Talk:Kalista/@comment-26251295-20151108121611/@comment-24496127-20151110205051

HIgh mobility is not equivilent defense to outright high range. They keep you safe in completely different ways, and while true you can't hit what isn't there, that doesn't apply for any champion that has point and click or aoe cc/damage(Hello Maokai, Twisted fate, Annie, Renekton, and Riven, to name a few). In Kalista's case, it also doesn't apply for any cc that outranges her, because while her situational mobility is high, if she has nothing to attack she's actually very slow and easy to hit. Malphite, Hecarim, Sejuani, Amumu, and many others, can screw her in this way

On a different note, that's not why they nerfed Lucian at all. It was because he murdered everyone in lane so hard that they couldn't do anything to touch him, while also being strong later on. Basically, he had no weaknesses and all strengths, so they chose to buff the hell out of his mobility but nerf his range, assuming that would balance him. It actually completely broke him, letting him dash in, trade, and dash out with no consequence, but the biggest differences between them is that Lucian didn't have to get into their range before he got to trade, he got to dash in then hit them with an op as hell doubleshot, and then burst.

Kalista can't do that, she'd have to get into their range, eat their burst, possibly some cc, then get to attack, and she'd have much more trouble getting away with the enemy outranging her, let alone kiting them.

Different note again, who am I thinking of that got a range decrease and it just unexpectedly threw them into trash tier instantly despite looking small? I know it happened, but just can't remember who it was if not lucian, probably because it only lasted for a single patch.