Lucian vs Maokai
How to Beat Maokai as Lucian
based on 9,357 Lucian vs Maokai matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lucian vs Maokai Matchup Summary
Best Lucian vs Maokai Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Maokai as Lucian
Tips for Playing as Lucian against Maokai
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 Maokai
The cooldown on Maokai's self healing is heavily gated on how many time you hit him with spells. Careful about wasting abilities on him.
Maokai will avoid taking damage while he's using Twisted Advance, so don't waste your spells.
Saplings will chase the first enemy that gets too close, but detonate after a few seconds or if they collide with other enemies. Be especially careful around brush sapling, as they are much more dangerous.
Lucian vs Maokai Counter Stats
How to Counter Maokai with Lucian in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight some significant Lucian vs. Maokai matchup stats that can help you grasp the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. For instance, Lucian’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Maokai’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Lucian may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Maokai. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Lucian often has a much larger longest killing spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Maokai. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Lucian and Maokai
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Who is Better, Lucian or Maokai?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Lucian usually loses when playing against Maokai, with a 45.6% win rate. Thus, Lucian makes a poor counter for Maokai.
While Lucian does have a much lower win rate than Maokai, when facing one another, Lucian also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champion to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Lucian into Maokai.
Additionally, Lucian also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Maokai. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Lucian vs Maokai matchups, Maokai is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Lucian is a trash counter to Maokai. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Lucian against Maokai.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Lucian in order to counter Maokai during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lucian on average racks up much more CS as Maokai. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Lucian versus Maokai build include Bloodthirster, Essence Reaver, and Kraken Slayer. When Lucian included at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when fighting Maokai than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Lucian boasted an average winrate of 45.6% battling Maokai with this counter build.
To have the best chance of defeating Maokai as Lucian, Lucian players 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. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Lucian vs Maokai counterpicks, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 45.6% winrate overall.
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