Lucian vs Zoe
How to Beat Zoe as Lucian
based on 2,951 Lucian vs Zoe matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lucian vs Zoe Matchup Summary
Best Lucian vs Zoe Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zoe as Lucian
Tips for Playing as Lucian against Zoe
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 Zoe
Zoe's Paddle Star deals more damage the further it has flown.
Sleepy Trouble Bubble travels further over walls. Stop Zoe from hiding in fog of war to prevent her from setting the spell up.
Zoe must return to her starting point after casting Portal Jump, making her vulnerable to a counterattack.
Lucian vs Zoe Counter Stats
How to Counter Zoe with Lucian in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight some critical Lucian vs. Zoe counter statistics that can help you figure out the differences between the pair. As an example, Lucian’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zoe’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Lucian may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Zoe..
Lucian typically has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Zoe. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Lucian and Zoe
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Who is Better, Lucian or Zoe?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Lucian usually wins when taking on Zoe, with a 51.8% win rate. Therefore, Lucian makes a good counter for Zoe.
While Lucian does have a higher win rate compared to Zoe, when facing one another, Lucian also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Lucian into Zoe.
Additionally, Lucian has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zoe. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Lucian vs Zoe 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 for Zoe. Focus your play on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Lucian against Zoe.
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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 Zoe during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lucian typically picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Zoe. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Lucian versus Zoe build consist of Bloodthirster, Rapid Firecannon, and Navori Quickblades. When Lucian incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better versus Zoe than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Lucian boasted an average win rate of 51.8% when countering Zoe with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of beating Zoe as Lucian, you should take 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. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Lucian vs Zoe LoL games, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.8% winrate overall.
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