Lucian vs Nami
How to Beat Nami as Lucian
based on 6,586 Lucian vs Nami matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lucian vs Nami Matchup Summary
Best Lucian vs Nami Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nami as Lucian
Tips for Playing as Lucian against Nami
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 Nami
Aqua Prison is a very powerful ability with a long cooldown, take advantage of the situation if Nami misses this ability.
Tidal Wave has a very long range but travels slowly, be aware of when it is coming your way as you can move out of its path.
Try to avoid fighting an opponent affected by Tidecaller's Blessing, it lasts a short duration so waiting it out can help you greatly.
Lucian vs Nami Counter Stats
How to Counter Nami with Lucian in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight some strategic Lucian against Nami counter stats that may help us realize the distinctions between the two. As an example, Lucian’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nami’s ratio of NaN, showing that Lucian may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Nami. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Lucian typically has a much larger longest killing spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes more damage than Nami. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Lucian and Nami
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Who is Better, Lucian or Nami?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Lucian usually fairs equally well when taking on Nami, with a 49.6% win rate. Therefore, Lucian makes an ok counter to Nami.
While Lucian does have a lower winrate compared to Nami, when on opposite teams, Lucian also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Lucian into Nami.
Moreover, Lucian also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nami. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Lucian vs Nami matchups, Nami is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Lucian is a somewhat poor counter for Nami. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Lucian against Nami.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Lucian to counter Nami during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lucian most often picks up much more CS as Nami. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Lucian versus Nami build consist of Lord Dominik's Regards, Essence Reaver, and Kraken Slayer. When Lucian incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when facing Nami than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Lucian boasted an average win rate of 49.6% when countering Nami with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Nami as Lucian, Lucian players should equip 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 builds that we analyzed for Lucian vs Nami face-offs, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.6% win rate overall.
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