ADC in 2k17 - Lucian
DISCLAIMER: Before reading, keep in mind that this is MY OPINION about Lucian's state and I'm not actually crying for a 'surprising buff'. Ty ! ^_^
Heya League Boards !
I want to discuss about a long 'dead' adc which has been drastically nerfed (or should I say benched) in season 6 -- Lucian:
Going back to season 6, Korean builds started to be a thing (just like now with Youmuu's Ghostblade - Edge of Night-ish Builds on certain adcs like Jhin and Varus) just like the old Youmuu's + Black Cleaver Lucian which ripped every body's HP bar to 0 before his nerf which was a hard hit.
Now, in season 7, as many people know ADCs in 2k17 are a JOKE completely, even Mages gone replacing the Attack Damage Carries. His recent buff still didn't bring back anything power-related to him. Unlike that Draven Q buff which was needed, the word Champion Diversity has been gone for a while. Think about seeing Jhin,Varus,Ziggs every game because they are strong in this meta, but the question is: What can The Purifier DO?? the answer is nothing, people we're accusing me of trolling every time I played Lucian :((
So let's breakdown the nerfs he had in Season 6:
Q - Piercing Light
BEAM RANGE: 1100 ⇒ 900
RATIO: 0.6/0.75/0.9/1.05/1.2 bonus attack damage ⇒ 0.6/0.7/0.8/0.9/1.0 bonus attack damage PIERCING CLARITY Visuals better match the size of the beam
W - Ardent Blaze
RANGE: 1000 ⇒ 900
as a Lucian OTP, I felt pretty badly when THIS happened. First of all, there are champions like Cait,Ezreal,Draven,Jinx even which can bully the hell out of you on lane and they can manage to win. I think that maybe 900 Range isn't the solution at all, so 1000 could've worked too. As for the AD Ratio well hehe xd he has other abilities (W) which don't have such a great scaling, but ADCs need(ed) to SCALE into the Late Game in order to deal damage, well that thing has been cut off from his kit.
Overall, as dashy as Lucian might be, he lacks damage in his current state, which you might say 'BUT IT OPENS MOOOORE CHAMPIONS TO PLAY AGAINST HIM RIGHT NOW, HE SEEMS BALANCED !', you can dash milions of times and do little damage to the enemy team. To clarify, Lucian used to bring Burst Damage for his team, his Ult in teamfights to deal damage to the enemy team's tanks which was every adc main a Wet Dream :3.
Thank you for reading this thread and I would like to hear your opinions about Lucian, Have a Nice Day !! ^_^
mainly phage first helps out with the poke from Ziggs and mage supports as you will be pushed under tower, so having the HP from phage that builds in TF is good as well as Sheen as it helps proc from your abilities.
is also a decent buy as again it gives you more Hp that you need because of the range nerfs but it also gives you an ability to stay in fights much longer and yes while your DMG won't be 10/10 you don't need to be the only one having DMG as jng/mid and supports all do damage in this meta but if you're an adc that is willing to get your hands dirty buying these two items first is a decent answer.