Talk:Lucian/@comment-15158097-20130901075911/@comment-3974211-20130901224234

Difficulty is based on targeting mechanics (in most cases).

With the exception of Relentless Pursuit, all of his casting styles are unique. Thus, he's the most mechanically challenging champion for any new player (in fact, all players; although come a certain level of experience you get to the stage where you subconsciously "guess").


 * Sona - easiest, nothing is targeted.
 * Ryze - easy, everything is targeted.
 * Akali - moderate, introduces a new play style.
 * Evelynn - moderate, mixture of targeting types.
 * Brand - high, strong use of combos and mixture of targeting types.
 * Ezreal - high, no targeted skills.
 * Orianna - highest, completely unique control system.

The fact that most experience players prefer skill shots (due to the fact skill shots are always longer range to compensate the "skill"; and also because you can aim at things you can't see) doesn't change the difficulty system.