Boy gee howdy would you look at that. Lux's winrate decreased.

Marshbouy·Apr 17, 2017·1 votes·753 views

Why were we freaking out about this change so much again?

Yeah. A whopping 2.5% more people are playing her(as in 6-8.5%) and her winrate only ever so slightly decreased. Her playerbase distribution still heavily leans toward people with experience on her, so it's more likely old Lux players coming back because they heard she got buffed rather than a swarm of newbies thinking she's busted.

This is still nothing compared to the amount of bitching on the forums that made it sound like she was going to become the next pre-nerf Kassadin.

11 Comments

WngNutApr 17, 20172 votes

Just want to point out that more people who don't know how to play her are doing so now which is bringing playrate up and consequently winrate down so this doesn't mean anything... although I do agree that the change isn't a big deal.

YuGiHoApr 17, 20172 votes

Im pretty sure most people here just hate mages and want melee champions to be the dominant force.

The WhamboozlerApr 17, 20173 votes

This is probably the most accurate response. Lux... even a heavily buffed lux... is still an immobile, squishy mage with highish mana costs and longish cooldowns who can miss all her spells in a fight and accomplish nothing. Now realize that every champ these days is some kind of mobile damage monster with a ton of utility.

It's not just that everyone prefers the manaless AD caster types (Although they do if pickrate means anything) it's that people aren't going to jump to something else because even with that "overpowered" buff, Lux is still one of those things they don't really make anymore... A balanced champ with flaws built into her kit and design. They don't wanna play her and spend all game getting "outplayed" by a guy who is just spamming dashes and then jumping on them with nothing they can do to stop it or survive it.

People aren't playing Lux because so many champs these days give her a hard time due to her immobility and frailty. Almost every champ these days has a freaking dash and either burst or strong sustained damage and the ability to stick to people. The most popular midlaners all tend to give her a lot of trouble too. They buffed her for a reason... the game is making her flaws bigger and bigger and she's frankly pretty weak. All she really has is her range, and she's outclassed in that these days too... what with Xerath being able to hit you from his base. [slayer-jinx-unamused]

VoraciousXApr 17, 20171 votes

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This is probably the most accurate response. Lux... even a heavily buffed lux... is still an immobile, squishy mage with highish mana costs and longish cooldowns who can miss all her spells in a fight and accomplish nothing. Now realize that every champ these days is some kind of mobile damage monster with a ton of utility.

It's not just that everyone prefers the manaless AD caster types (Although they do if pickrate means anything) it's that people aren't going to jump to something else because even with that "overpowered" buff, Lux is still one of those things they don't really make anymore... A balanced champ with flaws built into her kit and design. They don't wanna play her and spend all game getting "outplayed" by a guy who is just spamming dashes and then jumping on them with nothing they can do to stop it or survive it.

People aren't playing Lux because so many champs these days give her a hard time due to her immobility and frailty. Almost every champ these days has a freaking dash and either burst or strong sustained damage and the ability to stick to people. The most popular midlaners all tend to give her a lot of trouble too. They buffed her for a reason... the game is making her flaws bigger and bigger and she's frankly pretty weak. All she really has is her range, and she's outclassed in that these days too... what with Xerath being able to hit you from his base. [slayer-jinx-unamused]

Lux is really strong if she gets her items. She can melt teams if she's allowed to thrive. Honestly the buff they should have given her was not the one she got. They should have reverted the shield changes because tbh that shield change was pointless imo and just a reason for them to try to push her more as a support while weakening her mid lane. One thing they COULD do to make her more reliable is give her a reset mechanic like other champions are getting, but not on her ult. On her Q or W. Imagine if for example, every passive she hits reduces the CD of her Q by 1-2 seconds. This would make her a bit more slippery. Of course I wouldn't suggest that without nerfing her scaling, because she's insane if she isn't shut down. And nothing feels worse than when a support locket/redemption/ability shield's a Lux when she's nuking your team and about to die.

The WhamboozlerApr 19, 20171 votes

No. No. No. No. NO.

Do not touch her damage. She's sub par in utility already... she will NEVER be Lulu, Janna, Thresh or the like. She cannot really peel and her shield is shit now. She brings nothing to her team but long-range poke and that is exactly what they gave her a buff in. It's already got a ton of counterplay built into it. She has to land her ult on you AND get a kill with it to see any change and it doesn't even reset entirely. It's a skill move, and the ult cooldown reduction helps her ONLY if she has the skill to land it perfectly.

Nerf her damage and see her disappear from use entirely. She's already got a ton of flaws built into her as one of the only champs left in the game without a dash and % damage... and she's squishy as hell too. If you think she's too OP with the change, go into blind pick and take her mid. Play a few games against all the Zed and Yasuo's you'll end up fighting and see how much you feel that slight cdr reduction on your ult matters.

Edge of DaybreakApr 17, 20171 votes

Because we freak about about every change.

MarshbouyApr 17, 20171 votes

true.

LostFr0stApr 17, 20171 votes

Playrate up though.

MarshbouyApr 17, 20171 votes

She went up 2% in playrate, nothing crazy.

TyrekGoldenspearApr 17, 20171 votes

Lel, boy gee howdy.

I gotta use that one sometime.

VoraciousXApr 19, 20171 votes

Where did I say anything about Lux being Janna, Lulu, or any support? I hate Lux support. If you actually read what I wrote, it would have been a much better buff to her than her current version. Also what I said was when a support (NOT LUX) does all of that to her while she's nuking your team it feels terrible. Also Zed is a cakewalk as Lux