Lucian vs Vi
How to Beat Vi as Lucian
based on 6,298 Lucian vs Vi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lucian vs Vi Matchup Summary
Best Lucian vs Vi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vi as Lucian
Tips for Playing as Lucian against Vi
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 Vi
Vi cannot be stopped while using her ult. Remember to save your displacement effects until after she's done charging.
A fully charged Vault breaker deals double damage. If you see Vi start to charge you should back off or try to dodge it.
Vi will shred your Armor and gain Attack Speed if she manages to hit you three times in a row. Try not to engage in extended brawls with her.
Lucian vs Vi Counter Stats
How to Counter Vi with Lucian in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize some vital Lucian against Vi counter statistics that can help us figure out the differences between the pair. For instance, Lucian’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Vi’s ratio of NaN, showing that Lucian may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Vi..
Lucian normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he receives less damage than Vi. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Lucian and Vi
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Who is Better, Lucian or Vi?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Lucian usually loses when facing off against Vi, with a 46.6% win rate. As a result, Lucian makes a bad counter to Vi.
While Lucian does have a lower winrate than Vi, when facing one another, Lucian also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champion to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Lucian into Vi.
Moreover, Lucian also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vi. 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 Vi matchups, Vi is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Lucian is a terribly counter to Vi. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Lucian against Vi.
Other Champion Matchups Against Lucian
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How We Calculated Our Lucian vs Vi Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Lucian in order to counter Vi during both the laning 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 stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lucian usually accumulates much more CS as Vi. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions 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, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Lucian versus Vi build consist of Guardian Angel, Kraken Slayer, and Navori Quickblades. When Lucian used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better versus Vi than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Lucian had an average win rate of 46.6% battling Vi with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Vi as Lucian, Lucian players 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. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Lucian vs Vi counters, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 46.6% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Vi as Lucian are presented for all ranked divisions combined. To filter the stats and builds to a particular division, you should use the selection menu earlier on the page.