Lucian vs Gwen
How to Beat Gwen as Lucian
based on 4,954 Lucian vs Gwen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lucian vs Gwen Matchup Summary
Best Lucian vs Gwen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gwen as Lucian
Tips for Playing as Lucian against Gwen
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 Gwen
Gwen must hit something to recast her Ultimate, try to evade her between casts.
Gwen needs to attack a few times to set up her damage, so try to get the jump on her.
Gwen's Hallowed Mist shroud will only follow her once, after that it will dissipate when she leaves.
Lucian vs Gwen Counter Stats
How to Counter Gwen with Lucian in LoL
The stats provided here show some significant Lucian vs. Gwen matchup statistics that can help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Lucian’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Gwen’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Lucian may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Gwen..
Lucian typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his counter does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Gwen. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Lucian and Gwen
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Who is Better, Lucian or Gwen?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Lucian usually wins when playing against Gwen, with a 51.7% win rate. Therefore, Lucian makes a good counter for Gwen.
While Lucian does have a higher winrate compared to Gwen, when facing one another, Lucian also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Lucian into Gwen.
Moreover, Lucian has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gwen. This 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 in League of Legends, in Lucian vs Gwen matchups, Lucian is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Lucian is a decent counter to Gwen. Focus your strategy on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Lucian against Gwen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Lucian to counter Gwen during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lucian often gets a similar amount of CS compared to Gwen. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Lucian versus Gwen build include Bloodthirster, Rapid Firecannon, and Kraken Slayer. When Lucian used at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better against Gwen than with most other common item sets. In fact, Lucian had an average win rate of 51.7% when playing against Gwen with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Gwen 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. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Lucian vs Gwen fights, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.7% winrate overall.
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