Lucian vs Xayah
How to Beat Xayah as Lucian
based on 2,783 Lucian vs Xayah matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lucian vs Xayah Matchup Summary
Best Lucian vs Xayah Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xayah as Lucian
Tips for Playing as Lucian against Xayah
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.
Advice to Win Against Xayah
Make sure you are ready when you go for the kill. Untargetability from Featherstorm can quickly turn an ambush in Xayah's favor.
Long fights in the same area with Xayah will allow her to drop a lot of Feathers. Try to stay on the move!
Xayah's Bladecaller will only root targets hit by 3 or more returning Feathers.
Lucian vs Xayah Counter Stats
How to Counter Xayah with Lucian in LoL
The stats shown here underscore several influential Lucian vs. Xayah counter stats that can help you understand the distinctions between the two. As an example, Lucian’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Xayah’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Lucian may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Xayah..
Lucian normally has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Xayah. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lucian and Xayah
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Who is Better, Lucian or Xayah?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Lucian usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Xayah, with a 50.4% win rate. As a result, Lucian makes an ok counter to Xayah.
While Lucian does have a higher win rate than Xayah, when facing one another, Lucian also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Lucian into Xayah.
Additionally, Lucian has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xayah. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Lucian vs Xayah matchups, Lucian is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Lucian is a decent counter for Xayah. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Lucian against Xayah.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Lucian in order to counter Xayah 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 pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lucian most often picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Xayah. Champions who typically don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Lucian versus Xayah build include Galeforce, Essence Reaver, and Navori Quickblades. When Lucian combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Xayah than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Lucian had an average winrate of 50.4% when countering Xayah with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Xayah as Lucian, you should take 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 used for Lucian vs Xayah counter picks, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.4% winrate overall.
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