Lucian with Zed
How to Synergize Lucian and Zed
based on 7,694 Lucian with Zed pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Lucian Zed Synergy Summary
Best Lucian vs Zed Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Lucian and Zed
Tips for Playing as Lucian with Zed
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 Zed Will Play
Placing a Living Shadow before using Death Mark can give Zed a safe escape from combat.
Saving energy and spell cooldowns until you use your ultimate will maximize Death Mark's damage.
Quickly double tapping Living Shadow will teleport Zed to his shadow immediately for rapid escapes.
Lucian Zed Synergy Stats
How to Play with Zed as Lucian in LoL
The Lucian Zed synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Zed, 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 Zed. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Zed helps Lucian perform worse in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Lucian is paired with Zed, he gets a barely noticable drop in his full damage dealt. This may indicate that Zed doesn't help protection for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Lucian is played alongside Zed on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Zed. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Zed.
Additionally, when Lucian plays with Zed on the same side, he typically takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Zed does a poor job of covering Lucian in teamfights.
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Is Lucian better when played alongside Zed?
There is no perfect companion for Lucian that will no matter what be his ideal synergy. Yet, Zed is a not very good teammate for Lucian. By locking into the same side as Lucian, he decreases their win rate by -2.2% to 46.6%. This shows that there is a negative bond between Lucian and Zed that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Zed has a greater difficulty than Lucian. That means Lucian players must be very careful when enlisting Zed comrades to fight alongside, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Working on the same side, Lucian players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. Together, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
In contrast, by bringing Lucian and Zed together, you may not be granting your other teammates enough magical damage output. Plan to pick other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative gap in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of the ability of your Zed ally, you need to focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Lucian to synergize with Zed during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should keep reading to master a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The ideal finished items to get in your Lucian and Zed synergy build consist of Lord Dominik's Regards, Bloodthirster, and Rapid Firecannon. When Lucian bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when paired up with Zed than with most other typical builds. In fact, Lucian boasted an average winrate of 46.6% when playing alongside Zed with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, Lucian players should use the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for this team composition, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 46.6% winrate overall.
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