I love Lucian. I love his slick look, kick-ass theme, and amazing lore. I love Lucian but hate how he is festering in the garbage. I love Lucian but hate how he is allowed to be strong for a patch then nerfed into the garbage and left there to rot. I love Lucian but understand how problematic he can be. Fearless, what can be done to allow Lucian to once again play League of Legends?

The first step is to break yourself of the mindset that you can only play champions that are in the 51% and up win rate average for all players. I looked up some of the public facing data on Lucian to see what could be making him seem “garbage.” The champion is just shy of 50% win rate, and still has a number of favorable match-ups. He isn’t the most powerful champion in the game right now, not by a long shot, but even weaker champions in league are close enough to balanced that a great player can make that champion shine.

So what you should do is probably practice, learn the champion well, and stick with it. It might be that his playstyle has changed, and you need to make some adjustments, or there might be some new tricks to catch up on. I’ve personally found that a lot easier when I really dig the theme and feel of a champion, and it sounds like you feel really connected to Lucian.

For what it’s worth, I think Lucian does suffer a bit when ADCs have a very assured power curve, as he often wants to play a suppression role. Given that we do think that power growth is too reliable right now for the position, I hope that Lucian might be happier with the state of the position in the future.