Rek'Sai vs Lucian
How to Beat Lucian as Rek'Sai
based on 1,334 Rek'Sai vs Lucian matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Rek'Sai vs Lucian Matchup Summary
Best Rek'Sai vs Lucian Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lucian as Rek'Sai
Tips for Playing as Rek'Sai against Lucian
Keeping tunnels spread out across the map will ensure you have choices when you want to cast Void Rush.
Cast Burrow before travelling around the map to take advantage of the increased Move Speed and the safety provided by Tremor Sense.
Tremor Sense can warn you of enemies closing in, and is particularly useful when entering enemy territory.
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.
Rek'Sai vs Lucian Counter Stats
How to Counter Lucian with Rek'Sai in LoL
The stats shown here feature several strategic Rek'Sai against Lucian matchup stats that may help you grasp the distinctions between these two champions. As an example, Rek'Sai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Lucian’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Rek'Sai may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Lucian..
Rek'Sai usually has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. On average, he receives more damage than Lucian. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Rek'Sai and Lucian
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Who is Better, Rek'Sai or Lucian?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Rek'Sai usually loses when trying to fight Lucian, with a 48.4% win rate. As a result, Rek'Sai makes a poor counter for Lucian.
While Rek'Sai does have a lower winrate compared to Lucian, when facing one another, Rek'Sai also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Rek'Sai into Lucian.
Moreover, Rek'Sai also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lucian. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, 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 Rek'Sai 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 allies during late stage team fights.
Rek'Sai is a somewhat poor counter for Lucian. Focus your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Rek'Sai against Lucian.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Rek'Sai to counter Lucian during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rek'Sai often picks up a lot less CS relative to Lucian. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Rek'Sai versus Lucian build include Black Cleaver, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and Titanic Hydra. When Rek'Sai bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs. Lucian than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Rek'Sai boasted an average win rate of 48.4% battling Lucian with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of defeating Lucian as Rek'Sai, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Rek'Sai vs Lucian LoL games, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.4% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Lucian as Rek'Sai are presented for all skill levels combined. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to a specific rank, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.