@Riot - About the Current and Future State of Lux

Oleandervine·3/8/2017, 4:55:28 PM·3 votes·937 views

With the PBE Update yesterday, Riot added in completely new voice files for Lux, expanding on her current ones and making her VO a bit more modernized - however, this leaves a ton of questions that need to be asked.

As we all know, Lux is massively popular. Her kit is strong, it has aged really, really well, and the love she's gotten over the years have her in a healthy, viable place. That leaves us with her model and her looks. She's starting to show her age pretty badly. Her animations aren't as fluid as they should be, she doesn't have all the animations present that modern champion designs and redesigns have, and with Riot's stance last year that they would no longer be doing visual updates alone, this leaves Lux is a very awkward space. With the addition of new voice lines to Lux, this would mean that the only portion of her as a champion that will need to be fixed to bring her to modern standards will be her model. Hence the awkward space. If Riot isn't going to ever do visual updates by themselves, how long will someone as beloved as Lux have to wait to get a full VGU? She's remained viable for this long since her release, and her popularity ensures that she's a top candidate for skins as well as one who's consistently adjusted to stay in a healthy place. This doesn't leave any time in upcoming years where Lux would ever need extensive work, over the course of which her model would look worse, and worse, and worse as technology and design standards continue to improve.

So Riot, this is where I ask you - Will you consider giving Lux a visual update, akin to that which you gave Gangplank? Unlike him, she needs no kit or gameplay work, just an updated model, new rigging, and new animations. Will you consider making her the exception to your policy of never doing VUs without VGUs since she's so popular that any amount of modernization will go over well?

21 Comments

Eternal7913/8/2017, 7:22:43 PM3 votes

I wish they would do this with more champions too. I personally think Caitlyn could use both a visual and VO update.

Lugg3/8/2017, 7:24:27 PM1 votes

Lux is a pretty unhealthy champ right now for sure. Her ult (which is one of the best in the game) has a 33 second CD with max CDR. That's just ridiculous for a champ that already has good waveclear and is very safe against almost any matchup.

Lexyy3/8/2017, 11:56:53 PM1 votes

Why do the same champs keep getting the attentoon over and over again?

Lux doesnt need anything, let alone a full VGU. You got that skin recently, be happy with it. Some champs wait years to even get a small skin, you got the "best" skin in the game and now you want MORE for that shit champion? Enough already.

(I know you didnt ask about the skin, but she really doesnt need and upgrade in any kind of way. You're just being picky)

darkdill3/9/2017, 5:39:34 AM1 votes

You could always get her Elementalist skin, which is super-modern.

GreenLore3/9/2017, 1:34:21 PM1 votes

In general they only do visual&gameplay updates anymore,because it is just more efficient to update both of them at the same time. And even if Lux doesn't need a gameplay update,that doesn't mean that they can't take a look at her and try to make it better(as seen with tristana,they are fine with making small gameplay updates,when a big one is unnecessary)

However the big problem is that while Lux doesn't look that good ingame,there are just so many champions who need the VGU more than her.Chogath DrMundo Fiddlesticks Irelia Kayle Mordekaiser Nocturne Nunu Pantheon Swain Teemo XinZhao just to name a few.