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"Yep, that tasted purple"- that is all

Nice article Emeraldw, At the beginning I was a bit doubtful about the Champion Notes series but it really offers a good spotlight to champions and the opportunity to discuss about them.

Just a couple of notes:

Glitterlance gives the full slow effect at lvl 1 and only increases the duration & damage as you level it.

The slow durations increase with level (1 / 1.<small>25</small> / 1.<small>5</small> / 1.<small>75</small> / 2 seconds); still that's not a good reason at all to level up Q over E.

Lulu's ulti adds BONUS health, and so it's not considered a normal heal for the purposes of Ignite (in short, if you ulti a friendly target whilst it's Ignited, it still receives the full amount of health, because it's additional health, and not a heal).

The most adorable champion in LoL is not Lulu, it's a dead, rotten Teemo.

Spamming /l (or even better, keybind all the emotes for god's sake) with Lulu is insanely OP.

He mentions that duration increases with levels. I think what he means is slow percentage which is the same through all levels

Oh ty, I didn't got what he meant, my bad.

S'all good. I remember a time when you maxed Q first, but that's because it had better scaling.

In one word: TRANSMOGULATE!

Also add this:

Fact: Lulu is only matched by Ziggs for Best Yordle.

Lulu is definately my support of choice when I'm required to fulfill that role... I'm not a huge fan of all-in supports, who need to get in the face of the enemy and play riskily in order to capitalize on a situation... Hard CC's are nice and all, but i dislike needing to dive in... I guess that's just my playstyle, I've always enjoyed AD carries the most out of any role... I like to sit back, safely, emphasis of positioning etc... As such, supports such as Lulu, Sona, Zyra and Janna really fit in with my comfort zone... Because they're so fragile by nature and making an error actually costs more...

Recently I've started playing Tristana (After watching Double-Lift in a Ranked Team game during the pre-season) and just seeing how much he could dominate with her... That Leap reset... The slight buff to her DoT range helped I guess... But anyway, Since i started playing Tristana I've felt more inclined to trust my own judgements when it comes to positioning in a team-fight... She really allowed me to make that step from playing primarily ranged champions, to playing more in-your-face Melee supports... Such as Alistar, Taric, Leona and even Blitzcrank

I hope that S3 brings more viability to Melee AD carries, because positioning and timing is honestly a lot more important, because they need to get in to close range in order to unleash their damage... Melee AD carries are more risk/reward than ranged AD carries right now... But hopefully in S3 we'll see a slight change to those factors (Less risk/More reward due to item changes)... We've certainly seen a bit of change when it comes to Supports in S2... To begin with ranged supports were more preferred, but in my opinion I've seen a rather steep increase of Melee, all-in supports with ard CC, rather than sustain/shiedling... Perhaps it's the nerfs to Soraka and Janna...

Lulu is still my favourite for now because of my playstyle, but slowly I'm beginning to learn a more diverse range of supports and champions, increasing my pool... And It's all thanks to Tristana's early laning burst capabilities, you benefit from jumping onto the enemy, you benefit from going all-in, and that really helped me to develop as a player in general...

Sorry for the largely off-topic rant, but I just wanted to say, nice article, learnt a bit... And for other players out there who are trying to diversify their pool and currently prefer ranged supports... Lulu is awesome, very diverse, great champion... But if you want to increase your pool, try AD tristana and develop from there... not sure if it will help anyone else, but it sure helped me...

I think you bring up an excellent point that just can't get stressed enough by posts like this (not that I don't enjoy them, I think these champ notes are excellent) and that is learning all the aspects of the role. Solo lanes and junglers have it fairly easy since you are just going off the mechanics of your kit. Duo lane is different. You need to function as one and compliment each other. Just knowing the support or just knowing the carry isn't enough. You can't see the entire picture if you have one eye closed.

As mainly a support player I try my best to practice and get to know carries. This gives me a better understanding of what I should accomplish as a support when the time comes. Knowing this allows me to make better calls in lane and ensure my carry gets what he needs. If this means getting out of my comfort zone then so be it, I'm not gonna get better if I don't.

i applaud this comment.

Thank you! I've always been uncertain of guides that tell me to max Q, as I believe maxing E is much more versatile. And good call on the HoG, although soon it will have to be replaced by Ruby Sightstone. 

As Emerald pointed out, maxing Q was the thing to do on release of Lulu, cause it's base dmg and scaling was kinda stupid, and turned you into Lord of Poke. (Even more than Sona ever has been) Ah, the good old days of Lulu, when Rabadon's was part of core build because her ratios were so damn good. I miss those days, but I also don't miss AP Lulu mid, so it works out.