Talk:Lucian/@comment-3546228-20150905002242/@comment-26001789-20150909063052

Going for 40% CDR on Lucian is a terrible idea unless you are planning on getting super ahead in levels.

This is because CDR Lucian banks all of his damage on getting multiple procs of Lightslinger and Lightslinger damage and bullet holding was nerfed considerably, so you will only get milleage of CDR with Lucian on Lategame, where his own Attack Speed and Critical Chance as well as The Culling will outweigh and outdamage Lightslinger by a large margin.

CDR Lucian was potentially a build before, not anymore.

OnTopic: I don't think making Lucian so dependant on his own cooldowns is a fair way to balance him. One of the reasons why he is still better than most Caster Marksman is that he doesn't need to rely on Cooldowns and Spellslinging to deal damage. Besides his Piercing Light and Culling, his basic combos basically rely on Positioning and using well timed Dashes. You only have to aim Piercing Light and Ardent Blaze is basically used to reset Timer or engage with a partner with the mark, not to deal damage as well as chase with Culling. Making him so dependant on Piercing Light will basically mean that his best build would be a caster based one, similar to Ezreal, Varus and Urgot(heavy mana, big CDR, lots of Armor penetration) which is cheap, but is not exactly based around his thematic. He would also have kit issues because he isn't exactly "pokey" and because Caster don't rely on Attack Speed, Culling would be next to useless(remember that it doesn't apply Muramana as a special exception).