Lucian is absolutely butchering the viable ADC pool and needs to be addressed NOW

Omiwom·5/31/2016, 8:23:58 AM·92 votes·4,423 views

He's in every game. He builds the same items every game. There are two other viable picks - Caitlyn and Ezreal, who are viable just because they can stay alive to farm against him.

This habit that Riot has of leaving blatantly OP champs alone for too long has been a problem in the past, but I can't remember it ever killing diversity as much as what's going on right now in the bot lane.

81 Comments

LSmaster165/31/2016, 10:55:54 AM21 votes

He has nerfs on the pbe, if you want to complain wait for the nerfs to hit live and to see if they add more on the pbe

Girard5/31/2016, 4:02:34 PM8 votes

I have never had a problem against Lucian, ever. I've played him before but I main Jhin and Jayce (yes, Jayce.) in ADC roles and I always come out on top. A lot of it depends on the support. Also, people don't realize you don't have to pick fights in bot lane. Play defensively because regardless of what people think, Lucian does have a short-medium range at best and isn't going to dive you under tower and 100-0 you.

Icestar11865/31/2016, 5:44:36 PM8 votes

As I have said in many threads, Lucian is being addressed in 6.11.

Wildlash25/31/2016, 3:27:39 PM4 votes

I have to say that lucian is op because of his chain of abilities. Slow down any videos by doublelift or gosu, and you'll notice the harass combo: auto+immediate q+immediate auto+his passive shot. All this happens in the time it takes another adc to land 2 autos. Lucian has effectively landed 3-4 autos worth of damage. It also looks like they cancel the q animation sometimes.

Idk, I dont play adc.

Paroe5/31/2016, 2:21:49 PM3 votes

Oh no, its almost like this AD caster building AD caster is better than building cookie cutter marksman! Oh the humanity! its almost like a champion is functioning as intended!

Why dont you stop standing in his ult? its easy to dodge, if you get hit by it an cannot manuever properly to escape it then thats your own fault. miss fortune and graves have similar AD caster capacities. although graves is more "ranged bruiser".

xxxMadLionxxx5/31/2016, 2:51:44 PM3 votes

Lucian is finally a decent ADC once again after years in the gutter and everyone wants him back there.

Nautoday5/31/2016, 3:00:53 PM3 votes

I literally can't think of any ADC who gets stomped by Lucian... a lot of it depends on the support though.

FiddlesOnTheRoof5/31/2016, 4:59:29 PM3 votes

I do hate the champion because of how much of a lane bully he is, but he has a healthy win rate. If they nerf his early game, they'll have to buff his late game.

69469238DEL15/31/2016, 9:37:21 AM2 votes

Play Miss Fortune

DesolationKaizer5/31/2016, 12:40:40 PM2 votes

People really need to check out the pbe more often or surrendat20.net.

manbearswine5/31/2016, 6:21:53 PM2 votes

First of all, don't defend cait, she's fucking bullshit in her own right.

Second: lucian by himself isn't that big of a problem, it's yomumu's and black cleaver which turn him into the huge issue he currently is.

Dengeden6/1/2016, 6:30:21 AM1 votes

This isn't at all backed up by ADC winrates and Lucy has nerfs on PBE...

MÖRTIMER5/31/2016, 8:41:05 PM1 votes

Not gonna say your wrong, Lucian is really strong right now. But instead of complaining, find a way to beat it. I know Im silver and you're Diamond. But come on man, the only way to make Lucian not OP is probably to completely destroy him in pbe. People complaining about champs and asking for heavy nerfs is what destroys the diversity of the game because people stop playing them and find a better champ. There is always gonna be that champ that is just really strong and people will always want to play the strongest champ. So instead of fighting a battle you can't win, start finding team comps that can beat them. Or a play style that will beat them. I main ADC too. Im silver so ill probably get shit on by you, but still. Lucian is not that annoying.

The Bearded Bard6/1/2016, 2:44:04 AM1 votes

For the record, just because one is the strongest doesn't mean the rest are useless.

Corki Draven Caitlyn Ezreal Graves Jhin Jinx MissFortune Quinn Sivir Tristana Vayne are all still great champions.

BradoxTTV5/31/2016, 12:12:01 PM1 votes

i dont think there has been a lucian in my last 4 or so games, and every game that i play against him he usually gets trash canned