Lux is too safe

Lux is actually performing incredibly well right now. Truthfully, I have very few issues with her but I do think given her flexibility to go mid or support, this allows her to be a little too safe, and I think when you combine this with her good performance, she’s probably slightly over-performing right now.

We are seeing Lux support sport a 52.5% winrate with a 10.2% pickrate.

Lux mid has a 51.59% winrate with a considerably lower pickrate at 3.17%.

None of these stats suggest she’s doing exceedingly well, but she is absolutely performing very well across two roles and I think a large part of that is because she has become entirely too safe, especially as a support.

One change I would like to see that might her support lux but not so much to mid lane lux is nerf early levels on shield, especially on allies. And in return, give her a strong self-shield. The fact is, lux support usually maxes shield last but with this change, you hurt her safety by reducing her defensive utility, especially on allies. It doesn’t change her playstyle and it allows her to keep her poke/pick playstyle. Moreover, this may discourage lux support to such a degree so that she doesn’t eventually become balanced more as support rather than a mid laner - and that is certainly the trend we are seeing right now in terms of her popularity.