Warwick vs Lucian
How to Beat Lucian as Warwick
based on 9,011 Warwick vs Lucian matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Warwick vs Lucian Matchup Summary
Best Warwick vs Lucian Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lucian as Warwick
Tips for Playing as Warwick against Lucian
Infinite Duress (R)'s distance scales with any Move Speed you gain, even from ally buffs and summoner spells.
Follow your Blood Hunt trails to low health enemy champions.
Jaws of the Beast (Q) will follow enemies who run, dash or teleport if you keep the button held down.
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.
Warwick vs Lucian Counter Stats
How to Counter Lucian with Warwick in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore some critical Warwick vs. Lucian counter statistics that can help us explain the distinctions between the two. Warwick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Lucian’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Warwick may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Lucian..
Warwick usually has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. On average, he receives more damage than Lucian. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Warwick and Lucian
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Who is Better, Warwick or Lucian?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Warwick usually wins when trying to fight Lucian, with a 51.2% win rate. Therefore, Warwick makes a good counter to Lucian.
While Warwick does have a higher winrate than Lucian, when they face off with one another, Warwick also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Warwick into Lucian.
Moreover, Warwick has some 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 a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Warwick vs Lucian matchups, Warwick is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Warwick is a decent counter for Lucian. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Warwick against Lucian.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Warwick in order 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 mind the build and tips shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Warwick typically picks up a lot less CS compared to Lucian. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Warwick versus Lucian build include Sterak's Gage, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Warwick included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better against Lucian than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Warwick boasted an average win rate of 51.2% when countering Lucian with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of beating Lucian as Warwick, Warwick players should take the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Warwick vs Lucian counter picks, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.2% win rate overall.
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