@Meddler, any thoughts on Riot about Lux's state?

Beats29·4/6/2015, 3:40:20 PM·26 votes·2,077 views

I think she really needs help. She's outscaled in damage when comparing to other long range mages like Xerath, Ziggs and Anivia, has worse CC, the E manacost is extremely high, she cant clear waves well, etc. The only thing on her that's really really good it's her shield, it shines on teamfights. But she's outclassed due to reasons I said above.

She needs something. Or a better slow at later levels on her E (her slow its 36%, Xerath can reach 80% while Ziggs can slow 40% but for more time), or reduced mana cost on E (130 mana cost at later levels...), or being able to explode E at arrival (so many kills lost on 1v1 due this), or better base damages, or more mana regen... She really needs something. I feel sad a champion so fun to play is decreasing popularity every due being outclassed (Elise cough cough).

26 Comments

Nagirah4/6/2015, 6:57:28 PM10 votes

As a Lux main, I think she just needs mana cost reduction on her E. Otherwise I think she is fine and balanced. Also please don't buff her damages, the Q-E-R-E-AA combo can oneshot squishies fine enough already.

warpenguin5554/6/2015, 5:28:08 PM5 votes

pls meddler

PineappleTuesday4/6/2015, 10:41:04 PM1 votes

Give lux a reasonable mana cost on her E instead of having it cost 130 mana at rank 5....thats more than her ult and its one of her main spells.

Worst Mid Ever4/6/2015, 11:04:37 PM1 votes

if they removed the reactivation of her E id be fine with it doing a lot more damage (maybe the same as Gragas barrels, 120 / 180 / 240 / 300 / 360 (+90% AP)) so she has to actually hit her Q to get the damage (like Morgs W)

the last time she was a strong FoTM mid lane was cancer

Scrimshäw4/7/2015, 1:01:29 AM1 votes

Meddler: Lux is broken, and needs immediate nerfs

Rico Nasty4/7/2015, 1:02:08 AM1 votes

her mana costs are just too damn high for how little she does, that's really her only problem.

jv21blU7oD4/7/2015, 4:39:50 AM1 votes

The only thing she needs is a mana cost reduction on her E so she can waveclear equally against other mid laners without having to rely so much on blue buff.

Borbland4/7/2015, 12:19:53 PM1 votes

Lux low damage ? If have well farmed, you can burst the enemy adc with a Q + E + R combo. Her CC worse ? Ziggs has an unreliable knockback, and Xerath a slow projectile that stuns of 0.75 sec if the enemy is close to him. Lux Q is fairly fast and stuns for 2 long seconds.

For the slow, Xerath slows for 80%, if the enemy is in the center of his W. W is already not that hard to dodge, but the slow outside the center is 10%.

Her mana costs are fine. yes they are high, but she's the safest mage out there. Yes Xerath has similar range, but Lux doesn't need to slow herself to cast her poking spells. Nearly all of her spells have low casting time, making it possible to pull out a combo extremly fast. Xerath can't do this, he needs to randomly flailing his arms to cast stuff.

kDrakari4/7/2015, 3:03:37 PM1 votes

Why use E for wave clear? Save your mana, ult for waveclear instead.

Fasmodey4/6/2015, 6:50:03 PM1 votes

She may be needs some buffs but it not because she has more mana in his E than Xerath's E or weaker slow than Xerath's slow. They're not even same. Saying it is like Morgana and Xerath are similar. Not they're. I didn't see anywhere that people compared Caitlyn with Varus.