Vladimir with Lucian
How to Synergize Vladimir and Lucian
based on 7,337 Vladimir with Lucian pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Vladimir Lucian Synergy Summary
Best Vladimir vs Lucian Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Vladimir and Lucian
Tips for Playing as Vladimir with Lucian
Transfusion instantly deals damage to the enemy before healing Vladimir, making it one of the best last hitting tools in the game.
Cast Hemoplague where it will afflict the most units.
Sanguine Pool pops incoming missiles, so it can be used to dodge disables.
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!
Vladimir Lucian Synergy Stats
How to Play with Lucian as Vladimir in LoL
The Vladimir 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, Vladimir sees a very large drop 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 Vladimir perform worse in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Vladimir is paired with Lucian, he observes a barely noticable drop in his complete damage dealt. This could signal that Lucian does not help cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Vladimir is played with Lucian on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Lucian. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Lucian.
Moreover, when Vladimir plays with Lucian on the same side, he often takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that Lucian does a poor job of protecting Vladimir in team fights.
Synergies between Vladimir and Lucian
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Is Vladimir better when played alongside Lucian?
There is no one best synergy for Vladimir that will always be his best ally. Yet, overall, Lucian is a not very good teammate for Vladimir. By locking into the same team as Vladimir, he decreases their win rate by -1.7% to 48.3%. This proves that there is a harmful synergy between Vladimir and Lucian that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Lucian has a lower difficulty than Vladimir. That means you don't need to be careful when arranging Lucian comrades to fight alongside, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to be able to work well with you.
When playing on the same side, Vladimir players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magic damage. Combined, these champions can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
Although, by aligning Vladimir and Lucian together, you will not be granting your other allies a lot of support. Make sure to have other champs on your team that helps cover this relative disparity in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of your Lucian ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Vladimir in order to synergize with Lucian during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to master some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The most important items to focus on in your Vladimir and Lucian synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Cosmic Drive, and Shadowflame. When Vladimir included at least these three great items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Lucian than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Vladimir boasted an average win rate of 48.3% when playing alongside Lucian with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating your oponents, Vladimir players should use the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for this team composition, this mix of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.3% winrate overall.
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