Zed vs Lucian
How to Beat Lucian as Zed
based on 8,491 Zed vs Lucian matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zed vs Lucian Matchup Summary
Best Zed vs Lucian Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lucian as Zed
Tips for Playing as Zed against Lucian
Placing a Living Shadow before using Death Mark can give Zed a safe escape from combat.
Saving energy and spell cooldowns until you use your ultimate will maximize Death Mark's damage.
Quickly double tapping Living Shadow will teleport Zed to his shadow immediately for rapid escapes.
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.
Zed vs Lucian Counter Stats
How to Counter Lucian with Zed in LoL
The stats provided here feature some strategic Zed versus Lucian matchup stats that may help you figure out the differences between the two. For instance, Zed’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Lucian’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Zed may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Lucian..
Zed usually has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Lucian. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Zed and Lucian
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Who is Better, Zed or Lucian?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Zed usually fairs equally well when taking on Lucian, with a 49.7% win rate. Thus, Zed makes an ok counter for Lucian.
While Zed does have a lower win rate than Lucian, when on opposite teams, Zed also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex character to learn. You should be careful when picking Zed into Lucianas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Zed also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lucian. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Zed vs Lucian matchups, Lucian is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Zed is a somewhat poor counter for Lucian. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Zed against Lucian.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Zed to counter Lucian during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zed often accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Lucian. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Zed versus Lucian build include Serylda's Grudge, Axiom Arc, and Opportunity. When Zed used at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better vs. Lucian than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Zed had an average win rate of 49.7% when playing against Lucian with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Lucian as Zed, you should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Transcendence, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Zed vs Lucian counters, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.7% win rate overall.
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