Ziggs vs Lucian
How to Beat Lucian as Ziggs
based on 3,049 Ziggs vs Lucian matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ziggs vs Lucian Matchup Summary
Best Ziggs vs Lucian Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lucian as Ziggs
Tips for Playing as Ziggs against Lucian
Even if you're far from a fight you can still help from afar with Mega Inferno Bomb.
Slowing your enemies with Hexplosive Minefield makes it easier to land other abilities.
Knocking yourself over walls with Satchel Charge can be great when chasing after or escaping from enemies.
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.
Ziggs vs Lucian Counter Stats
How to Counter Lucian with Ziggs in LoL
The stats shown here underscore several vital Ziggs against Lucian counter statistics that may help you distinguish the differences between this set of champs. For instance, Ziggs’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Lucian’s ratio of NaN, showing that Ziggs may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Lucian..
Ziggs typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. On average, he receives less damage than Lucian. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Ziggs and Lucian
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Who is Better, Ziggs or Lucian?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Ziggs usually loses when facing off against Lucian, with a 48.1% win rate. As a result, Ziggs makes a poor counter to Lucian.
While Ziggs does have a lower win rate compared to Lucian, when they face off with one another, Ziggs also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Ziggs into Lucian.
Moreover, Ziggs also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Lucian. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Ziggs vs Lucian matchups, Lucian is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Ziggs is a somewhat poor counter for Lucian. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Ziggs against Lucian.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Ziggs in order to counter Lucian during both the early game 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 pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ziggs typically racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Lucian. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Ziggs versus Lucian build include Seraph's Embrace, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Ziggs included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better vs. Lucian than with many other typical builds. In fact, Ziggs boasted an average win rate of 48.1% when playing against Lucian with this counter build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Lucian as Ziggs, Ziggs players should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Ziggs vs Lucian battles, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.1% winrate overall.
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