Naafiri vs Lucian
How to Beat Lucian as Naafiri
based on 2,869 Naafiri vs Lucian matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Naafiri vs Lucian Matchup Summary
Best Naafiri vs Lucian Counter Build
Items
Starter Items
Early Items
Core Naafiri Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
Skill Order
Runes
Guide to Countering Lucian as Naafiri
Tips for Playing as Naafiri against Lucian
Across the sands of Shurima, a chorus of howls rings out. It is the call of the dune hounds, voracious predators who form packs and compete for the right to hunt in these barren lands. Among them, one pack stands above all, for they are driven not only by canine instincts, but by the ancient power of the Darkin.
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.
Naafiri vs Lucian Counter Stats
How to Counter Lucian with Naafiri in LoL
The stats shown here show several important Naafiri against Lucian counter statistics that may help you distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Naafiri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Lucian’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Naafiri may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Lucian..
Naafiri usually has a similar longest kill spree as their matchup does. Commonly, they receives more damage than Lucian. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Naafiri and Lucian
Damage Types Compared
Champion Playstyles Compared
Who is Better, Naafiri or Lucian?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Naafiri usually wins when trying to fight Lucian, with a 53.6% win rate. Thus, Naafiri makes a great counter to Lucian.
While Naafiri does have a higher winrate compared to Lucian, when they face off with one another, Naafiri also has a much lower difficulty level that makes them a less complex champion to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Naafiri into Lucian.
Furthermore, Naafiri also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Lucian. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Naafiri vs Lucian matchups, Naafiri is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Naafiri is a great counter to Lucian. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Naafiri against Lucian.
Other Champion Matchups Against Naafiri
Additional Information for Naafiri Players
How We Calculated Our Naafiri vs Lucian Build and Stats
Other Useful Resources
Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Naafiri in order to counter Lucian during both the early game 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 mind the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Naafiri typically gets a similar amount of CS as Lucian. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Naafiri versus Lucian build include Edge of Night, Serylda's Grudge, and Profane Hydra. When Naafiri incorporated at least these three pieces in their build, they performed significantly better countering Lucian than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Naafiri had an average win rate of 53.6% when playing against Lucian with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of crushing Lucian as Naafiri, Naafiri players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Naafiri vs Lucian clashes, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 53.6% win rate overall.
If you need to see Naafiri x Lucian tips and counter builds for a a particular division rank, feel free to choose one from the selection menu shown above. If viewing for the first time, the stats and strategies shown are computed using every game run with these champs.