Lucian vs Kai'Sa
How to Beat Kai'Sa as Lucian
based on 10,781 Lucian vs Kai'Sa matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lucian vs Kai'Sa Matchup Summary
Best Lucian vs Kai'Sa Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kai'Sa as Lucian
Tips for Playing as Lucian against Kai'Sa
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 Kai'Sa
Kai'Sa is very vulnerable to getting outranged by mages and long range carries.
Make sure to place wards in your blind spots so you can see Kai'Sa coming.
Kai'Sa is very good at picking off isolated enemies. Stick together against her.
Lucian vs Kai'Sa Counter Stats
How to Counter Kai'Sa with Lucian in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several strategic Lucian versus Kai'Sa counter stats that may help you realize the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Lucian’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kai'Sa’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Lucian may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Kai'Sa..
Lucian usually has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Kai'Sa. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Lucian and Kai'Sa
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Who is Better, Lucian or Kai'Sa?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Lucian usually wins when playing against Kai'Sa, with a 52.4% win rate. As a result, Lucian makes a good counter for Kai'Sa.
While Lucian does have a higher win rate compared to Kai'Sa, when on opposite teams, Lucian also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champion to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Lucian into Kai'Sa.
Moreover, Lucian also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kai'Sa. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Lucian vs Kai'Sa matchups, Lucian is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Lucian is a good counter for Kai'Sa. Focus your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Lucian against Kai'Sa.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Lucian to counter Kai'Sa during both the lane 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 listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lucian often gets a similar amount of CS relative to Kai'Sa. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Lucian versus Kai'Sa build include Rapid Firecannon, Stormrazor, and Bloodsong. When Lucian included at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs Kai'Sa than with many other common builds. In fact, Lucian boasted an average win rate of 52.4% when countering Kai'Sa with this build.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Kai'Sa as Lucian, you should use the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Lucian vs Kai'Sa clashes, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 52.4% winrate overall.
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