So why did we buff Lucian at the beginning of season 6

mikeboxmad·Mar 20, 2016·4 votes·1,771 views

This isn't a rage post but im actually just curious about this. A whie back around the end of season 4 early season 5 I recall riot saying that did not have a lot of meaningful weaknesses. Then comes season 5 where the Losecian meme started. Honestly I do not think was that bad in season 5 and I feel those buffs after the movement speed on his W were not necessary. I feel them buffing him creates the same problem we had in season 4 he drowns out almost every other ADCs. What do you guys think do you think Lucians to safe of a blind pick does he need a nerf and were those buffs unesc?

Okay maybe this is a half rage post because im sick of playing against this guy EVERY game.

10 Comments

GAiNaXgainaXMar 20, 20163 votes

dont think hes op and dont think his w buffs make him strong lucian is fine

mikeboxmadMar 20, 20161 votes

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dont think hes op and dont think his w buffs make him strong lucian is fine

is he though? he has like a 35-50% pickrate in all elos I dont know if thats balanced

Savage DeviMar 20, 20161 votes

Pickrate's a flawed metric to look at. Lucian's a popular pick because he's fun, and appeals to even those who don't regularly play adc. And nerfs aren't going to change that.

Fondling GemsMar 20, 20161 votes

If you are talking about the adc update then Riot buffed EVERY normal bot lane adc, to the point of making the smallest changes just so that they could say they got them all. Draven's axes literally just had some timing tweaks and nothing else. But yeah Luc could do with a slight nerf

GlockHammerMar 20, 20161 votes

Lucian is perfectly balanced, the range nerf to his ult did it's job, he's sub 50% winrate more pricely hovering at around 48,5%. He does see alot of play though since he's simply one of the more fun adc's to play, that doesn't mean he's OP though.

Also, you're memory serves you bad if you don't remember how bad Lucian used to be, for xZx sake, he was utterly demolised early game by the likes of Vayne who he was more or less designed to counter (lanebully with mediocre scaling for an adc).

mikeboxmadMar 20, 20161 votes

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Lucian is perfectly balanced, the range nerf to his ult did it's job, he's sub 50% winrate more pricely hovering at around 48,5%. He does see alot of play though since he's simply one of the more fun adc's to play, that doesn't mean he's OP though.

Also, you're memory serves you bad if you don't remember how bad Lucian used to be, for xZx sake, he was utterly demolised early game by the likes of Vayne who he was more or less designed to counter (lanebully with mediocre scaling for an adc).

I didnt have any problems with him in s5 and managed pretty well with him in plat throughout the season. I think the w mspeed buff was nice but the ult change in s6 was dumb

GlockHammerMar 20, 20161 votes

He was buffed coz black men also deserve to shine. x,D

PowderkeggMar 20, 20161 votes

I'd say the direct buffs/nerfs didn't really change anything about his kit. He's strong because his kit has the best synergy with the new essence reaver; which gives him more cdr and thus more opportunities to proc his passive.

Simple MoonMar 20, 20161 votes

Lucian is fine. Pretty strong. But you can crush him with Caits range. If you don't let him get close enough to do his two shot passive he is weak. Any form of cc from a support also shuts him down. A Morgana Q and any help from Ezreal and he's done.

LazyW0lfMar 20, 20161 votes

I think Lucian is totally fine right now. In s5, nobody really picked him because everything that he could do, Graves could do better. I think the reason his popularity is so high is:

Graves' rework
He's fun to play
He got a really good looking, sounding, and feeling skin
Essence Reaver reworked basically for Lucian
His escape is on a negligible cooldown
His synergy with Fervor is amazing
Lucian being an early-mid game ADC. Most games in S6 are decided in laning phase or last long enough to where a single pick loses the game. His damage scales poorly into the late game since he's a caster with short range and he can't compete with a full item Jinx/Vayne/Kog/Twitch in terms of DPS.