Riot, please leave Lucian alone

From what I can see, this nerf is solely intended to address his play in mid lane at the professional level. Lolalytics shows Lucian mid players having a 46.16% winrate at the Platinum+ level; his pick rate is a meager 5.73%. Stated alternatively, I cannot find a justification based on numerical data that Lucian mid needs to be nerfed (if anyone has data otherwise, I am happy to reconsider my opinion). Instead, this will only make him worse in the bot lane; he currently feels atrocious to play in this role due to the proliferation of Enchanter supports. In other words, his strength as a lane bully is largely negated in conjunction with item nerfs (mainly ). This will in turn reinforce the / meta, which everyone seems to hate, including me.

There are a litany of issues to address that, in my opinion, will help curb Lucian's showing in pro play. This includes, but is not limited to, AP itemization, mage nerfs/buffs, support itemization, and even ADC itemization to a larger extent; I do not want to go in depth on these issues as I want to keep this directed at Lucian.

Personally, I am not a fan of current meta ADCs, and in fact, am terrible at them (as proven by my game history). I am not asking for Lucian to return to his overpowered state as of a few months ago. I am merely suggesting that the end cause of this nerf to his E will be to send Lucian to the gutter where he was for a majority of season 6 / start of season 7. I am fine with playing Lucian from an underpowered position as it forces me to play better in order to win. However, the nerf, in my opinion, is unwarranted to say the least.

Full disclosure, I am an ADC main and a Lucian main.