Lucian vs Xayah
How to Beat Xayah as Lucian
based on 3,789 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
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 Xayah
Xayah's Bladecaller will only root targets hit by 3 or more returning Feathers.
Long fights in the same area with Xayah will allow her to drop a lot of Feathers. Try to stay on the move!
Make sure you are ready when you go for the kill. Untargetability from Featherstorm can quickly turn an ambush in Xayah's favor.
Lucian vs Xayah Counter Stats
How to Counter Xayah with Lucian in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize some influential Lucian vs. Xayah counter statistics that can help you grasp the differences between the pair. As an example, Lucian’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Xayah’s ratio of NaN, showing that Lucian may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Xayah..
Lucian normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Xayah. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Lucian and Xayah
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Who is Better, Lucian or Xayah?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Lucian usually wins when playing against Xayah, with a 51.6% win rate. As a result, Lucian makes a good counter to Xayah.
While Lucian does have a higher winrate than Xayah, when facing one another, Lucian also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Lucian into Xayah.
Moreover, Lucian has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Xayah. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Lucian vs Xayah matchups, Lucian is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Lucian is a decent counter to Xayah. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Lucian against Xayah.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Lucian to counter Xayah during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue 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 typically gets a similar amount of CS relative to Xayah. Champs who typically don't get much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The top items to have in your Lucian versus Xayah build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Bloodthirster, and Rapid Firecannon. When Lucian combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs Xayah than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Lucian boasted an average winrate of 51.6% battling Xayah with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of beating Xayah as Lucian, you should equip the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Lucian vs Xayah face-offs, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.6% winrate overall.
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