Talk:Lulu/@comment-94.113.151.190-20120506080749/@comment-5045559-20120506211416

She surely can. What my analysis is saying is that when you build her AP, you're not making her poking power for example, that much better than if you built the same AP on, let's say Taric. Compare bursts with 200 AP:

-Lulu gains 120 damage on both nukes, her burst increases by 240, totaling 800 burst damage. Her heal gets +100HP.

-Taric = 340 extra damage difference totalling 1090 burst with minimum possible damage from stun. With max stun damage it's a total of 580 damage difference (1330 total). His heal gets +120HP on him and someone else, or +168HP on himself, and it's not even an ulti with 80 secs cooldown like Lulu's. That is someone you can really expect benefits from if you build him AP.

Clearly Lulu's efficiency comes directly from the utility effects and base numbers of her abilities. Any extra AP is sub-exploited comparatively to most other supports, let alone real AP carries. Basically only AD carries and bruisers can waste AP harder than her.

TL;DR: Lulu's strength is utility and high base numbers. Her ratios are completely subpar, giving AP builds low returns for every AP point & money spent on those AP points.