Anivia vs Lucian
How to Beat Lucian as Anivia
based on 3,377 Anivia vs Lucian matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Anivia vs Lucian Matchup Summary
Best Anivia vs Lucian Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lucian as Anivia
Tips for Playing as Anivia against Lucian
Timing Flash Frost with Frostbite can lead to devastating combinations.
It can be very difficult for enemy champions to kill her egg early in game. Seize the advantage by playing aggressively.
Anivia is extremely reliant on Mana for Glacial Storm. Try getting items with Mana or going for a Crest of the Ancient Golem buff on Summoner's Rift.
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.
Anivia vs Lucian Counter Stats
How to Counter Lucian with Anivia in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize several valuable Anivia versus Lucian matchup statistics that may help you interpret the distinctions between the pair. Anivia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Lucian’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Anivia may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Lucian..
Anivia often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her opponent does. On average, she receives more damage than Lucian. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Anivia and Lucian
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Who is Better, Anivia or Lucian?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Anivia usually wins when taking on Lucian, with a 51.7% win rate. Thus, Anivia makes a good counter for Lucian.
While Anivia does have a higher winrate compared to Lucian, when they face off with one another, Anivia also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Anivia into Lucianas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Anivia has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Lucian. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Anivia vs Lucian matchups, Anivia is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Anivia is a decent counter to Lucian. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Anivia against Lucian.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Anivia to counter Lucian during both the laning 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 suggestions presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Anivia typically accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Lucian. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Anivia versus Lucian build include Seraph's Embrace, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Rod of Ages. When Anivia used at least these three items in her build, she performed much better against Lucian than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Anivia had an average winrate of 51.7% when playing against Lucian with this build.
To have the highest probability of crushing Lucian as Anivia, Anivia players should use the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Presence of Mind, and Coup de Grace runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Anivia vs Lucian LoL games, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.7% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Lucian as Anivia are presented for all ranked divisions combined. To filter the statistics and builds to a distinct division, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.