Lissandra vs Lucian
How to Beat Lucian as Lissandra
based on 2,983 Lissandra vs Lucian matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lissandra vs Lucian Matchup Summary
Best Lissandra vs Lucian Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lucian as Lissandra
Tips for Playing as Lissandra against Lucian
Lissandra's abilities are shorter range than those of many mages. As a result, buying items that offer both ability power and defense, like Zhonya's Hourglass and Banshee's Veil, can be a great choice to help her both survive and deal damage.
Casting Glacial Path and then running in the opposite direction will leave your enemies uncertain which way you will actually go.
You can instantly use your ultimate on yourself by pressing the self cast key and the ultimate key at once (alt+R by default).
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.
Lissandra vs Lucian Counter Stats
How to Counter Lucian with Lissandra in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize some important Lissandra against Lucian counter stats that can help us appreciate the distinctions between the pair. Lissandra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Lucian’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Lissandra may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Lucian..
Lissandra typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her counter does. Commonly, she receives a similar amount of damage to Lucian. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lissandra and Lucian
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Who is Better, Lissandra or Lucian?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Lissandra usually fairs equally well when playing against Lucian, with a 50.4% win rate. Thus, Lissandra makes an ok counter for Lucian.
While Lissandra does have a higher winrate than Lucian, when they face off with one another, Lissandra also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Lissandra into Lucian.
Additionally, Lissandra also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lucian. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Lissandra vs Lucian matchups, Lissandra is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Lissandra is a decent counter for Lucian. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Lissandra against Lucian.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Lissandra to counter Lucian during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lissandra most often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Lucian. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Lissandra versus Lucian build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Malignance, and Stormsurge. When Lissandra bought at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better when fighting Lucian than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Lissandra boasted an average winrate of 50.4% when playing against Lucian with this build.
To have the best chance of crushing Lucian as Lissandra, you should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Lissandra vs Lucian counterpicks, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.4% win rate overall.
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