My Reason For Going AP Lux Support (No Flame)

I know I'll probably get downvoted for this, but I just want to put my word out there for those who are willing to listen. (I've only been playing for about a year, so there are obviously some things that I might not know about, which I would love to learn about, so just regard that) [sg-ahri-2] First of all, as a lux support I would like to say this to the adcs out there who have had a bad experience with lux supports: I apologize on behalf of them (unless you were being toxic and blaming them). [sg-soraka]

Now, starting with why we build AP lux support.

There's a reason why lux players play , and I would assume that most of them play it to have fun, because they enjoy the champion, disregarding their skill level on that particular champion. I will admit, Lux support isn't the best support to pick in a team comp, but that's not our topic, just putting that out there in case anybody goes ASJKDHFJKA LUX IS TERRIBLE SUPPORT PROBLEM SOLVED in the replies. Like, yes, it's not the best, but no, it isn't not viable. A good lux can help and impact a teamfight greatly.

Lux doesn't have much utility when you really think about it. Q is a root, but first of all, the CDR is really long and it punishes you hard if you miss it. And also the hitbox is hella clunky, and yes, sometimes the Qs shouldn't have hit, but people have a tendency to complain about when they get hit, and instead ignore the times when it should've hit and it didn't. (Also the hitbox isn't that big, stand behind minions and you should be good) The crowd control roots you, but it's not that bad considering there are champions with CC like Ryze point and click Root and Veigar E. This is pretty much her only peel.

Her W is a shield, but considering the time it takes to returns, it doesn't negate a whole lot of damage when it's first thrown out, and when it comes back its not a particularly good one (Morgana's E I'm looking right at you). Also the cooldown is relatively long compared to other support shields.

Her E can slow, but this is hardly ever a type of peel like some ADCs describe it to be. Yes, the CC is there, but it's nothing when an assassin gets in your face and mobility, invisibility is a thing (Rengar mains please leave us alone). You can force the argument that it is peel, I guess, but it's not as impactful as people say it is. Like seriously. Also CDR. Compared to something like Janna, Lux's peel is nonexistent. Also, once we burn our Flash, and the jungle ganks, we're dead meat.

Her R, finally. Many people complain about us lux supports ulting to KS. In some cases, if the lux has intentionally done it, they are in the wrong. But if it is in situations where you can't get the kill, or you flashed to get it but your support wasn't aware, we did it because more gold is better, nevertheless of who got the kill, and also our ult procs our passive, so sorry if we get the kill sometimes, we weren't trying to. I could say the same for other supports because our ADCs freak out about us getting one kill that they couldn't get, so yeah.

[sg-lulu]

(Before reading the below, this is just MY experience in games, it probably will be different for you) After getting that out of the way, in conclusion: Lux's utility isn't the best. This is why I decided building AP was the best path, and this is pretty arguable depending on your thoughts: I make up for the lack of utility with my damage. Also MR pretty much is a huge cockblock to Lux, so imagine if she didn't have AP she wouldn't be doing anything at all. Of course, my thought process and I'm positive other lux supports' think that: she's different from generic supports, the best way is to build her AP because she was built an AP mage, and since my abilities are targeting at doing damage, I'll try my best to help my team in that way. Support items don't really help Lux that much, since her kit isn't support-oriented. If Lux is good at doing damage in a teamfight, and she has the gold to do it, I think most of us would go for it, and that's just common sense. And also in some cases, we go AP because our ADC isn't doing that well and we want to help the team by being able to dish out damage better than you can. As much as we want you to get the kill, we don't want to put our team's victory/loss on the line just to make your KDA look better, but we promise it's not of ill intent. [sg-ahri-1]

AP Lux carries a lot of more kill pressure on the team rather than going normal support Lux, and if you compare a Lux going support items and a support like Soraka/Lulu/Nami going support items , obviously the soraka/Lulu/Nami would be way more impactful, because support items synergize well with them. On the other hand, Lux doesn't, so instead of providing utility that is not provided as much in her kit, we choose to make up for it as damage. I've seen that in games, I normally do the most damage if we end at about the 30-minute mark, of course I'm not saying that about all games and I'm not trying to brag either so don't go through my match history and go "U sucked this game" "You didn't do most damage what are you talking about". [slayer-jinx-catface]

And compared to support (Stop playing him supp it's a nightmare), Lux needs items to do well. If Lux is behind on gold and items, she sucks really bad. She's more of an AP burst carry mage support if you play her well, and looking at how bull some supports are right now, Lux can be really underwhelming compared to those. Also, she's squishy. This can be an invalid argument for some, but I feel like if I'm just going to be burst down either way, I'd much rather be doing at least some damage before I get burst down than not doing any damage and dying.

I'm just saying we aren't not completely to blame for some outcomes, but I think some hate on Lux going AP Support is undeserved and not justified, so I decided to put my thought out there. I probably missed some things in my post, so please ask or remind me anything you have in particular about Lux support and why you think my arguments are invalid or you have something to add to my point, please do so! I'm interested in hearing constructive criticism from those who want to listen. [sg-lux]