Viktor vs Lucian
How to Beat Lucian as Viktor
based on 3,475 Viktor vs Lucian matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Viktor vs Lucian Matchup Summary
Best Viktor vs Lucian Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lucian as Viktor
Tips for Playing as Viktor against Lucian
Make sure you choose the right augment at the right time.
Death Ray is a powerful poke and a strong area of denial tool. Use it in combination with Gravity Field to control your enemy's position.
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.
Viktor vs Lucian Counter Stats
How to Counter Lucian with Viktor in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some valuable Viktor vs. Lucian counter stats that may help us distinguish the differences between the two. As an example, Viktor’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Lucian’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Viktor may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Lucian..
Viktor often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes less damage than Lucian. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Viktor and Lucian
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Who is Better, Viktor or Lucian?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Viktor usually wins when taking on Lucian, with a 52.4% win rate. As a result, Viktor makes a good counter for Lucian.
While Viktor does have a higher winrate than Lucian, when on opposite teams, Viktor also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champ to learn. You should be be fine when picking Viktor into Lucianas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Viktor has only a small amount of utility and CC, 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 is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Viktor vs Lucian matchups, Viktor is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Viktor is a good counter to Lucian. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Viktor against Lucian.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Viktor to counter Lucian during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Viktor typically accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Lucian. Champs who typically don't take much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They 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 need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Viktor versus Lucian build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Viktor combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Lucian than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Viktor boasted an average win rate of 52.4% battling Lucian with this build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Lucian as Viktor, Viktor players should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Viktor vs Lucian matchups, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 52.4% win rate overall.
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