Nasus vs Lucian
How to Beat Lucian as Nasus
based on 6,294 Nasus vs Lucian matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nasus vs Lucian Matchup Summary
Best Nasus vs Lucian Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lucian as Nasus
Tips for Playing as Nasus against Lucian
Paying attention to last hitting with Siphoning Strike will have a large impact at the end of a game.
If you're solo, Spirit Fire is a great way to farm a lane. It can be bad if you're in a lane with 2 and you push too far. Find the right balance between Siphoning Strike last hits and AoE farming.
If you have low defenses, people will focus you down even during your ultimate. Try buying some survivability items even in your DPS builds.
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.
Nasus vs Lucian Counter Stats
How to Counter Lucian with Nasus in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some critical Nasus vs. Lucian counter stats that can help us understand the distinctions between this set of champs. As an example, Nasus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Lucian’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Nasus may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Lucian..
Nasus usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Lucian. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nasus and Lucian
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Who is Better, Nasus or Lucian?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nasus usually wins when facing off against Lucian, with a 51.1% win rate. Therefore, Nasus makes a good counter to Lucian.
While Nasus does have a higher winrate than Lucian, when they face off with one another, Nasus also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Nasus into Lucian.
Additionally, Nasus has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lucian. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nasus vs Lucian matchups, Nasus is the better champ with a higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Nasus is a decent counter for Lucian. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nasus against Lucian.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Nasus to counter Lucian during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nasus on average gets a similar amount of CS compared to Lucian. Champs who on average don't get much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Nasus versus Lucian build include Trinity Force, Hullbreaker, and Sundered Sky. When Nasus included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better vs Lucian than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Nasus had an average winrate of 51.1% when countering Lucian with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of annihilating Lucian as Nasus, Nasus players should take the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Nasus vs Lucian counter picks, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.1% win rate overall.
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