Kayn vs Lucian
How to Beat Lucian as Kayn
based on 10,596 Kayn vs Lucian matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayn vs Lucian Matchup Summary
Best Kayn vs Lucian Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lucian as Kayn
Tips for Playing as Kayn against Lucian
Remember that nearby enemies can see which wall you're in.
Look at the line-up of both your team and the enemy's team when picking your form.
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.
Kayn vs Lucian Counter Stats
How to Counter Lucian with Kayn in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show some important Kayn against Lucian matchup statistics that may help you understand the distinctions between this pair of champions. For instance, Kayn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Lucian’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kayn may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Lucian..
Kayn typically has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Typically, he takes more damage than Lucian. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kayn and Lucian
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Who is Better, Kayn or Lucian?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kayn usually wins when trying to fight Lucian, with a 51.1% win rate. Therefore, Kayn makes a good counter for Lucian.
While Kayn does have a higher win rate compared to Lucian, when they face off with one another, Kayn also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Kayn into Lucianas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Kayn also 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 trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Kayn vs Lucian matchups, Kayn is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Kayn is a decent counter for Lucian. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Kayn against Lucian.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kayn in order 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 lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayn often racks up a lot less CS relative to Lucian. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Kayn versus Lucian build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Death's Dance. When Kayn included at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better against Lucian than with most other common builds. In fact, Kayn had an average win rate of 51.1% when countering Lucian with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Lucian as Kayn, you should take the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Future's Market runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Kayn vs Lucian battles, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.1% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Lucian as Kayn are displayed for all skill levels, merged. To scope the statistics and builds to an individual player tier, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.