Talk:Lux/@comment-37518538-20181115170117/@comment-7837708-20181126124155

I'm well aware of what her abilities do. But if you compare her with other supports she does indeed lack utility. She has a root, a rather lackluster slow and an AoE shield that is both delayed and does not give any additional buffs. If you play her as a support only for her utility then in most cases you will contribute less than an another support champion played with similar skill. Most "true" supports has utility in every single ability (or something that enables them to help their team more efficiently) and the popular mage-supports has either better poke, crowd control or utility.

You usually don't max your shield first, and as a support there's no guarantee that you'll be able to max more than one skill before the game is practically over. So if you don't have much AP your shield is still not going to do much, since the % amplifiers from support items doesn't have much to amplify.

I'm not saying you can't win games like this, just that compared to the other options that are out there (both in terms of champions and items), it's somewhat subpar.