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(Your) Experience VS/Being Aftershock Lux Support

atorelle·6/10/2019, 12:41:24 AM·2 votes·2,454 views

I know Aftershock Lux is incredibly meta right now, pros are abusing it and also her winrate+pickrate skyrocketed, obviously she's getting a nerf in Patch 9.11 . Undoubtedly it's good, but how was your experience playing/VS an aftershock lux support?

I know the pros of it:

  • Aftershocks makes Lux tankier, apparently removing her mainn problem of being squishy
  • Her shield items (Athene's) shields the more damage she does (Lux initially has burst due to her kit and how she's a mid laner)
  • Her shield can absorb so much damage, despite athene's and ardent's being relatively cheap
  • She has damage as well because some items give AP as well

If I'm not wrong the item order is item 3174 -> item 3504 -> item 3107 - > item 3222 -> item 3089 -> item 3117 (Insert Starting Supp Item somewhere) item 3092

However, when I played this last game as Aftershock Lux, the impact I had felt incredibly underwhelming compared to AP Lux. I know Aftershock Lux is centered around shielding than damage, but it overall didn't feel better, and actually personally I thought it contributed less. However, I am in low elo, so this probably will be significantly different for you. How about your experience? I want to hear about it [slayer-jinx-catface]

Please leave your experience constructively, don't start flaming me please and thank youuuu Lux

8 Comments

Meserion6/10/2019, 5:25:30 AM2 votes

Yet another example of how the new rune system is utter chaos and likely to get many viable champions dumpstered. Meanwhile the old rune system was perfectly balanced with only the masteries ever being an issue.

Paravozikchoocho6/10/2019, 12:56:42 AM1 votes

Idk, didn't even check her runes, but didn't notice much difference from playing against her on mid.

2Charmnot2Charm6/10/2019, 1:00:29 AM1 votes

Didn't know they were nerfing Lux already.

Anyway I had more fun playing Aftershock Lux than i had playing Lulu this season, and Lulu was my main support champion for years.

I mostly went Ardent first and then get Redemption or Mikaels depending on what my team needs the most and get the other item third, and with ingenious hunter those two items are up every 70 seconds so I can get the most out of the heals/cleanse for my team.

Besides protecting my teammates from damage better than Lulu it's nice being able to make picks with Lux Q too, and being able to check bushes without face checking with her E (thanks to the vision it gives) or using her E as a slow field to zone or help others chase/escape.

catchick6/11/2019, 12:29:51 AM1 votes

They aren't nerfing her yet. I think they're going to wait to see how the upcoming Spellthief changes affect her.