Talk:Lux/@comment-124.199.47.237-20110322161920

I usually play Morgana but it struck me that Lux is almost the same as far as abilities goes so I tried her out for a few games. I didn't like playing without Morg's passive spell vamp though. I then laned mid against a Lux the other day and she seemed kind of weak - so weak in fact, I killed her twice before lvl 10. After looking at this page I am not surprised.

Morg Shield: 300+.8AP, single target, 15s cd, also blocks disables Lux Shield: 160+.35AP, multi target, 10s cd

Lux's shield absorbs a lot less damage than Morg's, scales significantly worse, and doesn't block disables. The only benefits I can see is that it hits all targets in the path. Twice. And, it has a bit shorter cooldown. In practice, I found it hard to hit more than one or two teammates because people rarely line up in a row. On top of that, there is usually only one person getting focused which absolutely needs the protection.

Morg binding: 300+.9AP, single target, 12s cd Lux binding: 260+.7AP, single target (+1 @50%), 12s cd

Lux has an advantage here of being able to hit a second target for half damage but the base and the scaling are still less than Morg's. This one really is a toss-up.

Morg AoE: (85+.2AP, -8 resist)*5 = 425+1AP, -40 resist, 10s cd Lux AoE: 240+.6AP, 36% slow, 11s cd

Only the most oblivious players stand in Morg's AoE for full duration. Most times I will be lucky to get two ticks out of it. Still, almost the same can be said for Lux's. Though Lux's has all the damage up front, there is a charge time and the travel animation before damage is actually done. This makes it avoidable in it's entirety. Morg's AoE also has the added magic resist reduction which always ticks at least once and can help for other AP champions damage.

Morg Ult: (325+.8AP)*2 = 650+1.6AP, stun Lux Ult: 500+.75AP

The ult could be argued both ways: with Morg, you always get at least a partial hit on at least one player (with the added bonus of knowing when a stealth champion is nearby), but with Lux, although it does full damage up front, everyone can see the beam line while she charges so it isn't that hard to avoid it completely.

Anyway, those are my thoughts. I recommend trying Morg if you like Lux.