: Lux now gains her initial shield instantaneously instead of after the 0.25 second cast time.

Lucent Singularity Slow zone radius increased to 350 from 300. NEW EFFECT: Can be re-activated while in-flight to immediately detonate upon arrival.

V5.17 Light Binding Mana cost reduced to 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 from 50 / 60 / 70 / 80 / 90. REMOVED: Reduced damage and reduced root duration for secondary target.

Bishasaurus Flex1 votes

It makes no sense to get rid of her passive so you can buy a lichbane to pretty much do what her passive does lol.

KoKoboto1 votes

I think Lux is alright

Sexy Jack Rabbit1 votes

Lux's passive is close to the only reason she is interactive in lane. Reworking it would be dangerous and a quick way to making her uninteractive.

Also without her passive and without lowering her front ended burst no one is going to build lich bane on her.

Lastly lux isn't too powerful. She falls off about Plat+. She's just a pub stomper.

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