Please stop saying "Lux is broken/OP", and is easy to dominate lane with.

I've seen way too many people complain about , and I've decided to write a post about why I don't believe this to be true. I'll try not to be too biased as I do main Lux, but hear me out.

1. To say the obvious, she has plenty of HARD counters, which are all moderately popular. Assassins are the answer to if you ever have trouble. Champions like , , can burst her down incredibly easy. Hell, even can tear her up easily. Some people have told me that they've played their main/favourite champion which might not be an assassin (e.g. into Lux and haven't found the same result. That's not something you can complain about. There are plenty of hard counters to Lux, but if you don't play one of them and instead play a champion like against her, and lose lane that's not the lux being "broken", YOU chose to play something that doesn't completely destroy her. She has a chance to get ahead and win lane, and if she's a smart then she will!

2. I have never seen a who isn't ahead/fed to one-shot a squishy mid game. When you think about whether a champion is broken or not, I found that many people neglect this: probably, you'll think the champion is broken/op after having faced them in a game. If a ever does one-shot you, take into consideration how many kills does she have? How many items? What's her CS? Did she use her summoners? If any champion gets enough kills and items, they will have the capability to one-shot you if far ahead enough. One of 's strong points is picking off squishies when they are mispositioned, so of course she will be performing well at that if she's ahead. No way in hell will I believe that a can one-shot a squishy mid-game if she doesn't have some sort of lead. Perhaps Yozu will be an exception though.

3. Build MR. I know that you can say this to any mage, but I would like to point out this also applies to Lux. I promise you, please build some MR against her. It helps a lot and trust me, it's worth it. Lux really doesn't do that well against tanks unless she's superiorly fed and you're EXTREMELY BEHIND. Consider MR. It really helps. If Lux wants to spam her abilities to try to whittle your health away, her CDRs are going to let her have a hard time with that. And also she's one of the few mages that can go oom at Level 18.

4. CDRs + Mana Management With , mana management is a big thing. Also with cooldowns... Missing a Q against an assassin in laning phase and giving them an opportunity to engage on your face practically means your death. I'd rather not talk about how slow and squishy is. Without Flash and being caught in a bad position, you're a goner. Not being able to cast while walking can affect her a lot also.

5. Her Q isn't broken/op. Can I clarify that it's a slow moving skillshot. At least relatively slow enough for you to notice unless you're right in front of her. Like actually right in front of her. Minions can block it also, it's hella clunky too, most of the times when it's supposed to hit it doesn't hit. Pretty frustrating for us too, not just you. It's a skillshot that you need to aim, and also the cooldown is so long it makes me want to rip my eyes out. Also, it only roots you. You can do stuff during that but you can't move. If you want to talk about how long it roots people for, I'd like to say that other mages' CC probably last for that duration at late-game stage, and their CC is stronger as well. (E.g. 's stun) Worth mentioning, can't really take extended trades.

6. Her E is an AoE slow zoning. Which you shouldn't really complain about. It's a slow. Not a hard CC. Calm down. It does damage, but not to the point where that many people should be complaining about it. I can see why some squishies may not like it in late game, but honestly there's not a big problem there. Also the CDR. Don't act like other mages don't have zoning spells. If you're going to complain about 's Q being broken, talk about 's Q+E. It stuns, minions don't block it. Her E alone pushes you back (small CC), and does damage.

7. Stop complaining about her ultimate cooldown. It only resets after you kill somebody. In teamfights in LOL, very RARELY do you see a teamfight lasting for more than 20 seconds. And also, the Lux simply cannot jjust throw out an ult and 100-0 you unless she's extremely fed, you're mispositioned. You can also dodge it, the hitbox is also super clunky. Even if her ult did reset, I really doubt she would be able to use it two times in a teamfight.

8. You need to proc your passive to do damage. You need to get up close to proc your passive to do damage. Let's not mention in late game it really doesn't do that much damage to most champions. If you ever wanna go up to the front line to proc your passive, good luck getting out of there after being CC-ed and being bursted down to nothing.

9. There's a reason why she isn't actively played in LCS. Enough said? Let's talk about the pros. People who play in the LCS are professionals who actually dedicate their career to league of legends. If they don't pick Lux in their games, she's obviously not as "broken" as you make her sound like. And it's pretty obvious why they won't pick her. If my opinion can't convince you, maybe looking at some games can convince you. Barely do you see a Lux being played in an LCS match, there's always going to be better picks in my opinions.

10. No escape. Do I need to say anything? Without flash and being in a bad position, Bye bye.

11. Stop complaining about her shield. Throwing it out for the first round doesn't negate any damage barely, and if you wait for it to return, it fades quickly and it takes a long ass time to come back. If you make the trade in her favour, and wait for her shield to come back before you attack and you don't get off as much damage as you wanted to, that's seriously not her fault. In late game, her shield is decent, but that's the only form of protection she can offer to herself.

Hope this helped you think more positively of . Last thing, she's a skillshot champion. She can be "easy" or whatever to you, but how you perform in a game is not just dependent on how "easy" the champion is and your mechanics, there's plenty of other stuff that comes along with it. [slayer-jinx-catface] [sg-lux]

Constructive advice please, I'd be willing to discuss your concerns.