Sylas vs Lucian
How to Beat Lucian as Sylas
based on 7,984 Sylas vs Lucian matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sylas vs Lucian Matchup Summary
Best Sylas vs Lucian Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lucian as Sylas
Tips for Playing as Sylas against Lucian
Clever use of enemy ultimates can open up new possibilities to approach teamfights.
Wait for you or your enemy to reach low health before using Kingslayer for maximum effect.
Space out your ability usage to get maximum effect from Petricite Burst.
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.
Sylas vs Lucian Counter Stats
How to Counter Lucian with Sylas in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show some significant Sylas versus Lucian counter statistics that may help you figure out the distinctions between the two. As an example, Sylas’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Lucian’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Sylas may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Lucian..
Sylas often has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. On average, he takes more damage than Lucian. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Sylas and Lucian
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Who is Better, Sylas or Lucian?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Sylas usually loses when playing against Lucian, with a 48.9% win rate. As a result, Sylas makes a poor counter for Lucian.
While Sylas does have a lower winrate compared to Lucian, when they face off with one another, Sylas also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Sylas into Lucian.
Additionally, Sylas has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Lucian. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Sylas vs Lucian matchups, Lucian is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Sylas is a somewhat poor counter to Lucian. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Sylas against Lucian.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Sylas to counter Lucian during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sylas on average picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Lucian. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Sylas versus Lucian build consist of Cryptbloom, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Sylas combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Lucian than with many other common builds. In fact, Sylas had an average win rate of 48.9% when countering Lucian with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Lucian as Sylas, you should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Transcendence, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Sylas vs Lucian clashes, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.9% winrate overall.
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