Once you have chosen an angle for The Culling, you cannot change it. Pick your moment well!
For optimal burst, try to combine Relentless Pursuit into Piercing Light.
Because of Lightslinger, Lucian benefits more from Attack Damage than he does from Attack Speed.
Ardent Blaze actually explodes in a star pattern. Try to line it up so the spokes hit enemy champions.
The stats provided here show several strategic Lucian vs. Senna counter statistics that may help us appreciate the distinctions between these two champs. As an example, Lucian’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Senna’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Lucian may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Senna. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Lucian typically has a much larger longest killing spree than his foe does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Senna. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Lucian usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Senna, with a 49.6% win rate. Therefore, Lucian makes an ok counter for Senna.
While Lucian does have a lower winrate compared to Senna, when they face off with one another, Lucian also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Lucian into Senna.
Additionally, Lucian has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Senna. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Lucian vs Senna matchups, Senna is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Lucian is a somewhat poor counter to Senna. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Lucian against Senna.
To truly master Lucian to counter Senna 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 stats shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lucian often picks up much more CS compared to Senna. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Lucian versus Senna build consist of Galeforce, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Lucian used at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when fighting Senna than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Lucian had an average winrate of 49.6% when countering Senna with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of beating Senna 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. Of all the rune combinations players used for Lucian vs Senna face-offs, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.6% winrate overall.
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