We all know that League of Legends is a game aimed at new players because it is easy to get accustomed to, with simple and understandable gameplay. To achieve this, Riot Games has gradually removed many mechanisms that complicated the gameplay, one of which was the ability to Become Invisible.
Currently, this mechanism has been replaced by many lesser abilities such as Camouflage and Stealth… The last time Riot Games brought back the ability to Become Invisible was during Akali’s rework. They even made it so that the W ability – Smoke Bomb could make champions invisible under towers, which caused a huge uproar in both the community and among professional gamers, ultimately forcing them to continuously change this skill and remove the ability to become invisible under towers.
If Akali, as a ninja, possessing this ability is not surprising, but in the history of League of Legends, specifically Lux, our lady of light also once had this dominant ability that left people in awe. Looking back to October 13, 2010, Lux was officially released and received a lot of criticism from players. The first reason was that this character had a terrible appearance, and even Lux’s in-game model was extremely ugly.
However, not only her appearance, but Lux’s skill set also had many issues, and it was strong to a terrifying degree. In terms of functionality, Lux back then wasn’t much different from now, but the effects were far greater. Lux’s passive once granted true sight around the target, while her ultimate ability, Final Spark, had the ability to blind the target hit. And ultimately, Lux’s invisibility skill was completely removed and reworked into the Shielding Prism skill.
W – Prismatic Wave
Passive: All cooldowns of Lux are reduced by 3/6/9/12/15%.
Activate: Sends out an energy wave to the designated area and back, instantly making all allied champions invisible for 3 seconds. Lux is the endpoint of this energy wave when it returns.
This can be considered one of the most dominant skills in League of Legends at the time of its release due to its ability to grant invisibility to multiple allied champions. Moreover, the passive that reduces the cooldown of this skill allowed Lux, when fully equipped, to continuously use the skill to deal damage and become invisible. Remember that in League of Legends, there is no buyback like in Dota 2; just one successful ambush using this skill could lead to victory.
Because of the dominance of her skill set, along with Lux’s excessively “ugly” appearance at that time, Riot retracted this champion just 24 hours after her release. A few days later, on October 19, 2010, Lux was re-released with a new look, and her W ability became the Shielding Prism, with the passive and ultimate losing some effects. Since then, Lux’s skill set has changed very little as none of her abilities possess overwhelmingly powerful effects.
Another interesting fact about Lux is that her first 5 skins were actually not welcomed by players at all. 2 mage-themed skins and 3 military-themed skins were not enough to draw attention to this champion. It wasn’t until the release of the Lux Star Guardian skin and especially the Elementalist skin that the quality and quantity of her skins increased, leading to the title of “Riot’s favorite” being born.
