"and a true damage laser beam!"

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You mean it wasn't true damage before?

Ha Ahahahahahahahaha!

This isn't even his final form!

If you laned against me, it was. Pure Magic Pen build op

+100% AP

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pure true damage. As in instead of 1000 magic damage plus 300 true dmg (or around there)

try 1000 true damage

more like 1.5k and upwards. not kididng. his lvl 2 ult has 800 base damage alone.

except the next meta is going to be tank mages and the dragons are overpowered

{quoted} it always needed the same ~1.25 seconds until it reaches it's destination, which is extremely inefficient in close range, where his whole kit kinda fails

I mean, I think that's a pretty good way to keep him balanced. It's a good, clear weakness that isn't too hard to exploit unless he focuses all of his self-peel on you.

The new ult will be... weird...

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I don't know how much I should look forward to the update...

• By bringing an Ap scaling into his passive, he will probably will turn into an Ap stacker, as opposed to the Utility & Penetration build I, and I think many more were using
• His Q seems to be his primary farming tool now, since it now has a mana refund
• His E, they only problem (I ever had) in his kit, stays the way it is. The problem was not the spell itself, but the insane travel time. It didn't even have flight speed, like a projectile, it always needed the same ~1.25 seconds until it reaches it's destination, which is extremely inefficient in close range, where his whole kit kinda fails

True damage ultimate? Fine

Personally, I think the AP on his passive was a good thing. I've been suggesting it ever sense they put a ratio on Lux's passive.

Because his ratios were so low, he relied on CDR and regen to stack his passive as quickly as possible. (Which kinda falls off for a mage, but made a fine poke support.)

And the true damage ult, (While some what limited on who it deals true damage too) is going to have enough situational power to be devastating. (Tanks will melt)

why build penetration on a true damage champ