Lulu has grown to become a really popular pick these days. Whether as a support or a midlaner she offers great utility and damage for her team. In this article, I will talk about how it is that she can be so good and why I think that she is so popular.

Midlane

We'll start off in the midlane, where she has become more and more popular. She is actually more seen as a midlaner than a support these days. This is because she offers so much damage in the early game so that she can shove off her lane opponent and take that adantage in the mid and late game. The main reason she has such high damage isn't only her Q which thanks to later nerfs, now only hit the opponent with one bolt instead of both. It is because of her passive. Lulu's passive is that every basic attack you do, pixie, a little fairy, shoots out a couple of bolts to your target aswell, dealing damage. This passive does great damage without having to sacrifice alot.

You can just w the enemy and make them unable to take any action and just lay down a few basic attacks on them. Other than this, her base damage and scaling on her ability isn't as good as other champions, it is the all around versatility and safe offensive that make her such a good laner. In the mid and late game, Lulu falls off a bit. Her damage is, as I've said not that high and she need to rely on her teammtes to do the damage and she is the one to keep them safe. Her ultimate is amazing in teamfights and her shield is just ridiculous. This allows for your team to do more damage while you just cc the enemy and shields your allies.

Support

Before we all realised that Lulu was such a great midlaner, we all played her as a support. The reason is obvious. She has the ability to keep her allies safe with her shield and her ultimate. But the main reason we like her as a support is pretty much the same reason we like her as a midlaner, her damage. Lulu is one the more unique offensive supports because she dont need her allies to do the damage like someone like Leona do. She can do the damage by herself and let the carry worry about the farming. A good Lulu can have the ability to zone out the enemy carry almost by herself, and with her shield and slow, she can kite and keep herself safe if the enemy wants to engage on her. Since she becomes pretty much a support mid and lategame even if she is in the midlane, there isn't much differene other than you do way less damage now compared to if you would start off in the midlane.

Downsides

The downsides to Lulu aren't many. First of all she is so squishy and easy to catch that you have be careful at he same time as you're being agressive. Sure, you have a shield, movement speed buff, and a health buff along with a knockup, so if you want you can go an entire game without dying. However, you have to choose between being all-out agressive or defensive. Since the same ability that do damage and gives visoin on the enemy also shields you, you have to know your cooldowns to become a great Lulu. Are you going to be defensive? Or are you going to be offensive? Both of them work, but you have to choose your playstyle with her. Either way your going to have a great time playing Lulu!