QoL Buffs for Lux, please

darkdill··11 votes·797 views

Lux might have her mana situation somewhat stabilized with Grail now being good again, but there are three things in her kit that are rather annoying and could be given the QoL touch.

  1. Lux only gets her shield's first application at the end of Prismatic Barrier's casting animation. This is a considerable delay that can often get her killed. Other mage/supports like Janna, Karma, Lulu, etc., can get their shield instantly without needing to wait for the end of a cast animation, but Lux is left with that clunky wait. The fact that it can shield multiple allies is irrelevant; that first shield application on herself should be more responsive. She should get the first application of the shield at the start of the casting animation, not the ending.

  2. Lux's E has a short period after arriving at its destination where you can't detonate it. Instead, you have to wait for about 0.1-0.2 seconds before you can trigger it. Whether that's due to ping or a built-in limiter, it's freaking aggravating when that delay causes you to miss a kill. Additionally, unlike Gragas' Barrel Roll, Lux cannot "pre-detonate" her Lucent Singularity. Essentially, if you tap Q as Gragas right before his barrel arrives at its destination, it'll detonate the instant it gets there. Lux, on the other hand, can't do that. VERY ANNOYING.

  3. This one's been said before, but Lux needs both a new skin and a texture rebalance. Visuals are important too, Riot!

9 Comments

The5lacker6 votes

Even with the Athene's changes, her mana costs are ridiculously oppressive mid game.

darkdill2 votes

Yeah, but I think Riot's made it clear by now that they aren't reducing the cost, despite all the requests made asking it of them.

If they can't simply reduce the cost of her E, then they should at least shift part of the cost into her W.

NewOnyx4 votes

i love lux, i think shes harder than morgana and needs buff

TripNichols3 votes

I agree with all of the above. The only thing. The shield does need to be tweaked, but considering that she can throw a skillshot shield on any and all allies, is unlike other champs, so adjusting it too much could make her extremely op. But I've noticed, in team fights, she doesn't help as much as she should.

Supp ZyraZyra can have ZERO AP and can completely turn around a teamfight.

The Sword Saint3 votes

I would be so happy to be able to predetonate luxes e, you have no idea. From a feel and satisfaction perspective it's a massive buff since though I love her in concept actually playing her and having to spam e to force it to detonate is such a chore and those times where it doesn't go off right away despite the spamming make me want to throw my keyboard when it costs me a kill or life.

Nagirah1 votes

Yes please! I would also like a slight mana cost reducing on her E mana cost and the cast time on her W removed. These tweaks would help her a lot.

lv1 Missingno1 votes

Laning against energy champs is ridiculous with lux. Same thing with teamfights, its a one-shot wonder. You miss your q, might as well as b. CDs way too long and mana costs too high. I understand weaknesses need to be present and she has plenty already, but there needs to be some sort of a tradeoff/reward with mana and CD.

Lissandragon1 votes

I agree to the the 3 points that you mentioned already. It's good that there are texture balances and also a new skin, so that's done for now but the delay on the Shield and Lucent Singularity is really annyoing. I thougth I was the only one that was thinking like this. Also her cooldowns are way too high, especially with that mana cost. Sure, her ult has a low cooldown ( which was 11 shorter before the nerf and cooldown starting time changes) but still that doesn't make her good. Her E has 10 seconds cooldown and only deals 240 + 60% AP damage. Compared to Xeraths Q which has only 3 seconds cooldown whith 5 skill points and deals 240 + 75% Ap, it is just redicioulis. Lux needs less cooldowns and higher scalings. Maybe they should rework her W and just make some other changes. I hope they will buff her somehow in the future, I love Lux and want her to be balanced.

Magicsparkle1 votes

Pls buff lux!!!

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