Talk:Lux/@comment-4167645-20120328180335/@comment-76.2.109.246-20120329093334

she really isn't viable as a "traditional" 0farm support. Your poke is quite pitiful against the majority of lanes, who have sustain or tankiness to shrug it off, and your shield is laughable compared to other support's shields or heals. Maaaaybe if you work a mean kill lane and zone really hard, it might be doable, but even then you'll fall off and be quite subpar later on without farm.

What does a support Lux bring late game? Her shield is terribad without ap, with none of the useful utility effects that other supports get, and she still would need to build mana and cdr to get the most out of her cc, assuming the blue will be going to the one going mid. Her slow is *ok* but you wont be able to use it much with those costs, compared to other supports. The best thing she has is her snare, which again is expensive and on a long cd. Her presence compared to other supports really is lacking, especially as she lacks that hard cc that really helps save your carries (silence, stun, knockup/back, poly). If a melee jumps on my carry, I can snare him, but he'll still get to whack the carry twice while he runs away. As for ults, Janna, Sona, Soraka, Ali, and others all have better ults than a laser that tickles.

Half of Lux's utility is the ability to turn a squishy to dust from 1100 range, or snipe steal objectives; as a pure support, she loses that and more.