Lucian with Karthus
How to Synergize Lucian and Karthus
based on 2,595 Lucian with Karthus pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Lucian Karthus Synergy Summary
Best Lucian vs Karthus Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Lucian and Karthus
Tips for Playing as Lucian with Karthus
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!
Advice to Understand How Karthus Will Play
Lay Waste is very strong at farming minions and harassing enemy champions.
Ask your allies to help point out when you should use Requiem to get kills in different lanes.
Lucian Karthus Synergy Stats
How to Play with Karthus as Lucian in LoL
The Lucian Karthus synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Karthus, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Lucian sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Karthus. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Karthus helps Lucian perform not as well in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Lucian is an ally to Karthus, he gets a small increase in his complete damage dealt. This difference could demonstrate that Karthus provides cover for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Lucian is played alongside Karthus on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Karthus. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Karthus.
Additionally, when Lucian plays with Karthus on the same team, he on average receives more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Karthus does a poor job of protecting Lucian in team fights.
Synergies between Lucian and Karthus
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Is Lucian better when played alongside Karthus?
There is no perfect synergy for Lucian that will 100% of the time be his ideal synergy. However, Karthus is a terrible companion for Lucian. By being on the same side as Lucian, he decreases their win rate by -5.0% to 43.8%. This shows that there is a terrible strategic relationship between Lucian and Karthus that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Karthus has a greater difficulty than Lucian. That means Lucian players should be cautious when enlisting Karthus teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
When playing together, Lucian players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magical damage. Combined, these champions can blast through enemies with magic damage.
In contrast, by pairing Lucian and Karthus together, you probably will not be providing your other allies very much tankyness. Plan to pick other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative gap in their kit.
Regardless of your Karthus ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Lucian in order to work well with Karthus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should continue reading to pick up some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial items to build first in your Lucian and Karthus synergy build include Bloodthirster, Rapid Firecannon, and Navori Quickblades. When Lucian combined at least these three great items in his build, he performed a lot better as an ally of Karthus than with many other common item sets. In fact, Lucian had an average win rate of 43.8% when playing alongside Karthus with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing your oponents, you should equip the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for this team composition, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 43.8% win rate overall.
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