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How to Synergize Illaoi and Lucian

based on 3,817 Illaoi with Lucian pairs
Win Rate
47.6 %
K/D/A
1.4
Pick Rate
5.4 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we download the stats from from millions of LoL matches directly from Riot Games each week. Illaoi has been on the same team as Lucian in 3817 recent, ranked games. By pooling so much complete data straight from the publishers of LoL, we are sure that we can showcase high-quality, usable builds to help Illaoi play with Lucian. It is somewhat uncommon for Illaoi to play alongside Lucian as allies. This pairing has only occurred in about 5.4% of matches with Illaoi.

Illaoi Lucian Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Illaoi does a dismal job of teaming up with Lucian. Normally, she wins a lowly 47.6% of rounds the champs fight alongside one another. If you want to do better as Illaoi when playing alongside Lucian by learning how to better synergize your gameplay with him, then dig into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Illaoi vs Lucian Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionTear of the Goddess

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsTunneler

Core Illaoi Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageHullbreakerSundered Sky

Optional Items

Spear of ShojinJak'Sho, The ProteanSpirit VisageDeath's Dance

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionConquerorPresence of MindLegend: TenacityLast Stand
ResolveDemolishBone Plating
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Illaoi's passive ability p
Illaoi's q ability q
Illaoi's w ability w
Illaoi's e ability e
Illaoi's ultimate ability r
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W
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E
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E
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Guide to Synergizing Illaoi and Lucian

Tips for Playing as Illaoi with Lucian

Vessel

Tentacles are an immense source of power. Don't fight without them.

Spirits inherit their target's current health. If making a

is your goal, try whittling your opponent's health down a bit first to make killing the spirit easier.

Leap of Faith is best used to follow-up a strong engage or when being engaged upon. Be careful about being the first one into a fight.

Advice to Understand How Lucian Will Play

For optimal burst, try to combine Relentless Pursuit into Piercing Light.

Ardent Blaze actually explodes in a star pattern. Try to line it up so the spokes hit enemy champions.

Because of Lightslinger, Lucian benefits more from Attack Damage than he does from Attack Speed.

Once you have chosen an angle for The Culling, you cannot change it. Pick your moment well!

Illaoi Lucian Synergy Stats

Illaoi Image
Win Rate
47.6 %
VS
Win Rate
52.4 %
Lucian Image
5.3
< Kills >
5.3
6.8
< Deaths >
6.7
4.2
< Assists >
4.4
1.19
< Killing Sprees >
1.21
194
< Minions Killed >
190
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.58
< Inhibitors >
0.57
24,900
< Physical Damage >
24,827
855
< Magic Damage >
835
393
< True Damage >
407
26,149
< Damage Dealt >
26,070
36,080
< Damage Taken >
35,928
12,121
< Gold Earned >
12,040
2.83
< Towers >
2.79
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
8,825
< Total Healing >
8,841
15,385
< Experience >
15,333
16
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
455
< Time Dealing CC >
432

How to Play with Lucian as Illaoi in LoL

The Illaoi Lucian synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Lucian, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Illaoi sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Lucian. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Lucian helps Illaoi perform poorer in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Illaoi is paired with Lucian, she gets a small increase in her total damage dealt. This change may demonstrate that Lucian supports by providing protection for her to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Illaoi is played with Lucian on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays without Lucian. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Lucian.

Additionally, when Illaoi plays with Lucian on the same team, she on average takes a little more damage than when she plays alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Lucian does a poor job of protecting Illaoi in team fights.

Synergies between Illaoi and Lucian

Damage Types Compared

Illaoi
Lucian
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Illaoi
Lucian

Is Illaoi better when played alongside Lucian?

There is no ideal companion for Illaoi that will 100% of the time be her best teammate. Yet, overall, Lucian is a below average ally for Illaoi. By playing on the same team as Illaoi, he lowers their win rate by -2.0% to 47.6%. This signals that there is a bad bond between Illaoi and Lucian that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.

Lucian has a greater difficulty than Illaoi. That means you must be very careful when finding Lucian teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to do well with you.

Fighting together, Illaoi players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. When paired, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.

In contrast, by aligning Illaoi and Lucian together, you probably will not be providing your team enough utility. Plan to include other champs on your team that helps cover this relative disparity in their potential.

Regardless of the ability of your Lucian ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Illaoi Players

How We Calculated Our Illaoi Lucian Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Illaoi and Lucian, we analyzed 3,817 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Illaoi with Lucian comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to truly master Illaoi to pair well with Lucian during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to learn some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly.

The ideal items to get in your Illaoi and Lucian synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Hullbreaker, and Sundered Sky. When Illaoi incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better as an ally of Lucian than with many other typical builds. In fact, Illaoi had an average winrate of 47.6% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Lucian with these items in her kit.

To have the best likelihood of annihilating your oponents, you should equip the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Demolish runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Illaoi and Lucian pairings, this combo of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.6% winrate overall.

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