Lucian vs Jax
How to Beat Jax as Lucian
based on 15,619 Lucian vs Jax matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lucian vs Jax Matchup Summary
Best Lucian vs Jax Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jax as Lucian
Tips for Playing as Lucian against Jax
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 Jax
Try to engage him in short bursts instead of going toe-to-toe with him. Preventing him from attacking consecutively drastically lowers his damage output.
Jax can dodge all incoming attacks for a very short amount of time and stuns enemies in melee range when it ends. Wait to strike him until after his dodge is finished.
Lucian vs Jax Counter Stats
How to Counter Jax with Lucian in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some critical Lucian versus Jax counter statistics that may help us appreciate the differences between the two. For instance, Lucian’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Jax’s ratio of NaN, showing that Lucian may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Jax..
Lucian usually has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. On average, he receives less damage than Jax. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lucian and Jax
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Who is Better, Lucian or Jax?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Lucian usually loses when facing off against Jax, with a 48.5% win rate. As a result, Lucian makes a poor counter to Jax.
While Lucian does have a lower winrate compared to Jax, when they face off with one another, Lucian also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Lucian into Jax.
Furthermore, Lucian also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jax. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Lucian vs Jax matchups, Jax is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Lucian is a somewhat poor counter to Jax. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Lucian against Jax.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Lucian to counter Jax during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lucian most often racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Jax. Champions who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The top items to use in your Lucian versus Jax build consist of Guardian Angel, Lord Dominik's Regards, and Rapid Firecannon. When Lucian combined at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs Jax than with most other common item sets. In fact, Lucian had an average win rate of 48.5% when countering Jax with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Jax as Lucian, you should take the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Lucian vs Jax counter picks, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.5% win rate overall.
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