Is it me or is Lucian rather overtuned right now?

Mostro Gallo··2 votes·902 views

It never occurred to me because I barely ever see the champ, but I just looked over his kit and his numbers are looking a little extra generous.

I also just played against a Lucian mid. For starters, at level 1 his Q-->auto combo took me to half health. Needless to say the lane got very nasty very quickly, but thankfully I'm competent so he didn't get too out of hand..but by the beginning of mid game he was quite the overbearing nuisance.

After witnessing such power, I had to get a taste of it for myself. I took him top and--at level 1--I was taking 1/5 of a Renekton's health with my Q auto combo. I snowballed heavily and quickly. And I know damage is overall inflated right now, but damn.

Things aren't too out of control right now I guess (thankfully it doesn't seem like a lot of pros are picking him?), but I definitely think Riot should consider putting him on their radar.

Also with the right runes/masteries, a Lucian could trade early game and then lifesteal most of the health back in a matter of seconds. This is where the toxicity starts appearing and in my opinion this is a much bigger issue that is not exclusive to Lucian but is overdue for an inspection.

Edit: Lmao, nevermind. This monster is rocking a ~43% pick rate. I take it back. But still, thoughts on his current power level?

9 Comments

Moooose32 votes

He's just played a lot because he's fun to play and fairly decent at the moment. He's good, idk lucian is a champ that is very hard to balance he's either godlike or in the trashcan. We'll see as the patch progresses.

Eedat2 votes

Yeah he could use some minor adjusting to justify the play rate

oSEXYPLATYPUSo1 votes

lol wasnt it just a week ago he was trash tier due to lethality nerfs ?

Mostro Gallo1 votes

Apparently. But people don't seem to be building lethality on any ADCs anymore( except Jhin maybe?), so it seems like we're back to where we were a few months ago--the ADC-Crit-Era. I really think that's the issue, or at least a decent chunk of the issue.

oSEXYPLATYPUSo1 votes

i thought people were currently going tri into bc on him and that is why (along with ashe using bc ) you see all the post/treads how bc is so broken and being abused , that it needs to be deleted and blah blah blah... ya know the circle jerk of tears on the boards im sure

FTWolf1 votes

Just like ahri but yet different, he fits in half the meta's bcuz hes good then bad good then bad etc. where as ahri is just good all the time rocking a 52%+ winrate

Salron1 votes

[{quoted}](name=Mostro Gallo,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=XigEXT8X,comment-id=,timestamp=2017-03-27T02:22:24.181+0000) at level 1 his Q-->auto combo took me to half health.

LOL

Mostro Gallo1 votes

I wish I could say I was exaggerating

Salron1 votes

Lvl 1 Viktor 516 HP 23 Armor

Lvl 1 Lucian 22 Bonus AD, 80 Total AD w/ Long Sword start

Rank 1 Q = 80(+13) = 93 Phys Damage Lightslinger Auto = 140% total AD = 112

112 + 93 = 205

Armor Calculation: 100/(100 + Armor) = Damage multiplier

100/123 = x 0.813 incoming damage

0.813 x 205 = 166 Damage taken

516 - 166 = 350

350/516 = 67%

It took 1/3 of your health not half Stop exaggerating

This is assuming he didn't have any armor runes, which would bring the damage down further

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