Why does Lux only get buffs

Moveich·Jul 28, 2017·1 votes·1,115 views

Lux has had one nerf in the entire lifespan of league of legends. This nerf got instantly patched back to its original state later. Lux is by far not the weakest champion in game. I find it odd they just continue to increase her stats power ceiling yet keep weaker champions left in the dust.

It took Riot about a year to make Bard viable. Bard's counter strategy was to just let the enemy team pick bard. With millions of games every day and a beta test server I find it hard riot cant manage to balance their champions relatively well in a matter of months.

32 Comments

Critmaster GarenJul 28, 20175 votes

shes had multiple nerfs to her ult cooldown, a nerf to her base movement speed, a nerf to her shield strenght and then another nerf to her shield strenght and projectile speed of the shield projectile.

the projectile speed nerf is really what made the ability feel useless and why this new buff is going to do jackshit for her.

you have to be some kind of actual wizard to hit an ally 2 times with the shield in a clutch situation.

MoveichJul 28, 20171 votes

no she has not had her ult nerfed cd ... its only has been buffed? what are you looking at

koshkyraJul 28, 20172 votes

Used to have 85% ap ratio on finales but its now 75%.

Also used to be able to flash during finales. Removing it was arguably a tiny nerf.

Edit: they also increased the ult cooldown by 1 second when they changed it from going on CD on-cast to after-cast time

Oh and they made her shield speed absolute garbage but lets pretend that didnt happen

MoveichJul 28, 20171 votes

I did see that but it being called finales really confused me ... should have just said its name ... the other two arnt really game changing nerfs but I did not see those in the patch notes good catch.

Critmaster GarenJul 28, 20171 votes

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no she has not had her ult nerfed cd ... its only has been buffed? what are you looking at

minimum cooldown on her ult at 40% cdr used to be 20 seconds, then 24 seconds, and now 30 seconds.

then they added the cooldown refund. so yea, the base cooldown of the ability was nerfed a couple times.

MoveichJul 28, 20171 votes

True to the 24 sec nerf is there so you are right she has 3 total nerfs ... but the 30 sec wasn't a nerf because at the same time they did that so it gets 15 sec refunded when you get a kill . Its not a nerf its a situational "balance" Lux's dont engage with her ult they use it as a killing blow. Also a ult that starts at 350 flat dmg ... ends games doing well over 1000 dmg usually, 30 sec isnt a long time ... and usually its a kill or 2.

Im just saying if you need to buff a champ that does that stupid sounding damage then other champs are obviously being wrongly balanced.

Critmaster GarenJul 28, 20171 votes

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True to the 24 sec nerf is there so you are right she has 3 total nerfs ... but the 30 sec wasn't a nerf because at the same time they did that so it gets 15 sec refunded when you get a kill . Its not a nerf its a situational "balance" Lux's dont engage with her ult they use it as a killing blow. Also a ult that starts at 350 flat dmg ... ends games doing well over 1000 dmg usually, 30 sec isnt a long time ... and usually its a kill or 2.

Im just saying if you need to buff a champ that does that stupid sounding damage then other champs are obviously being wrongly balanced.

they did the nerf that set her ult to minimum 30 seconds way before they added the refund.

Dani El PezgloboJul 28, 20172 votes

ONLY 1 NERF reducing her shield to 2/8 of what it use to be , still asking why she is getting buffed every parch after that ( shield reduce scale to half and base shield to half , now x2 this since its a double shield)

MoveichJul 28, 20171 votes

First of all you're bad at math ... and my bad she had 2 nerfs

2/8 =1/4 and its not that big of a reduction. it does about 3/5 of the original shield if you had 1000 ap (550 original vs 310 now) but the shield also refills on return so its a total 620 ... so its a buff in certain situations. But now its gonna just be even stronger.

Dani El PezgloboAug 3, 20171 votes

dude what i did , was by hearth , didnt check exactly the nerf, and i put the 2/8 instead of 1/4 to represent that shield is double.

NinjaGuy69Jul 28, 20171 votes

Why would you express that fraction as 2/8 when you could reduce it to 1/4 and make it much easier for people to understand in terms of percentages.

MoveichJul 28, 20171 votes

and it was a 40% nerf that gave the shield the ability to dbl is blocking capability so his failure of fractions just truly invalidates his point xD , 3/5 x 2 = 6/5 = buff not nerf (except in enemy one shot situations)

RexxieeJul 28, 20172 votes

Because shes one of the worst mages in the game as you go up the ladder, her high base damages fall off and her ap ratios are average on long CD spells, which makes her team fighting mediocre compared to any mage with their sub 4s CD aoe nukes that can keep dpsing.

And her shield was trashed with nerfs, even with the buff its still so much worse than the old one.

MoveichJul 28, 20171 votes

I dont see as a terrible mage ... she does well ... but shes getting the wrong buffs ... they need to nerf champs and stuff buffing

HaIlMonitorJul 28, 20171 votes

She is very similar to Morg, who also is bad. Do you think its because she doesnt do enough damage (which she does a lot even as support) or do you think her kit is just out of date. She doesnt have any flashy 10 mile jumps, or true damage damage executes.

NinjaGuy69Jul 28, 20171 votes

Because shes one of the worst mages in the game as you go up the ladder, her high base damages fall off and her ap ratios are average on long CD spells, which makes her team fighting mediocre compared to any mage with their sub 4s CD aoe nukes that can keep dpsing.

The cooldowns on her normal spells wouldn't have to be so high if the cooldown on her ultimate wasn't so ridiculously low. But for some reason, Riot keeps trying to push Lux into the direction of a poke mage with an "always ready" ultimate just for the sake of pigeonholing her into an odd, shitty niche. Because everyone needs a "strategic niche" in this game. You get a niche! And you get a niche too! Everyone gets a niche!

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chipndip1Jul 28, 20171 votes

Everyone DOES need a strategic niche. The issue is that Lux doesn't have a real niche. She's just "damage". Well, Xerath is ALSO damage. Ziggs fairs better because he's has a REAL niche, which is pushing down turrets. What does Lux REALLy do besides damage, though?

Lux's kit is kinda scatterbrained, and it sucks. She needs a new foundation. No number alterations is going to put her in a healthy spot in this game.

Taric the GayJul 28, 20172 votes

I agree, she needs more nerfs.

http://www.auplod.com/u/pdolua802d6.png

koshkyraJul 28, 20172 votes

"Finales Funkeln AP ratio reduced to 75% from 85%."

MoveichJul 28, 20171 votes

I saw that to ... wtf even is that xD

Nanuk PihoqahiakJul 28, 20174 votes

Her old ultimate was called Finales Funkeln.

MoveichJul 28, 20171 votes

ya took me a sec to figure that out xD

koshkyraJul 28, 20173 votes

It should still be called that imo

Zykklon BJul 28, 20171 votes

Cause she sells skins, riot doesnt really care about gameplay

MoveichJul 28, 20171 votes

Thank you

Meep ManJul 28, 20171 votes

It took Riot a month to make Bard viable dude. Bard has been viable since the patch after his release when he was buffed. It's just he kind of fell off for a bit, and now he is good again. He never was all that bad.

MoveichJul 28, 20171 votes

you could play with skill with bard true ... but until recently (last year or so) he never was a super valuable asset

Killed InactionJul 28, 20171 votes

Maybe because she was sitting at under 46% overall win rate before this patch? Maybe because they nerfed her at least 5 times? Maybe because they still haven't reverted most of the nerfs? Hmm, seeing a trend here. Were you using hyperbole or are you just salty?

MoveichJul 28, 20171 votes

she only has 2 nerfs in her patch history ... and her win;loss isnt her ... its the buffing of the wrong champs

Racist RivenNov 8, 20181 votes

IS this huy for real,5 nerfs....she jsut got one nerf,wich is on her shield,and ult cd,NOTHING ELSE

MoveichJul 28, 20171 votes

I also want to make it clear ... I dont care if Lux doesn't get nerfs comparably to other champions ... Id like everyone to think of why Lux has to be constantly buffed to stay playable in higher elos ... obviously there is a balancing problem when you take a kit that is good and only make positive changes to it.