Why does riot hate Lucian?

I know Lucian was due for a nerf and there was even a response from riot explaining they are nerfing him simply because he is Lucian. By that they meant he is simply too popular.

Which honestly shouldn't be a reason to nerf a champ but this is not the first time this is happening to my boy. Anyway, below are the changes they are making.

Lucian

Piercing Light (Q) cooldown increased to 9/8.5/8/7.5/7 from 9/8/7/6/5
Ardent Blaze (W) [range reduced by 100]

Now I feel like Lucian kit has been altered so much after his release it will begin to once again feel clunky. Its like riot keeps chipping off bits and pieces of his kit and not putting back in the right place.

Here is why I say this.

Cooldown on Lucian, is like attackspeed on an ADC. Now since his Q is getting a longer cooldown, this means resetting his E becomes harder and thus prevents Lucian from using his passive/attackspeed steroid smoothly. This also means less re-positioning. Its a small change yea but overall it affects his passive reset and his E reset, which will make his kit feel clunky.

I thought riot was going to nerf the beam range of his Q. This would have taken away from his lane poke but left his passive reset mobility intact.

Why does riot hate Lucian so much?