Katarina vs Lucian
How to Beat Lucian as Katarina
based on 8,158 Katarina vs Lucian matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Katarina vs Lucian Matchup Summary
Best Katarina vs Lucian Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lucian as Katarina
Tips for Playing as Katarina against Lucian
Picking up Daggers will significantly reduce Shunpo's cooldown.
Try waiting until the other team is distracted with fighting your team, and use Shunpo to teleport into the fray and unleash a devastating Death Lotus.
Using Shunpo on an allied Champion, Dagger, or minion can be a great escape tactic.
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.
Katarina vs Lucian Counter Stats
How to Counter Lucian with Katarina in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify some influential Katarina versus Lucian matchup stats that may help us interpret the differences and similarities between the pair. Katarina’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Lucian’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Katarina may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Lucian..
Katarina usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her opponent does. On average, she takes more damage than Lucian. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Katarina and Lucian
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Who is Better, Katarina or Lucian?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Katarina usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Lucian, with a 50.6% win rate. As a result, Katarina makes an ok counter to Lucian.
While Katarina does have a higher winrate compared to Lucian, when on opposite teams, Katarina also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Katarina into Lucianas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Katarina also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lucian. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Katarina vs Lucian matchups, Katarina is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Katarina is a decent counter for Lucian. Focus your play on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Katarina against Lucian.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Katarina to counter Lucian during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Katarina often picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Lucian. Champions who typically don't get much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Katarina versus Lucian build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Katarina used at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better countering Lucian than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Katarina boasted an average winrate of 50.6% battling Lucian with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Lucian as Katarina, you should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Triumph, and Legend: Tenacity runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Katarina vs Lucian fights, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.6% win rate overall.
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