what with the prevalence of assassins and the massive mana nerfs, playing lux was an absolute nightmare.
these nerfs force me to build a tear which makes lux so terrible for a long time. riot. please just give us mage mains something to work with.
Cardboard III3 votesAP Mages have it easy, bro. You have so many options with AP and tank that simply do not exist in the AD world. Rod of Ages, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass, Abyssal Scepter, Athene's Unholy Grail, Liandry's Torment. Any burst AP mage on the spot can be decided to instead be a tanky ap character, because of the existance of these items.
Your Annie can end with over 150 Armor and Magic Resistance, and over 3000 health, while still instakilling the enemy ADC and following up on the enemy support or whoever else is still behind and weak. This is true of many mages, like Lissandra, Kassadin, and Morgana.
Some don't even need it, so I don't even want to hear crying about Lux and Xerath, who regularly carry from over 1000 range.
None of this really turns them into a Ryze (who is OP dealing over 4k raw damage instantly with risidual magic damage and is ready to burst againt 1.5 seconds later while being the tankiest mage in the game), but their oppressive utility and still burst carry like potential stacked on top of these items, is how you fix this problem you're having.
Dralun3 votesPrevelance of assassins and massive mana nerfs? Did you go back a few patches or something?
Great Wolf Sif2 votesThose Assassin nerfs though.
Drunk Rummate1 votesi seem to be doing well with orianna and azir. dunno how lux feels as ive never really played much of her. maybe its your playstyle?
Cindikle1 votesLux is in a bad spot. As long as you're not facing a good Zed you should be OK with just about any other mage mid.
Cale0171 votesBecause they're still fun to play and if you just monitor your spell usage for the first few levels you're pretty much good to go after that?
Kuroi861 votesAssassins are seeing the pain too. The nerfs were meant to force mages to build more than a single item to fix any mana problems that they have. That is something you're going to have to get used to, figure out two good mana/mana regen items and go with it.
RazorTS1 votesbuild RoA and chalice, and your mana problems solved, also dont spam your spells for no reason
The Bard Dog2 votesbuild RoA and chalice, and your mana problems solved, also dont spam your spells for no reason
meanwhile 
dance over your dead body because you have to sacrifice damage just to be able to have mana. and lose out on so much farm.
ForgiveColour1 voteslets pretend leblanc/cass/kass/azir/liss/xerath have mana cost