My problem with Lucian
After scrolling through the gameplay section I've noticed that people are generally a little bit upset with where he is currently. I am in that group, but what is mocking me here isn't the gameplay pattern itself you have to put up with when you play against Lucian (because that alone I don't find problematic) but rather the frequency you have to face it in. We all know how the laning against Lucian goes - he's got an extremely powerful level spikes (e.g 2 and 6) in which you know you simply can't win against him. You can't really outtrade a good Lucian, and that alone is fine - he compared to other marksman is really weak later into the game. As of today, he's got 44% pickrate across all regions which is pretty ridiculous. I myself am considering banning him in the lobby because I am simply tired of playing the same lane every game. I am not a lucian player, so in the end I'm getting him in 2 out of 3 games. As I said, I don't find him overpowered (I could be wrong in that matter though) but there is something that brings majority of players into playing him almost exclusively, and for whatever reason they find him appealing. Anyway, my point here is that we shouldn't jump into "nerf the Lucian" train too soon - because in patch 7.9 we are told to get some work on crit marksman and their itemaztion paths. As we all know, Lucian's first two items are bork/BC so maybe, just maybe the changes will smooth out the playrates and overall strengths of adcarries - while some of them rose from their graves thanks to bork buff and lethality nerfs ( e.g Twitch, Kalista) some still need to see the day's light ( e.g Tristana, Jinx).