Riot reveals updates for Lucian, ahead of Sentinels event

Lucian is one of the best known champions within the League of Legends universe, released into Summoner's Rift eight years ago and forming part of a long rivalry with Thresh in search of rescuing his wife Senna, while gaining prominence more recently with the plot of the Sentinels of Light and the Ruin.

For this reason, and in view of the imminent launch of the Rise of the Sentinels global event in all titles within Riot Games' catalogue, the Purifier will receive a couple of updates both visually and mechanically in League of Legends, preparing him for the great battle he will have to face against the Ruined King.

Starting with the changes to his stats and abilities, teased last month, the idea is to make Lucian a more suitable option for the bottom lane, making him a better companion with Senna.

They have currently been testing a base stat reduction and damage for his abilities at early levels, which will be offset by buffs that would strengthen him when attacking immobilized targets or receiving heals or shields. As always, remember these changes are tentative, and are planned to be released on PBE during the development of patch 11.15.

-The team is working on Lucian changes. Lucian's power as a flex pick and dominant mid laner has served to make him highly pro bound, where he maintains a very high presence there. On the other hand, he has a very low solo queue win rate in all positions, (2/6)

— Jeevun Sidhu (@JeevunSidhu) June 14, 2021

Moving on to the visual changes, Lucian will gain some love by receiving a few tweaks to his abilities. This time, his changes will be made by Oliver "Beardilocks" McDonald, one of the designers who recently worked on the Kog'Maw VFX update.

First impressions reveal a Lucian whose attacks and range of all abilities will be seen more clearly on the battlefield, giving his particles a finer and more sparkly effect.

One of the biggest changes will come to his Q, Piercing Light, which will allow you to see its hitbox better when casting it.

Lucian is getting a sparkly Base VFX Update, and it should be up on PBE now! ☀️
VFXs by @Beardilocks~ ✨ pic.twitter.com/5hl1GCtvGU

— Sirhaian (@Sirhaian) June 30, 2021

At the moment, Lucian's visual changes are already available to be tested within the PBE, however it has only been confirmed to arrive for his base skin, so depending on the response of these, these changes may be seen in some of the more iconic skins of the Purifier.

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