Talk:Lux/@comment-12904660-20160114200338/@comment-25855686-20160115034903

so you want a straight nerf for an immobile mage who has the only fault to work in certain condition. no and i tell you why.

her e is her main (only? yes i use ult often but that's at my own risk) farming tool. and cost 130 mana to use, you know how much it is 130 mana? is alot, more then an ultimate spell, and the ratio is a whopping 60%ap, one of the lowest ratio around for a spell of that high cd/mana cost. i dont want overcommit here but if my memory isnt failing me this is the lowest ratio among all spell in lol in the 130 mana range (edit: i checked is actually the lowest ratio spell and the highest mana around) so you have to perdon me if when i pay 130 mana for 0.6 ap ratio i want alot of utility into it.

the mana cost also enforce a certain build, which is unholy grail rush, and it has only 60 ap.

plus is almost universaly accepted that lux need max cdr as soon as posible, thus the second item is most of the time a morellonomicon another item that isnt in the olympus of the "big ap items"

if all above is true (and i dont see any objection posible) i find is appropriate that e is easy to land cause is a low risk-low reward spell with high cost, i call it balanced.

now about your suggested nerf (scaling damage based on time e linger on ground before detonation) would completly destroy the whole champion "burst mage" identity leaving her in the weird place to choose to burst for less or to not burst at all and hope his enemy dont walk away her e too soon, honestly only the word "dumb" come into my mind now.

lastly, while i hate comparing champion i must remind you that vel koz has an HARD and uncleansable cc, a true damage (true, that mean again, uncounterable) passive that can proc on whole enemy team multiple times, ungodly low mana cost and lower cooldowns then lux, thus, apart the fact they simply are different champions, i cant see where you feel vel being weaker then lux.

if lux will ever see a nerf on his e range/area it will be also mandatory to dramaticaly reduce the mana cost and increase the ap ratio consistently, even if this is a remote posibility given she never been a contested pick or worth a ban in any elo