Alistar vs Lucian
How to Beat Lucian as Alistar
based on 4,349 Alistar vs Lucian matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Alistar vs Lucian Matchup Summary
Best Alistar vs Lucian Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lucian as Alistar
Tips for Playing as Alistar against Lucian
Using Flash can allow you catch your target off guard to knock them back into your allies with Pulverize and Headbutt.
Move Speed is very important on Alistar. Consider which boots to buy carefully.
Using Pulverize can allow you to establish better positioning for Headbutt.
Advice to Win Against Lucian
Lucian cannot change the aim of The Culling. Take advantage of this by avoiding the angle of the bullets.
Lucian has strong burst, but little sustained damage.
Piercing Light does not give Lucian extra Attack Range. He still needs to find a target in range to line up his shot. Avoid Piercing Light by anticipating the angle Lucian will choose.
Alistar vs Lucian Counter Stats
How to Counter Lucian with Alistar in LoL
The stats provided here underscore several critical Alistar vs. Lucian matchup stats that can help us interpret the distinctions between this set of champs. For instance, Alistar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Lucian’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Alistar may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Lucian. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Alistar often has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives more damage than Lucian. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Alistar and Lucian
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Who is Better, Alistar or Lucian?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Alistar usually fairs equally well when taking on Lucian, with a 50.6% win rate. Thus, Alistar makes an ok counter for Lucian.
While Alistar does have a higher winrate compared to Lucian, when on opposite teams, Alistar also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Alistar into Lucianas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Alistar also has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Lucian. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Alistar vs Lucian matchups, Alistar is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Alistar is a decent counter for Lucian. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Alistar against Lucian.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Alistar in order to counter Lucian during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Alistar often racks up a lot less CS compared to Lucian. Champs who typically don't get much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to use in your Alistar versus Lucian build include Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Celestial Opposition. When Alistar combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when facing Lucian than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Alistar had an average win rate of 50.6% when countering Lucian with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of beating Lucian as Alistar, Alistar players should use the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Alistar vs Lucian clashes, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.6% winrate overall.
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