Viktor with Lucian
How to Synergize Viktor and Lucian
based on 3,505 Viktor with Lucian pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Viktor Lucian Synergy Summary
Best Viktor vs Lucian Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Viktor and Lucian
Tips for Playing as Viktor with Lucian
Make sure you choose the right augment at the right time.
Death Ray is a powerful poke and a strong area of denial tool. Use it in combination with Gravity Field to control your enemy's position.
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!
Viktor Lucian Synergy Stats
How to Play with Lucian as Viktor in LoL
The Viktor 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, Viktor sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Lucian. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Lucian helps Viktor perform worse in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Viktor is paired with Lucian, he sees a little decrease in his full damage output. This change could signal that Lucian doesn't help cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Viktor is played alongside Lucian on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Lucian.
Moreover, when Viktor plays with Lucian on the same team, he usually takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Lucian does a decent job of protecting Viktor in team fights.
Synergies between Viktor and Lucian
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Is Viktor better when played alongside Lucian?
There is no ideal champion pairing for Viktor that will always be his best ally. However, overall, Lucian is a not very good ally for Viktor. By being on the same team as Viktor, he drops their win rate by -1.2% to 49.0%. This clearly indicates that there is a harmful synergy between Viktor and Lucian that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Lucian has a much lower diffuclty than Viktor. That means Viktor players don't need to be very careful when arranging Lucian allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a much lower level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Playing cooperatively, Viktor players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magic damage. When paired, these champs can blast through enemies with magic damage.
In contrast, by aligning Viktor and Lucian together, you probably will not be giving your other allies a great deal of utility. Make sure to bring other champions on your team that helps cover this hole in their kit.
Regardless of your Lucian ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, 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
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Viktor in order to work well with Lucian during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The ideal finished items to get in your Viktor and Lucian synergy build consist of Lich Bane, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Viktor included at least these three great items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Lucian than with most other common builds. In fact, Viktor boasted an average winrate of 49.0% when playing alongside Lucian with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing your oponents, Viktor players should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for this champion pairing, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.0% win rate overall.
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