Lucian is very popular amongst professional players in League of Legends. He primarily plays in mid and top lanes in pro matches. However, Riot Games wants to make Lucian more viable in the bot lane.
The issue with this is that if they buff bot lane Lucian, then the mid version of the champion is bound to get even more powerful. Lucian is not the best champion to play mid or top. However, he is extremely versatile and his ultimate can deal a lot of damage.
Apart from that, in the solo queue, the champion has a higher win rate in the bot lane. So there is no way to buff bot lane Lucian in professional games without breaking him in solo queue.
Professional players know how to use him to the best of his ability. They prefer strong early game champions within League of Legends and Lucian fits their profile.
Riot gives insight into changes that will make Lucian viable in bot lane
Riot games gathered data from both game analysts as well as professional players within League of Legends. The data basically states that Lucian, in professional games, looks viable due to the coordinated tactics of the players.
Therefore, Riot’s first thought process regarding this idea was that bottom lane Lucian has support and hence, they should work around that.
League of Legends’ game designer Truexy mentioned that,
He further added that,
Finally, he also mentioned changes to Lucian’s ultimate where he states that,
Overall, they are basically planning to allow a partnership between Lucian and his support, and thereby incentify his bot lane presence. However, once he becomes a solo laner, this incentive is gone and yet, he remains the same strong laner as earlier within League of Legends.
However, his ultimate does seem to have some significant changes and this is probably to tone down the insane damage that it does in the early game. At the same time, making it item-based definitely rewards those players who can farm well in the bot lane.
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