Lucian nerfs actually did something

Mody bird·Feb 27, 2016·7 votes·927 views

watching gosu on twitch, he is missing so many lucian ults and saying the range is bad for each one haha

4 Comments

MasterSomethingFeb 27, 20161 votes

Now maybe I won't have to ban him so much :D

JefftiffyFeb 27, 20161 votes

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Now maybe I won't have to ban him so much :D

Or maybe Lucian was probably the least problematic ADC to have nerfed this patch. He was seeing a relatively low play rate compared to the best ones. Basically, now Lucian is the short range ADC with kind of average damage output. He will no longer ever be seen in competitive play other than counter picks. Why play Lucian when you can play Graves or Vayne ? This nerf removed his Niche as burst DPS ADC with decent range. His ult was never a problem until they "standardized it" which was nerf in itself. It lost huge amounts of damage output late game for a little bit of power early game which was also matched with the introduction of Thunderlords. Which I still stand by as the real problem and why the game is in such a shitty state right now.

Afk Teemo WardFeb 27, 20161 votes

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Or maybe Lucian was probably the least problematic ADC to have nerfed this patch. He was seeing a relatively low play rate compared to the best ones. Basically, now Lucian is the short range ADC with kind of average damage output. He will no longer ever be seen in competitive play other than counter picks. Why play Lucian when you can play or ? This nerf removed his Niche as burst DPS ADC with decent range. His ult was never a problem until they "standardized it" which was nerf in itself. It lost huge amounts of damage output late game for a little bit of power early game which was also matched with the introduction of Thunderlords. Which I still stand by as the real problem and why the game is in such a shitty state right now.

Yea, while I feel lucian needed a nerf, in no way did he need it more than some of the other adc's that weren't touched.

And you know what they could easily do to fix thunderlords? Buff its damage, but make it so it does grey health, and after a short period of time, the person gets that health back.

AbyssphereFeb 27, 20169 votes

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Or maybe Lucian was probably the least problematic ADC to have nerfed this patch. He was seeing a relatively low play rate compared to the best ones. Basically, now Lucian is the short range ADC with kind of average damage output. He will no longer ever be seen in competitive play other than counter picks. Why play Lucian when you can play or ? This nerf removed his Niche as burst DPS ADC with decent range. His ult was never a problem until they "standardized it" which was nerf in itself. It lost huge amounts of damage output late game for a little bit of power early game which was also matched with the introduction of Thunderlords. Which I still stand by as the real problem and why the game is in such a shitty state right now.

"He was seeing a relatively low play rate compared to the best ones"

He's the most popular champion in the game and has consistently had a 40%+ play rate in Plat+ ranked games for several patches now. Nobody who isn't a bad Lucian player thinks he's not a problem right now.