@Meddler Fiora and Lux Pbe changes context?

How do you feel about Lux's overall state. She was one of the few mages to be left out the mage update and item changes weren't particularly beneficial towards her. There also seems to be very split opinions from the community when it comes to her; there are those who love her long-range burst playstyle and those that find her too oppressive being long-ranged and burst. You've etched out her weaknesses by reducing the strength of her shield, but do you still find her problematic to balance (it's been stated before that she's been difficult to balance), do you think she is suitable for a light-Ryze style update?(get it? :D)

What were some of the other changes you were/are considering? (This latest one is the only one to be PBE'd)

ty for the answer. Are there any plans on changing the w cooldown on lvl 1? Feels so punishing early game when you dont run flat cdr in your runes. Or any plans on increasing the e slow by a little? the sticking power is some kinda missing when you dont have ult or frozen mallet.

Meddler how do you feel about Ryze's current state on PBE? don't you think the ult is a bit too much?

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Fiora - early game's a bit too punishing after our last changes. She's still very powerful, and sometimes hard to deal with, late game, so looking to add a bit of early power that doesn't translate directly into late game power.

Lux - Slight buffs intended, with power also being shifted a little bit towards riskier play (being in AA range versus fishing with Q). Should be quite small changes.

Both could still change, Lux especially has had a number of different tweaks in testing over the last week or two (not sure how many of those were PBE'd?).

I think the nerfs to her shielding have had a lot of impact on Lux. Are you happy with the missile speed of prismatic barrier right now?

I don't see why Fiora's early game would be getting buffs at all. Her 1v1 in lane is one of the most (potentially) infuriating, oppressive, rage inducing experiences in all of League. She tends to either counter or get countered rather hard by different champions. That means she needs kit changes, not a damage buff.

I like that you're encouraging higher risk plays with the Lux passive buffs. I think the same can be done for Ziggs' W. Due to its 26 second CD and mere 35% AP ratio, it's used almost exclusively as an escape. Considering that Ziggs is the slowest mage in the game, it's risky to use W offensively. I love Ziggs but I feel a bit constrained in my playstyle because even his full rotation is often not enough to kill a target (with me using W offensively).

its actually a buff on her passive. so she gets slightly buffed not nerfed if im not wrong.

its actually a buff on her passive. so she gets slightly buffed not nerfed if im not wrong. And Fioras early is still shit after all her nerfes. Im fine with it. Rather getting some other buffs onto her :P

it is actually a decent buff in many ways. so you lose a total of 10 dmg at any rank on q but your passive does 2 more dmg per lvl so at lvl 5 procing your passive 1 time will break even in dmg with current lux and any point past lvl 5 procing your passive will do more dmg at lvl 3-4 procing your passive 2 times will lead to more dmg. so at lvl 3 if you q auto e auto you actually do 1 more dmg than before. at say lvl 10 you q auto ult auto e auto you will do 50dmg more than before. Also all your targets are multi hit so while playing lux before i have got 6+ proc of passive off in a fight before that is going to be 2more dmg for every level on each of those proc so in a team fight you might get do you know 80+ more dmg every team fight if you are good at hitting multiple people with your spells and weaving auto's inbetween your spells.

But the thing is there a lot of preemptive measures you can take against Fiora, so whether shes strong or weak she can be outplayed. Aatroxx is simply oppressive when hes strong and awful when hes weak, hes eligible for a rework I'd say.

Just move out of the way when you see her throw it. As a Lux player I know that when you dodge her abilities she becomes incredibly easy to just dive and kill.