Another Lux buff maybe Riot?

lights eternal·Aug 22, 2014·4 votes·1,511 views

I will be honest with this post - and what I'm going to talk about is what I expect as a Lux main and how I've seen her play transformed over the last few changes. Right now I feel like Lux is in a very tricky position as a mid mage. Her mobility is VERY slow, perhaps too slow - it hasn't felt 'right' since the patch that changed it which sucks, because being able to slip out of dangerous situations is kind of her 'thing' as a mage, ie: the snare and the slow. - I've found that in terms of mobility, even if I snare and slow many times this does not equate to an ability to 'get away' as I think these spells were originally intended. Keep in mind, these are just my opinions and observations - take them with a grain of salt. - After a Q, and a E for the full duration, often just because of champion mobility, regardless of the shield, she often is still so vulnerable she dies pretty easy. For a champion with such high cooldowns, this makes 'running away' much more difficult - because early she is extremely vulnerable on account of those cooldowns especially against champions with escapes/gap-closers which appears to be riot's new trend as far as skill creation. Compared to champions in the next lower movement speed tier she is still weak, as anivia has a wall and ziggs has the W which stuns/gapcloses/escapes. Where such an ability might be, Lux instead has a shield (is Lux a support?) - which again, used to be acceptable when her movement speed coupled with proper spell usage meant she could get out freely 50% of the time. In some matches, she is rendered completely useless - especially in the face of champions that can block abilities (Yasuo, yes u). After all this, she remains a character that I would like to play - but don't see myself playing in the future unless changes are made. That sucks! She was a favorite! The buff that was given to illumination doesn't make up for what she seems to lack in the early game in terms of mobility. And range on her laser appears to have been ninja nerfed somehow - it hasn't felt quite 'the same' for a while, not as rewarding - less utility because I feel that the range took a hit somewhere, perhaps unnoticed - which was the reward for a totally skillshot based champ.

What I would change? I would increase the range on her laser slightly - she is a tactical champion, lets let her be tactical. Compared to champions with global ultimates, her laser is a joke right now, especially late game.
I would increase her movement speed - again, she is a tactical champion, lets let her be tactical. All in all, it would be nice to see improvement to this champions in the area where the nerf bat hit her so hard, instead of compensating for those hard changes by trying to better feature other ones (Illumination though? A nerf/buff? Y?! I'm not going to be able to take advantage of that buff if I'm unable to get safely away).

13 Comments

Teysa KarlovAug 22, 20143 votes

Her lazer also has a lower CD than most global ults with max CDR. And she has one of the safest poke in the game.

lights eternalAug 22, 20142 votes

However, even the laser's CD has seen the nerfbat. She has taken a lot of nerfs, with a half-buff half-nerf to somehow improve her in the late game.... This is my opinion only as a Lux main, or former Lux main.

Fizz I'm looking at you. lol Or maybe I'll go back to Ziggs .

LatticeGrimoireDec 18, 20141 votes

But is is not global, and Ez is like 8 second longer

SnugglyBunniesAug 22, 20142 votes

I would give you yes on the laser range, no on the speed. That's just me.

lights eternalAug 22, 20141 votes

I can see your point here.

I would give you yes on the laser range, no on the speed. That's just me.

I feel like, if we're going to have a slower moving glass-cannon type mage (depending on the build I guess) - then it ought to be reflected in the design of the lasers range. At present, she moves slow, doesn't reach far enough, and her cooldowns in the early game can be very crippling coupled with her MS. I suppose you could make an argument that she is in an okay place as far as movement speed, but when you look at the overall picture, something if not MS is definitely wrong.

SnugglyBunniesAug 22, 20142 votes

My roommate mains Lux, so yeah, I can see how speed is very critical to her. Since the last patch he started building Lich Bane as part of his combo for the auto attack illuminated target bonus thing. That and alacrity on boots gets him pretty speedy.

He highly values speed on Lux because if you can't catch someone to auto them you lose a lot of damage. I don't think this means that she needs a speed buff though. Most champs have an Achilles heel, hers just happens to be that she has to build some speed. Take her laser back to where it was season 2 (I think) where it had half field range and it's all good (It's weak as shit if you're not illuminated anyway). Of course nerf that for dominion and aram only.

lights eternalAug 22, 20141 votes

Lich Bane and Alacrity wouldn't be a bad combo to roll with. I agree for sure on giving the range on it a little bit of a boost, hopefully back to where it was! :D

CmereCupcakeAug 22, 20141 votes

She legitimately has the most consistent poke of any mage. She has a passive that increases her damage and is easily the best mage to take advantage of Mejai's. item 3041

The lazer has almost NO indicator of actual range or width for the enemy team and an incredibly short wind-up.

Which global ultimates are you comparing her ult to?

lights eternalAug 22, 20141 votes

She legitimately has the most consistent poke of any mage. She has a passive that increases her damage and is easily the best mage to take advantage of Mejai's.

The lazer has almost NO indicator of actual range or width for the enemy team and an incredibly short wind-up.

Which global ultimates are you comparing her ult to?

Ultimates like Ezreal's, Jinx's, Ashe's, Ziggs, Gangplank, - I feel as if her laser, while it shouldn't be overreaching as those near global ults, should definitely have enough range to feel like an ultimate spell that rewards skillful and tactical use. - Its short range, just in my opinion mind you, feels a little underwhelming. If she is going to be a slow moving cannon, at least give the cannon range. If she is going to be a faster moving tactical mage, increase the movement speed. I agree with the difference between the particles/effects animation and the actual laser - (it actually at certain angles extends BEHIND her, and a fair deal farther [if we're looking closeup at the scope] in terms of hitbox in either direction than even the scope would show you). Have a better scope would definitely be something I'd think would be a priority - something 'accurate'. I feel that the ultimate should be a little more about her theme, a tactical use of her position and player skill (or good fortune sometimes). We don't need 2 Vel'koz, when we've seen that one can be a little underwhelming already and needed a buff to the laser range to be effective.