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Kayle vs Lucian

How to Beat Lucian as Kayle in LoLKayle is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Lucian as Kayle

based on 6,788 Kayle vs Lucian matchups
Win Rate
53 %
K/D/A
1.93
Pick Rate
6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of recently ranked LoL games each week. In our dataset, Kayle engaged Lucian 6788 times. Having so many games with Kayle vs Lucian gives us confidence in our capability to produce informative stats and a recommended build to shatter Lucian. This pairing is somewhat uncommon. Kayle fights Lucian in only 6.0% of her rounds.

Kayle vs Lucian Matchup Summary

Kayle does a good job of beating Lucian. Typically, she wins a whopping 53.0% of the time the champions oppose each other in. In Kayle against Lucian matches, Kayle’s team is 0.2% less probable to gain first blood. This indicates that she most likely won't be able to get first blood versus Lucian.

Best Kayle vs Lucian Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowBerserker's Greaves

Core Kayle Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapLich BaneShadowflame

Optional Items

StormsurgeRylai's Crystal ScepterZhonya's HourglassVoid Staff

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kayle to level upq
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Second ability for Kayle to level upe
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Last skill for Kayle to max outw

Runes

PrecisionPress the AttackTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
SorceryCelerityGathering Storm
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Kayle's passive ability p
Kayle's q ability q
Kayle's w ability w
Kayle's e ability e
Kayle's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Lucian as Kayle

Tips for Playing as Kayle against Lucian

Kayle benefits greatly from Attack Damage and Ability Power, making hybrid items like Nashor's Tooth and Hextech Gunblade very effective on her.

Using Divine Judgment on a high-DPS ally can turn the tides of battle by giving your ally free reign to attack.

Kayle's attacks become incredibly powerful once she gains attack range from Divine Ascent. Play safe until then.

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.

Kayle vs Lucian Counter Stats

Kayle Image
Win Rate
53 %
VS
Win Rate
47 %
Lucian Image
5.5
< Kills >
7.5
5.8
< Deaths >
6.2
5.7
< Assists >
6.4
1.28
< Killing Sprees >
1.75
198
< Minions Killed >
184
0.12
< Dragons Killed >
0.21
0.59
< Inhibitors >
0.53
6,884
< Physical Damage >
17,766
13,650
< Magic Damage >
2,494
527
< True Damage >
478
21,062
< Damage Dealt >
20,739
22,922
< Damage Taken >
20,891
12,520
< Gold Earned >
12,382
2.81
< Towers >
2.42
0.06
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
7,229
< Total Healing >
5,001
15,622
< Experience >
12,675
17
< Vision Score >
19
8
< Wards Placed >
9
246
< Time Dealing CC >
39

How to Counter Lucian with Kayle in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore several important Kayle against Lucian counter stats that can help you realize the differences between this pair of champs. Kayle’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Lucian’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kayle may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Lucian..

Kayle typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her foe does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Lucian. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Kayle and Lucian

Damage Types Compared

Kayle
Lucian
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kayle
Lucian

Who is Better, Kayle or Lucian?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kayle usually wins when taking on Lucian, with a 53.0% win rate. Therefore, Kayle makes a good counter to Lucian.

While Kayle does have a higher winrate compared to Lucian, when they face off with one another, Kayle also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Kayle into Lucianas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Kayle has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lucian. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kayle vs Lucian matchups, Kayle is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Kayle is an above average counter to Lucian. Focus your actions on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Kayle against Lucian.

Additional Information for Kayle Players

How We Calculated Our Kayle vs Lucian Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Lucian as Kayle, we analyzed 6,788 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Lucian as Kayle comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Kayle in order to counter Lucian during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kayle typically picks up a similar amount of CS as Lucian. Champs who on average don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.

The best items to prioritize in your Kayle versus Lucian build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Shadowflame. When Kayle bought at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better when fighting Lucian than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Kayle boasted an average winrate of 53.0% when playing against Lucian with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of defeating Lucian as Kayle, you should take the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Celerity, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Kayle vs Lucian face-offs, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 53.0% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Lucian as Kayle are displayed for all ranked divisions. To narrow the stats and builds to a specific skill level, you may use the selection menu located earlier on the page.