Xayah vs Lucian
How to Beat Lucian as Xayah
based on 1,891 Xayah vs Lucian matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xayah vs Lucian Matchup Summary
Best Xayah vs Lucian Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lucian as Xayah
Tips for Playing as Xayah against Lucian
Xayah's attacks and abilities leave Feathers on the ground that she can later recall for massive area damage and control.
Xayah can use Featherstorm to dodge almost any ability while also creating a ton of Feathers. Try to utilize the offensive and defensive aspects of this ability.
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.
Xayah vs Lucian Counter Stats
How to Counter Lucian with Xayah in LoL
The stats provided here show several valuable Xayah against Lucian matchup stats that may help us distinguish the distinctions between this set of champions. As an example, Xayah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Lucian’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Xayah may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Lucian..
Xayah normally has a similar longest killing spree as her foe does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Lucian. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Xayah and Lucian
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Who is Better, Xayah or Lucian?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Xayah usually wins when taking on Lucian, with a 53.0% win rate. Thus, Xayah makes a good counter to Lucian.
While Xayah does have a higher winrate than Lucian, when on opposite teams, Xayah also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Xayah into Lucian.
Additionally, Xayah also has almost no 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 ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Xayah vs Lucian matchups, Xayah is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Xayah is a good counter for Lucian. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Xayah against Lucian.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Xayah in order to counter Lucian during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xayah typically accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Lucian. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Xayah versus Lucian build include Navori Quickblades, Guardian Angel, and Kraken Slayer. When Xayah combined at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better versus Lucian than with most other common item sets. In fact, Xayah had an average winrate of 53.0% when playing against Lucian with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Lucian as Xayah, Xayah players should use the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Xayah vs Lucian battles, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 53.0% winrate overall.
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