Talk:Lucian/@comment-5057599-20140714192031

After the PBE changes go through I'm fairly certain he's gonna end up being used as an AD caster either mid or top lane. His base stats will be among the highest on AD ranged champions, his mobility/kiting will be unmatched due to the massive buffs on his E and his wave clear is improved by a lot because Q costs less mana and doesn't do reduced damage to minions anymore. On top of that he scales brutally off CDR, right in the same patch where they're buffing the slot efficiency of Essence Reaver by a ton.

Ionian boots + ER + Brutalizer + Masteries = 40% CDR

At max level that's a 3 sec Q and a 6 sec E, which goes down to 2 seconds every time you hit an enemy champion with Lucian's passive. As a comparison that's the same as Vayne's Q at max level, except he can chain another ability and have his E immediately up again. For example, this is the most destructive combo you can chain:

E (to get in range) -> AA -> Q -> AA -> E (to reposition) -> AA -> W -> AA -> E (reposition again) -> AA -> Q -> AA -> E (to back off or keep chasing)

Once you get around 30% CDR this is done with zero delay because on PBE right now (intended or not) each shot on his passive reduces the cooldown by 2 seconds against champions. Since his passive hits twice the cooldown goes down by 4 seconds.

So instead of going bot lane and get bullied by a random Caitlyn (650 to 500 range is a massive difference) you can actually go top or mid against melee or low ranged champions and bully the shit out of them.

As for itemization, Lucian won't need crit chance because his cooldowns are gonna be so low that building as a caster will end up being much smoother. All he needs is a combination of CDR + AD + Penetration + some form of mana regen, which is why Essence Reaver + Brutalizer on Lucian is gonna wreck face in solo lanes.

I need to see how this plays out against proper players when he gets pushed to Live servers, but I think Lucian is gonna be the new Teemo... but 10 times more obnoxious.