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How to Win Lulu vs Lucian Counter MatchupLulu is in the b tier of champions

Lulu vs Lucian

How to Beat Lucian as Lulu in LoLLulu is in the a tier of champions
SupportMage
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How to Beat Lucian as Lulu

based on 3,875 Lulu vs Lucian matchups
Win Rate
48.1 %
K/D/A
3.06
Pick Rate
6.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of ranked League of Legends rounds every week. In our database, Lulu faced off against Lucian 3875 times. Having so many games with Lulu versus Lucian provides us a lot of faith in our capacity to prepare informative data and a solid build to wreck your rival. This particular counter matchup is fairly uncommon. Lulu has to counter Lucian in only 6.7% of her rounds.

Lulu vs Lucian Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Lulu does a poor job of beating Lucian. Normally, she wins a lowly 48.1% of matches the champs battle each other in. In Lulu against Lucian rounds, Lulu’s team is 0.1% less likely to earn first blood. This implies that she probably won't be able to get first blood against Lucian.

Best Lulu vs Lucian Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsIonian Boots of Lucidity

Core Lulu Items

~22 Mins
Shurelya's BattlesongArdent CenserMoonstone Renewer

Optional Items

RedemptionMikael's BlessingSolstice SleighStaff of Flowing Water

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Lulu to level upe
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Second ability for Lulu to level upw
>
Last skill for Lulu to max outq

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Lulu's passive ability p
Lulu's q ability q
Lulu's w ability w
Lulu's e ability e
Lulu's ultimate ability r
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E
2
W
3
Q
4
E
5
E
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R
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E
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W
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W
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R
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W
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W
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Q
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Q
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R

Guide to Countering Lucian as Lulu

Tips for Playing as Lulu against Lucian

Glitterlance can be fired at odd angles depending on where your cursor is - Moving your cursor closer to Pix and Lulu will change your area of effect size considerably.

Consider casting Help, Pix! on ranged attackers for the Pix boost and Wild Growth on Tanks or Fighters for the added initiation power.

Advice to Win Against Lucian

Lucian cannot change the aim of The Culling. Take advantage of this by avoiding the angle of the bullets.

Lucian has strong burst, but little sustained damage.

Piercing Light does not give Lucian extra Attack Range. He still needs to find a target in range to line up his shot. Avoid Piercing Light by anticipating the angle Lucian will choose.

Lulu vs Lucian Counter Stats

Lulu Image
Win Rate
48.1 %
VS
Win Rate
51.9 %
Lucian Image
1.5
< Kills >
7.2
5.1
< Deaths >
5.9
14.1
< Assists >
6.3
0.26
< Killing Sprees >
1.69
28
< Minions Killed >
186
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.19
0.52
< Inhibitors >
0.54
1,052
< Physical Damage >
18,141
5,643
< Magic Damage >
2,644
514
< True Damage >
511
7,209
< Damage Dealt >
21,297
15,856
< Damage Taken >
20,229
8,272
< Gold Earned >
12,310
2.13
< Towers >
2.51
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
2,099
< Total Healing >
4,732
10,540
< Experience >
12,438
59
< Vision Score >
19
26
< Wards Placed >
9
247
< Time Dealing CC >
41

How to Counter Lucian with Lulu in LoL

The stats shown on this page underscore some critical Lulu vs. Lucian counter stats that may help you distinguish the differences between this set of champions. As an example, Lulu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Lucian’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Lulu may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Lucian. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.

Lulu usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her matchup does. Typically, she takes less damage than Lucian. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Lulu and Lucian

Damage Types Compared

Lulu
Lucian
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Lulu
Lucian

Who is Better, Lulu or Lucian?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Lulu usually loses when playing against Lucian, with a 48.1% win rate. As a result, Lulu makes a poor counter to Lucian.

While Lulu does have a lower winrate compared to Lucian, when on opposite teams, Lulu also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less complex champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Lulu into Lucian.

Moreover, Lulu also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Lucian. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Lulu vs Lucian matchups, Lucian is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Lulu is a somewhat poor counter to Lucian. Focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Lulu against Lucian.

Additional Information for Lulu Players

How We Calculated Our Lulu vs Lucian Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Lucian as Lulu, we analyzed 3,875 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Lucian as Lulu comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Lulu to counter Lucian during both the lane 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 pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Lulu most often accumulates a lot less CS compared to Lucian. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't have to have 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, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The top items to use in your Lulu versus Lucian build consist of Shurelya's Battlesong, Ardent Censer, and Moonstone Renewer. When Lulu combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better versus Lucian than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Lulu had an average winrate of 48.1% when countering Lucian with this build.

To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Lucian as Lulu, Lulu players should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Lulu vs Lucian LoL games, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.1% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Lucian as Lulu are presented for every ranked division. To narrow the statistics and builds to a distinct rank, you can use the selection menu at the top of this page.