Kayn with Lucian
How to Synergize Kayn and Lucian
based on 10,495 Kayn with Lucian pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kayn Lucian Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Kayn and Lucian
Tips for Playing as Kayn with Lucian
Remember that nearby enemies can see which wall you're in.
Look at the line-up of both your team and the enemy's team when picking your form.
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!
Kayn Lucian Synergy Stats
How to Play with Lucian as Kayn in LoL
The Kayn Lucian synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Lucian, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Kayn sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Lucian. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Lucian helps Kayn perform worse in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Kayn is paired with Lucian, he observes a small decrease in his total damage output. This change could indicate that Lucian doesn't help cover for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Kayn is played together with Lucian on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Lucian. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Lucian.
Moreover, when Kayn plays with Lucian on the same side, he usually takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may indicate that Lucian does a decent job of protecting Kayn during teamfights.
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Is Kayn better when played alongside Lucian?
There is no perfect champion pairing for Kayn that will no matter what be his #1 synergy. Yet, overall, Lucian is a relatively poor teammate for Kayn. By being on the same side as Kayn, he drops their win rate by -1.6% to 47.6%. This proves that there is a harmful strategic relationship between Kayn and Lucian that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Lucian has a lower difficulty than Kayn. That means you don't need to be cautious when finding Lucian comrades to fight alongside, as they will require a lower level of skill to be able to work well with you.
When playing alongside, Kayn players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. When paired, these two should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Although, by grouping Kayn and Lucian together, you may not be providing your side much magical damage output. We recommend you bring other champions on your team that offsets this hole in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Lucian teammate, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kayn in order to synergize with Lucian during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should keep reading to learn additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The best items to get in your Kayn and Lucian synergy build consist of Eclipse, Serylda's Grudge, and Profane Hydra. When Kayn combined at least these three items in his build, he did much better when paired up with Lucian than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Kayn boasted an average winrate of 47.6% helping carry Lucian with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against your oponents, you should take the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Kayn and Lucian pairings, this composite of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.6% win rate overall.
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