I am disappointed with the upcoming Lulu buffs.
I am a Lulu OTP, and hearing about upcoming Lulu buffs got me more excited than Pink Ward on the new Shaco. However, when I went to the patch notes and saw the only thing they are changing is increasing is her shield by 20 and the damage on it by 40 (at max rank) I couldn't have been more disappointed. I max Q > W > E on Lulu, so this isn't going to help me much, and shields/healing SUCK as a game-mechanic design. There are plenty of areas of Lulu that could have been touched up besides her shield. Here's a list of some of the things you could have done to buff Lulu:
- Quality of life change - put a timer on Help, Pix! to show how long the duration of Pix will be on its target.
- Ult Combos - Hitting enemies with Lulu's ult while they are under the duration of one of her CC abilities has additional effects. If the target is slowed by Giltterlance and then hit by the Wild Growth knock-up, they take additional damage from all incoming damage while in the slow-area of effect. If the target is poly morphed and then hit by the Wild Growth knock-up, their damage is reduced while in the slow-area of the effect.
- Whimsy - When used on an ally target while they are recalling, the back-timer is reduced by 10/20/30/40/50% while the ability is active on them.
- Glitterlance - If the target is hit by Glitterlance mark the target for 10 seconds. If the target is hit again by glitterlance deal an additional 1/2/3/4/5% damage and reduce the decay of the slow, stacking up to 3 times.
I'm sure there are some Lulu players who will be thrilled about the shield buff, but I would have much happier seeing the dynamic of her game-play changed.