Syndra vs Lucian
How to Beat Lucian as Syndra
based on 5,576 Syndra vs Lucian matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Syndra vs Lucian Matchup Summary
Best Syndra vs Lucian Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lucian as Syndra
Tips for Playing as Syndra against Lucian
To maximize your ultimate's damage use it when there are many spheres on the battlefield.
After you hit an enemy champion with Force of Will follow up with Dark Sphere, they'll be slowed and have a hard time avoiding it.
Get one of your spells to rank 5 as quickly as possible, they gain powerful bonus effects at max rank.
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.
Syndra vs Lucian Counter Stats
How to Counter Lucian with Syndra in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight some strategic Syndra versus Lucian matchup stats that can help us appreciate the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Syndra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Lucian’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Syndra may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Lucian..
Syndra normally has a similar longest killing spree as her foe does. Typically, she takes less damage than Lucian. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Syndra and Lucian
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Who is Better, Syndra or Lucian?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Syndra usually fairs equally well when facing off against Lucian, with a 49.0% win rate. Therefore, Syndra makes an ok counter for Lucian.
While Syndra does have a lower winrate than Lucian, when facing one another, Syndra also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Syndra into Lucianas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Syndra also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Lucian. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Syndra vs Lucian matchups, Lucian is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Syndra is a somewhat poor counter for Lucian. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Syndra against Lucian.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Syndra in order to counter Lucian during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Syndra typically accumulates a similar amount of CS as Lucian. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Syndra versus Lucian build include Seraph's Embrace, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Shadowflame. When Syndra bought at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better countering Lucian than with most other common item sets. In fact, Syndra boasted an average win rate of 49.0% when countering Lucian with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Lucian as Syndra, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Syndra vs Lucian counterpicks, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.0% win rate overall.
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