HAHAHAHA LUX NERFS AT LAST

Akali is SO HOT·Mar 9, 2016·26 votes·2,216 views

She couldn't escape the nerf bat forever Lux mains. Your overpowered champion is finally getting the nerfs she deserves. Your tears are so delicious thank you very much Lux mains.

47 Comments

Edge of DaybreakMar 9, 20168 votes

That's a slap on the wrist really. Now her shield goes from being ridiculous to just decent. Meanwhile the rest of the bullshit is still there overflowing.

Akali is SO HOTMar 9, 20165 votes

Yeah she's still pretty stupid but this is a start. I wouldn't be surprised if she got more nerfs namely a CD increase on her ultimate.

DrackolusMar 9, 20165 votes

As a Lux player, I a) agree and want nerfs. I'm not sure if you think the rest of the community is as immature as you are, but if so, you're only partially right. Having one of your favorite champs be overpowered sucks too if you recognize that it means you'll get to play them significantly less and you just want to play the champ that you like. b) recognize that this nerf is definitely a noticable nerf, but I'm not convinced it is a big enough one. However, she's also not quite as powerful as many players think. Definitely out of line, but Udyr was stronger, Darius was stronger, Tahm Kench was stronger, Soraka was stronger, etc. etc. She's no stronger than Shyvana or Janna (who, not coincidentally I'm sure, are also receiving nerfs).

Lux is one of those champions people are going to whine about regardless of how strong she actually is because her kit seems stronger than it is because you have to understand how it works to fight her. This is contrast to champions like Shyvana - even when she's very powerful, as she is right now, you immediately understand what's going on. She's very fast and her melee range is basically an automatic death-zone. You know what's coming. You know after one death that what you need to strive for is to not be in melee range. With champions like Lux or Soraka, you almost have to play them to see their weaknesses. In this case, Lux is slow. very slow. And her cooldowns are tremendously long. If you and her both do your full combos, your cooldowns will be up fast enough to do them again and walk away long before her spells come back. If you don't understand her kit intimately, you won't know that. You won't know that if two people walk at her from either side, she is toast. Even a flash won't save her because her movement speed is so low it won't get her out. Naturally, when a champion's so powerful that their weaknesses are negated, that knowledge doesn't help much. Shyvana and Jana are as powerful as Lux right now. This isn't a matter of opinion - the stats are clear. That's exactly why Akali, when she isn't underpowered (like she is right now), seems even more powerful than she actually is. With her healing and damage and mobility put together, she just appears to be the perfect champ. But, I have to assume that you also know that she can be pushed out of lane easily early on, and as long as her roams are stopped/avoided, she can't really do a whole lot. She's almost countered by communication. When she's actually at a 50% winrate or above, people that don't understand her inevitably complain about her.

While I'm absolutely not saying that these nerfs are undeserved, consider that a 55% winrate isn't anywhere close to an autowin. Even when a champion is out of control, the ability to win is still almost entirely in the hands of the players on both teams. But if you keep the mentality of "they won because they were x champion," what's really happening is "it's easier to say that the match was unwinnable than it is to admit that I was a worse enough player than my opponent that I lost." But there's no such thing as an autowin. I picked Nasus against a Darius when I don't play Nasus and I'm terrible at farming, using a totally silly rune page (flat 20% cdr) and mastery page (grabbed Intelligence and Stormraider's because I wanted to see if it let me stick on squishies easier). I was 0/4/0 at 15 minutes. I also had 300 stacks and carried, because Darius had no idea what to do with 4/0 and I knew that 300 stacks mean I get towers for free and when I'm jumped on those squishies are mine. Tactical knowledge trumps mechanics and even game balance. Those only come into play when you are mostly evenly matched.

(Oops I started typing and forgot to stop)

Elisza KitsuneMar 9, 20161 votes

Just one thing; people THINK soraka is op when she's really not (when her team is behind). But if like even one person gets really fed and she heals them then it's sort of over so they should balance soraka a bit more in my opinion

LlaniteMar 9, 20161 votes

Comparing a mid with top and support is plain silly.

Lux is annoying as her E has giant radius and light-speed projectile, if you didnt move BEFORE she casts it, it will hit and you spend the next 10s wandering like a fool avoiding her passive proc.

This is just the beginning, more will come and Lux will end up where Syndra is.

blfUvZ8YbuMar 9, 20164 votes

Lux mains will downvote you :)

Watch and see.Because they are angry.

They haven't free elo champion anymore.

Von RevanchistMar 9, 20164 votes

o wow a slap on the wrist....fuck riot they need to do more than just a minor shield reduction

Surfer AsheMar 9, 20167 votes

[{quoted}](name=Von Revanchist,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=VhcxGTiI,comment-id=0001,timestamp=2016-03-09T00:35:06.102+0000)

o wow a slap on the wrist....fuck riot they need to do more than just a minor shield reduction

Yeah, losing .3 AP ratio and 100 base power is totally minor XDDDD

I'm all for Lux nerfs, but not misinformation. This isn't minor.

Envy SinMar 9, 20164 votes

Let's nerf the one viable mage so it's all zed/yas/talon mid.

Lol.........

Akali is SO HOTMar 9, 20162 votes

http://champion.gg/statistics/#?sortBy=general.winPercent&order=descend&roleSort=Middle

Damn look at all of those AD Assassins in the top winrates for Mid. Definitely not being dominated by mages xD

Envy SinMar 9, 20161 votes

Zed 14.93% pick rate, Well would you look at that only LUX is higher

Yasuo 10.8% pick rate Very few mages above that.

Talon 5.98% Funny STILL above most mages.

LeBlanc 12.29% A flashy assassin, Funny how that works.

Win rate is not everything, Try looking up the PICK rate. When 99% of mid laners are sitting at less then 5% it says something.

KushDid420Mar 9, 20162 votes

Diana Malzahar Swain Lulu Lissandra

Hah, hahahahahahahaahahahahaha Oh you can't be serious

Envy SinMar 9, 20161 votes

Yeah because those champions sure have a high pickrate hu?

KnoyleMar 9, 20162 votes

Malphite Ain't Rammus no Malzahar problem Chogath fam Kayle

~~I know I'm missing a few but i can only fit so many icons in this sentence.~~

Envy SinMar 9, 20161 votes

Yeah you take malp/ram mid.

Oh gee two top laners?

Oh hey single mage that can do something item 3139 JK

TheUltimateSpearMar 9, 20163 votes

Thank God.

Lux players were becoming one of the biggest douchers snakes in League when she became FotM. Or should I say, Lux was ATTRACTING some rather not so nice folk.

Reap what you sow :^ )

Maybe if we're lucky, they'll realize they have to nerf her E too without undoing her shield nerf!

MufflesMar 9, 20163 votes

I like how none of you people complained about lux until she got some play. She has always been played but since she got some spotlight she's op? How about instead of nerfing everything into the ground they buff champs to make it even.

Sir YamazukiMar 9, 20162 votes

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I like how none of you people complained about lux until she got some play. She has always been played but since she got some spotlight she's op? How about instead of nerfing everything into the ground they buff champs to make it even.

People had complained before her buffs even made it to live.

MufflesMar 9, 20162 votes

[{quoted}](name=Lord Yamazuki,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=VhcxGTiI,comment-id=000f0000,timestamp=2016-03-09T03:32:53.163+0000)

People had complained before her buffs even made it to live.

Funny how the people mostly complaining are below gold. :) Funny

SaltyKrackaMar 9, 20161 votes

Funny how most of the people complaining were A: smarter than you and B: right.

MufflesMar 9, 20162 votes

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Funny how most of the people complaining were A: smarter than you and B: right.

I like when silver and bronze players think their opinion or insults matter. :^

SaltyKrackaMar 9, 20161 votes

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MufflesMar 9, 20162 votes

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I'm fond of dipshits resorting to rank when they have no actual argument.

Oh no... It's cause it's true sorry lad.

BoilTheOilMar 9, 20161 votes

wow your one rank above silver your sooo good

MufflesMar 9, 20162 votes

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wow your one rank above silver your sooo good

Wow you're one rank above silver, you're(you are) so good.*

Sir YamazukiMar 9, 20161 votes

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Funny how the people mostly complaining are below gold. :) Funny

I'm above gold, and majority of the population is below that, so following common sense it makes sense most people complaining are below that. Anyways, you're silver 3 with a terrible win rate.

MufflesMar 9, 20161 votes

[{quoted}](name=Lord Yamazuki,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=VhcxGTiI,comment-id=000f000000000001,timestamp=2016-03-09T04:25:09.059+0000)

I'm above gold, and majority of the population is below that, so following common sense it makes sense most people complaining are below that. Anyways, you're silver 3 with a terrible win rate.

Oh no. I'm so offended and hurt. Sorry my highest was G1 still more knowledge than any kiddo on this forum. You're still not proving anything.

LadyRenlyMar 9, 20162 votes

Playing as Lux, I forget I even have a shield.

I am fine with this

KaxiMar 9, 20162 votes

I'm okay with the nerfs, and they promote the shield to be used on allies (and smart timings from Lux herself). I'm okay with this. I don't think they're hitting her in the right places, but I agree that she needs some sort of tuning as she is standing apart from the other safe mages.

The WhamboozlerMar 9, 20162 votes

Dude, I played Lux long before she was considered "OP", I will play her long after. Nerfing her shield just takes away the safety net for bad Lux players. Good Lux players aren't relying on that shield to live... they've blown you up from across the lane. This was the right way to nerf Lux, since so many bad mids can't handle her. Nerf her self-defensive powers but leave her burst and poke. They could change her shield to ONLY shield allies and not herself and I'd still play her. I hope this drives off all the meta sheep and flavor of the month players and I can go back to playing my main in peace.

PvEMar 9, 20161 votes

hey, at least the nerf was on a skillshot you'll be able to dodge

StephenizgodMar 9, 20161 votes

This is a big nerf to her shield actually, but honestly its not her shield that annoys everybody. Its her safety and damage that is too overpowered, the shield is just another kick in the balls should you actually reach her. Personally a hitbox size reduction of her E and putting a 0.5 second delay before she can explode it would probably balance her out a lot. Currently her E has 0 counterplay, if it doesn't hit you its because she missed. That is where i think her nerfs need to be, also her Ult should not proc her passive, the ability to QER and instantly erase pretty much any non tank is ridiculous specially given the very low risk she has for such a high reward.

Unstoppable MonkMar 9, 20161 votes

For someone that played her a lot and even had a skin, I still banned her every ban I got. Lux

It made all the derp AP mid mains pick her sup or mid to miss every skillshot or they get ez fed and kill everyone on my team. The Zed effect.

AnidanMar 9, 20161 votes

I'd imagine that kind of effect started with Lee Sin or some other champion (like Shaco) far earlier than Zed, because there is a world of difference between the guy who genuinely enjoys and plays Lee a lot, and a guy who picked him up because the Boards or their friends said he was strong.

BoxpencilMar 9, 20161 votes

WOOOOOOOO

MoesndMar 9, 20161 votes

Hip hip, HURRAY

SpecterVonBarenMar 9, 20161 votes

Honestly I feel that's the wrong place to hit her since it's actually a fairly unique ability for a mid laner. I'd rather they reduce her Q damage or something instead of weakening one of her unique strengths.

1000angrybeesMar 9, 20161 votes

That shield nerf was unnecessary frankly. It's an okay shield, but it's hardly what I'd call 'oppressive'

If anything should have been nerfed, it's her Ult cd. Why they chose the shield is absolutely beyond me.

MufflesMar 9, 20162 votes

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That shield nerf was unnecessary frankly. It's an okay shield, but it's hardly what I'd call 'oppressive'

If anything should have been nerfed, it's her Ult cd. Why they chose the shield is absolutely beyond me.

Her ult has already been nerfed but why should it be nerfed when you can learn to actually DODGE????

1000angrybeesMar 9, 20163 votes

The point isn't 'learn to dodge' so much as 'man that powerful ult is up about every half a minute that's a little much'

MufflesMar 9, 20162 votes

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The point isn't 'learn to dodge' so much as 'man that powerful ult is up about every half a minute that's a little much'

No the point is literally learn to dodge. It's not hard to dodge her ult at all LOL. If Riot actually wants to give lux a nerf they would revert her Q damage to back before the buff.

Akali is SO HOTMar 9, 20162 votes

It's not hard to dodge her ult at all LOL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztVMib1T4T4

MyTeamIsAwsomeMar 9, 20161 votes

brand is still forgotten eheheh

warpenguin555Mar 9, 20161 votes

i think you might be a little too into it. then again i have fapped about nerfs before so what do i know

EcchiOtakuTMMar 9, 20161 votes

Yea as if a shield nerf was the issue, I'm going to enjoy still killing you.

Oh well after this nerf her win rate will go back to normal and she won't be in the nerf radar :P

JafarThePandaMar 13, 20161 votes

lux wasn't actually nerfed but ok.

Ruin LanceMar 13, 20161 votes

she needs her cooldowns nerfed, but hopefully this will punish the awful kids i keep getting matched against that survive with a sliver of health with that stupid shield.