I hate insta - thunderlords abilities
I don't think thunderlords was ever designed to proc off of a single ability which hits very fast. The way its worded implies three SEPARATE spells: procs on "your third hit by attack or damaging spell"
That's obviously not what happens and some abilities which hit every 0.25 seconds like
flamethrower just thunderlords you before you could ever get out of them in time. Old
did it too. He would w-q and the DOT, flat magic damage and q would all count separately and thunderlords would proc with a SINGLE hit. Also
w, if it doesn't hit minions and all goes on the champion.
Everyone loves
outplays where they hit you will "three" spells to get that thunderskills off. Pressing r on you is CLEARLY three separate spells right....... lol
If they desired to reduce burst in the game, I think re-coding this ability to be truly 3 different spells or different auto attacks WITHOUT counting passives it would be much better. A passive example is lux hits you with e + auto attack, that pops her passive for a "third" damaging spell and procs thunderlords after what really should be thought of as a spell + empowered auto for 2 stacks.
IMO thunderlords should proc ONCE off of every spell cast ie pressing a qwer button. If you press the same key twice it could still count twice, like
ultimate.