Lucian vs Shaco
How to Beat Shaco as Lucian
based on 8,104 Lucian vs Shaco matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lucian vs Shaco Matchup Summary
Best Lucian vs Shaco Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Shaco as Lucian
Tips for Playing as Lucian against Shaco
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 Shaco
If Shaco is doing well early-game, it is worth the investment to place Stealth Wards near his Jungle camps.
If Shaco uses Deceive to enter a fight he won't be able to quickly use it again to get away. Work with your team to quickly focus him down.
Lucian vs Shaco Counter Stats
How to Counter Shaco with Lucian in LoL
The stats shown on this page show some strategic Lucian versus Shaco counter stats that may help us realize the differences and similarities between this set of champions. As an example, Lucian’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Shaco’s ratio of NaN, showing that Lucian may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Shaco..
Lucian often has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. On average, he receives less damage than Shaco. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lucian and Shaco
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Who is Better, Lucian or Shaco?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Lucian usually loses when playing against Shaco, with a 48.3% win rate. Thus, Lucian makes a poor counter for Shaco.
While Lucian does have a lower win rate than Shaco, when facing one another, Lucian also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Lucian into Shaco.
Additionally, Lucian also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Shaco. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Lucian vs Shaco matchups, Shaco is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Lucian is a somewhat poor counter for Shaco. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Lucian against Shaco.
Other Champion Matchups Against Lucian
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Lucian in order to counter Shaco during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lucian most often accumulates much more CS compared to Shaco. Champions who typically don't take much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Lucian versus Shaco build include Bloodthirster, Stormrazor, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Lucian incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better versus Shaco than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Lucian had an average win rate of 48.3% when countering Shaco with this build.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Shaco as Lucian, Lucian players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Legend: Bloodline, and Presence of Mind runes from the Inspiration and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Lucian vs Shaco matchups, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.3% winrate overall.
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