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Nami vs Lucian

How to Beat Lucian as Nami in LoLNami is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Lucian as Nami

based on 6,586 Nami vs Lucian matchups
Win Rate
50.4 %
K/D/A
3.23
Pick Rate
6.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of recently ranked League games each week. In our database, Nami did battle with Lucian 6586 times. Having so many games with Nami versus Lucian gives us faith in our capability to prepare useful statistics and a solid build to destroy Lucian. This particular champ matchup is relatively uncommon. Nami has to counter Lucian in only 6.1% of her rounds.

Nami vs Lucian Matchup Summary

Nami does a ok job of countering Lucian. Typically, she wins a acceptable 50.4% of games the champs clash against one another in. In Nami against Lucian matches, Nami’s side is 0.1% less likely to gain first blood. This indicates that she probably won't be able to get first blood versus Lucian.

Best Nami vs Lucian Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeFiendish Codex

Core Nami Items

~22 Mins
Ardent CenserZaz'Zak's RealmspikeStaff of Flowing Water

Optional Items

Mikael's BlessingRedemptionMoonstone RenewerImperial Mandate

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
ResolveFont of LifeRevitalize
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Nami's passive ability p
Nami's q ability q
Nami's w ability w
Nami's e ability e
Nami's ultimate ability r
1
W
2
E
3
Q
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
E
9
W
10
E
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R
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E
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E
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Q
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Q
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R

Guide to Countering Lucian as Nami

Tips for Playing as Nami against Lucian

Nami's ultimate can come in very handy for initiating on enemies who are far away.

Using Ebb and Flow during an engagement with enemy champions will help sway the battle in your favor.

Aqua Prison has a long cooldown, make sure to use it at the right moment.

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.

Nami vs Lucian Counter Stats

Nami Image
Win Rate
50.4 %
VS
Win Rate
49.6 %
Lucian Image
1.7
< Kills >
7.1
5.2
< Deaths >
6
15.1
< Assists >
6.2
0.3
< Killing Sprees >
1.68
24
< Minions Killed >
187
0.03
< Dragons Killed >
0.19
0.57
< Inhibitors >
0.52
875
< Physical Damage >
18,156
8,240
< Magic Damage >
2,575
531
< True Damage >
529
9,647
< Damage Dealt >
21,260
15,839
< Damage Taken >
20,583
8,397
< Gold Earned >
12,334
2.25
< Towers >
2.42
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
10,012
< Total Healing >
4,909
10,698
< Experience >
12,604
60
< Vision Score >
19
26
< Wards Placed >
9
197
< Time Dealing CC >
41

How to Counter Lucian with Nami in LoL

The stats shown on this page show several valuable Nami against Lucian counter statistics that can help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Nami’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Lucian’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nami may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Lucian. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.

Nami often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her opponent does. On average, she receives less damage than Lucian. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Nami and Lucian

Damage Types Compared

Nami
Lucian
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nami
Lucian

Who is Better, Nami or Lucian?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nami usually fairs equally well when taking on Lucian, with a 50.4% win rate. Thus, Nami makes an ok counter to Lucian.

While Nami does have a higher winrate compared to Lucian, when facing one another, Nami also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less time consuming character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Nami into Lucian.

Furthermore, Nami has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lucian. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

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

Nami is a decent counter to Lucian. Focus your strategy on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nami against Lucian.

Other Champion Matchups Against Nami

Nami Loses Against

ZyraZyra45.5% winrateTeemoTeemo45.6% winrateFizzFizz45.7% winrateBlitzcrankBlitzcrank45.9% winrate

Nami Wins Against

SivirSivir55.9% winrateKalistaKalista54.3% winrateLeBlancLeBlanc53.6% winrateHweiHwei53.1% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Nami Players

How We Calculated Our Nami vs Lucian Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Lucian as Nami, we analyzed 6,586 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 Nami 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.

Other Useful Resources

Nami Build Lucian Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Nami to counter Lucian during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nami typically accumulates a lot less CS compared to Lucian. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Nami versus Lucian build include Ardent Censer, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Staff of Flowing Water. When Nami combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better vs. Lucian than with most other common item sets. In fact, Nami boasted an average winrate of 50.4% battling Lucian with this build.

To have the highest probability of vanquishing Lucian as Nami, Nami players should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Font of Life, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Nami vs Lucian clashes, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.4% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Lucian as Nami are presented for all skill levels combined. To scope the stats and builds to a distinct rank, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.