Lucian vs Zed
How to Beat Zed as Lucian
based on 8,491 Lucian vs Zed matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lucian vs Zed Matchup Summary
Best Lucian vs Zed Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zed as Lucian
Tips for Playing as Lucian against Zed
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 Zed
Zed's Shadow Slash can only slow you if his shadow hits you with it.
Zed receives bonus effect from Attack Damage items he purchases, so Armor is super effective against him.
After Zed uses his Living Shadow, he is at his most vulnerable as his damage, slow, and mobility are both dependent upon it.
Lucian vs Zed Counter Stats
How to Counter Zed with Lucian in LoL
The stats provided here feature some influential Lucian versus Zed matchup statistics that may help you understand the differences and similarities between the two. Lucian’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zed’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Lucian may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Zed..
Lucian typically has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Zed. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Lucian and Zed
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Who is Better, Lucian or Zed?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Lucian usually fairs equally well when playing against Zed, with a 50.3% win rate. Thus, Lucian makes an ok counter for Zed.
While Lucian does have a higher win rate compared to Zed, when on opposite teams, Lucian also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Lucian into Zed.
Additionally, Lucian also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zed. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Lucian vs Zed matchups, Lucian is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Lucian is a decent counter for Zed. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Lucian against Zed.
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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 Zed during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lucian most often gets a similar amount of CS as Zed. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Lucian versus Zed build include Bloodthirster, Rapid Firecannon, and Kraken Slayer. When Lucian incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Zed than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Lucian had an average winrate of 50.3% when countering Zed with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Zed as Lucian, Lucian players should use 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 runes we have analyed for Lucian vs Zed counter picks, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.3% winrate overall.
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