Lucian vs Anivia
How to Beat Anivia as Lucian
based on 3,377 Lucian vs Anivia matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lucian vs Anivia Matchup Summary
Best Lucian vs Anivia Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Anivia as Lucian
Tips for Playing as Lucian against Anivia
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 Anivia
Try to gank Anivia when she's laning. With multiple people, it is easier to ensure that her egg dies.
If you're playing a ranged champion, stay far enough away from Anivia so you can dodge Flash Frost more easily.
Try to fight Anivia in the lanes. In the jungle she can block pathways with lower ranks of Crystallize.
Lucian vs Anivia Counter Stats
How to Counter Anivia with Lucian in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify several significant Lucian against Anivia counter statistics that may help you understand the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Lucian’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Anivia’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Lucian may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Anivia..
Lucian usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives less damage than Anivia. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Lucian and Anivia
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Who is Better, Lucian or Anivia?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Lucian usually loses when taking on Anivia, with a 48.3% win rate. As a result, Lucian makes a poor counter for Anivia.
While Lucian does have a lower winrate compared to Anivia, when facing one another, Lucian also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Lucian into Anivia.
Moreover, Lucian also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Anivia. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Lucian vs Anivia matchups, Anivia is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Lucian is a somewhat poor counter to Anivia. Focus your play on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Lucian against Anivia.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Lucian in order to counter Anivia during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lucian on average picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Anivia. Champs who on average don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Lucian versus Anivia build consist of Rapid Firecannon, Navori Quickblades, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Lucian used at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs Anivia than with many other common item sets. In fact, Lucian had an average win rate of 48.3% when playing against Anivia with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Anivia as Lucian, you should use the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Lucian vs Anivia battles, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.3% winrate overall.
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