Azir vs Lucian
How to Beat Lucian as Azir
based on 4,121 Azir vs Lucian matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Azir vs Lucian Matchup Summary
Best Azir vs Lucian Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lucian as Azir
Tips for Playing as Azir against Lucian
Be a bird!
In the lane, try to position your soldiers between the enemy's minions and the enemy champion. This way you can use them both to last hit and to project threat onto your lane opponent.
Be careful about putting down both of the soldiers stored by Arise! Unless you're going all-in, always have a soldier in your back pocket if you need to escape over a wall or if you misposition your other soldier and need damage now.
Think of Emperor's Divide as a defensive ability first and foremost. Use it when the enemy engages on you or your allies. Remember that your team can walk through the soldiers summoned by Emperor's Divide and use this to your advantage when enemy melee champions engage on you.
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.
Azir vs Lucian Counter Stats
How to Counter Lucian with Azir in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore several influential Azir against Lucian matchup stats that may help you interpret the distinctions between this set of champs. Azir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Lucian’s ratio of NaN, showing that Azir may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Lucian..
Azir normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Lucian. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Azir and Lucian
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Who is Better, Azir or Lucian?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Azir usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Lucian, with a 50.6% win rate. Thus, Azir makes an ok counter to Lucian.
While Azir does have a higher winrate than Lucian, when they face off with one another, Azir also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Azir into Lucianas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Azir has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Lucian. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Azir vs Lucian matchups, Azir is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Azir is a decent counter for Lucian. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Azir against Lucian.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Azir in order to counter Lucian during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Azir on average gets a similar amount of CS compared to Lucian. Champs who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Azir versus Lucian build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Nashor's Tooth. When Azir bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs. Lucian than with many other typical builds. In fact, Azir boasted an average winrate of 50.6% when playing against Lucian with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Lucian as Azir, Azir players should take the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Azir vs Lucian counterpicks, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.6% winrate overall.
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