Lucian vs Alistar
How to Beat Alistar as Lucian
based on 4,349 Lucian vs Alistar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lucian vs Alistar Matchup Summary
Best Lucian vs Alistar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Alistar as Lucian
Tips for Playing as Lucian against Alistar
For optimal burst, try to combine Relentless Pursuit into Piercing Light.
Ardent Blaze actually explodes in a star pattern. Try to line it up so the spokes hit enemy champions.
Because of Lightslinger, Lucian benefits more from Attack Damage than he does from Attack Speed.
Once you have chosen an angle for The Culling, you cannot change it. Pick your moment well!
Advice to Win Against Alistar
Alistar is very disruptive but very tough - try to target more fragile damage dealers.
When Alistar uses his ultimate, it's often better to move back and wait until the effect wears off before attacking him.
Watch out for the Pulverize-Headbutt combo when around turrets.
Lucian vs Alistar Counter Stats
How to Counter Alistar with Lucian in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify some valuable Lucian against Alistar matchup stats that may help you figure out the differences between the two. As an example, Lucian’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Alistar’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Lucian may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Alistar. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Lucian normally has a much larger longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he receives less damage than Alistar. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lucian and Alistar
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Who is Better, Lucian or Alistar?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Lucian usually fairs equally well when playing against Alistar, with a 49.4% win rate. Thus, Lucian makes an ok counter for Alistar.
While Lucian does have a lower win rate than Alistar, when on opposite teams, Lucian also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Lucian into Alistar.
Additionally, Lucian has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Alistar. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Lucian vs Alistar matchups, Alistar is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Lucian is a somewhat poor counter to Alistar. Focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Lucian against Alistar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Lucian in order to counter Alistar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lucian usually gets much more CS compared to Alistar. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to have in your Lucian versus Alistar build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Rapid Firecannon, and Navori Quickblades. When Lucian used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better countering Alistar than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Lucian had an average winrate of 49.4% battling Alistar with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of defeating Alistar as Lucian, you should use the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Lucian vs Alistar clashes, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.4% winrate overall.
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