Gwen vs Lucian
How to Beat Lucian as Gwen
based on 4,954 Gwen vs Lucian matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gwen vs Lucian Matchup Summary
Best Gwen vs Lucian Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lucian as Gwen
Tips for Playing as Gwen against Lucian
Gwen can still damage enemies outside her Hallowed Mists, especially with her Ultimate's range.
Some of Gwen's Abilities can apply her passive to multiple enemies, so aim them at groups to get maximum damage and healing.
Always be Attacking - In addition to dealing bonus damage, Gwen's Attacks empower or reset many of her Abilities.
Advice to Win Against Lucian
Lucian cannot change the aim of The Culling. Take advantage of this by avoiding the angle of the bullets.
Lucian has strong burst, but little sustained damage.
Piercing Light does not give Lucian extra Attack Range. He still needs to find a target in range to line up his shot. Avoid Piercing Light by anticipating the angle Lucian will choose.
Gwen vs Lucian Counter Stats
How to Counter Lucian with Gwen in LoL
The stats provided here underscore several critical Gwen vs. Lucian matchup statistics that can help us appreciate the differences and similarities between these two champs. As an example, Gwen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Lucian’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Gwen may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Lucian..
Gwen often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her enemy does. Commonly, she takes more damage than Lucian. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Gwen and Lucian
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Who is Better, Gwen or Lucian?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Gwen usually loses when taking on Lucian, with a 48.3% win rate. As a result, Gwen makes a poor counter for Lucian.
While Gwen does have a lower winrate than Lucian, when on opposite teams, Gwen also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Gwen into Lucian.
Furthermore, Gwen also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Lucian. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Gwen vs Lucian matchups, Lucian is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Gwen is a somewhat poor counter to Lucian. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Gwen against Lucian.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Gwen to counter Lucian during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gwen usually accumulates a similar amount of CS as Lucian. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Gwen versus Lucian build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Cosmic Drive, and Riftmaker. When Gwen incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better countering Lucian than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Gwen had an average win rate of 48.3% when playing against Lucian with these items in her kit.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Lucian as Gwen, you should take the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Gwen vs Lucian battles, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.3% winrate overall.
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