I just picked up lucian and I am loving him. I don't get what people say when they talk about how weak he is. His 500 range doesn't prove a problem for me whatsoever.
The people are saying he needs to be buffed are probably the people who don't play him.
He is weak because of his AA range. You can still play him if you are better then your opponent, but outside of that he is lacking as an ADC if he doesn't get ahead or outscales them somehow. The only way he can win lane against competent players is to Q snipe poke until he can go in for trades.
I rarely see Lucian in games now a days. I always see people play other adc's and not Lucian at all. And let's be honest a lot of people love playing op champions -cough- 
So I look forward to his buff and I also look forward to Vayne having a nerf.
I play Lucian alot. He's honestly one of my better champs. That being said, the ninja needs a buff. That AA range makes trades impossible. You basically have to be in the enemy's sphincter to get a good AA off, while the enemy might as well be able to hit you with an AA from their Inner Turret on the other side of the map.
