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How to Win Zeri vs Lucian Counter MatchupZeri is in the b tier of champions

Zeri vs Lucian

How to Beat Lucian as Zeri in LoLZeri is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Lucian as Zeri

based on 2,528 Zeri vs Lucian matchups
Win Rate
47.6 %
K/D/A
2.27
Pick Rate
6.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of ranked LoL games each week. In our database, Zeri fought Lucian 2528 times. Including so many matchups for Zeri vs Lucian gives us confidence in our capacity to prepare useful stats and a recommended build to defeat Lucian. This counter matchup is relatively uncommon. Zeri fights Lucian in only 6.4% of their games.

Zeri vs Lucian Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Zeri does a dismal job of countering Lucian. Typically, they wins a lowly 47.6% of games the champs face each other in. In Zeri vs Lucian rounds, Zeri’s team is 0.2% less probable to gain first blood. This implies that they probably won't be able to get first blood against Lucian.

Best Zeri vs Lucian Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalLong Sword

Core Zeri Items

~22 Mins
Experimental HexplateRunaan's HurricaneTerminus

Optional Items

BloodthirsterTitanic HydraLord Dominik's RegardsInfinity Edge

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Zeri to level upq
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Second ability for Zeri to level upe
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Last skill for Zeri to max outw

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Zeri's passive ability p
Zeri's q ability q
Zeri's w ability w
Zeri's e ability e
Zeri's ultimate ability r
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E
2
W
3
Q
4
Q
5
R
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Q
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E
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Q
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Guide to Countering Lucian as Zeri

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.

Zeri vs Lucian Counter Stats

Zeri Image
Win Rate
47.6 %
VS
Win Rate
52.4 %
Lucian Image
6.9
< Kills >
8
6
< Deaths >
6
6.7
< Assists >
6.7
1.6
< Killing Sprees >
1.87
190
< Minions Killed >
190
0.21
< Dragons Killed >
0.22
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.54
13,877
< Physical Damage >
20,163
6,561
< Magic Damage >
2,762
600
< True Damage >
566
21,039
< Damage Dealt >
23,491
22,979
< Damage Taken >
20,679
12,574
< Gold Earned >
12,706
2.27
< Towers >
2.5
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
4,331
< Total Healing >
5,117
12,738
< Experience >
12,812
18
< Vision Score >
18
8
< Wards Placed >
9
125
< Time Dealing CC >
41

How to Counter Lucian with Zeri in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here feature some valuable Zeri versus Lucian matchup stats that can help you figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. Zeri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Lucian’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Zeri may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Lucian..

Zeri normally has a similar longest kill spree as their enemy does. On average, they takes a similar amount of damage to Lucian. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Zeri and Lucian

Damage Types Compared

Zeri
Lucian
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Zeri
Lucian

Who is Better, Zeri or Lucian?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Zeri usually loses when playing against Lucian, with a 47.6% win rate. Thus, Zeri makes a bad counter to Lucian.

While Zeri does have a lower win rate compared to Lucian, when on opposite teams, Zeri also has a greater level of difficulty that makes them a more complex champion to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Zeri into Lucian.

Furthermore, Zeri also 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 ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Zeri vs Lucian matchups, Lucian is the better champion with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Zeri is a garbage counter to Lucian. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Zeri against Lucian.

Other Champion Matchups Against Zeri

Zeri Loses Against

LilliaLillia39.3% winrateSingedSinged39.9% winrateMaokaiMaokai40.6% winrateRyzeRyze41.3% winrate

Zeri Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee58.8% winrateZoeZoe54.3% winrateEliseElise54.2% winrateKassadinKassadin53% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

TaricTaric+ 50% 388 GamesBraumBraum+ 50.1% 419 GamesLilliaLillia+ 50.4% 2311 GamesZyraZyra+ 50.5% 1459 Games

Additional Information for Zeri Players

How We Calculated Our Zeri vs Lucian Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Lucian as Zeri, we analyzed 2,528 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Lucian as Zeri comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Zeri Build Lucian Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Zeri to counter Lucian during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Zeri typically accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Lucian. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.

The top items to have in your Zeri versus Lucian build consist of Experimental Hexplate, Runaan's Hurricane, and Terminus. When Zeri incorporated at least these three items in their build, they performed a lot better vs Lucian than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Zeri had an average win rate of 47.6% battling Lucian with this build.

To have the best chance of vanquishing Lucian as Zeri, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Zeri vs Lucian fights, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.6% win rate overall.

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