K'Sante vs Lucian
How to Beat Lucian as K'Sante
based on 4,068 K'Sante vs Lucian matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
K'Sante vs Lucian Matchup Summary
Best K'Sante vs Lucian Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lucian as K'Sante
Tips for Playing as K'Sante against Lucian
Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.
Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.
Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).
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.
K'Sante vs Lucian Counter Stats
How to Counter Lucian with K'Sante in LoL
The stats shown here highlight some influential K'Sante vs. Lucian matchup statistics that can help you grasp the distinctions between this set of champs. For instance, K'Sante’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Lucian’s ratio of NaN, indicating that K'Sante may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Lucian..
K'Sante typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than their opponent does. On average, they receives more damage than Lucian. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between K'Sante and Lucian
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Who is Better, K'Sante or Lucian?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, K'Sante usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Lucian, with a 49.1% win rate. Thus, K'Sante makes an ok counter to Lucian.
While K'Sante does have a lower winrate compared to Lucian, when on opposite teams, K'Sante also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes them a more complex character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking K'Sante into Lucianas their relative depth means you may not be able to reach their full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, K'Sante has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lucian. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in K'Sante vs Lucian matchups, Lucian is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
K'Sante is a somewhat poor counter to Lucian. Focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as K'Sante against Lucian.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of K'Sante to counter Lucian during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
K'Sante on average racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Lucian. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to have in your K'Sante versus Lucian build include Kaenic Rookern, Sunfire Aegis, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When K'Sante included at least these three pieces in their build, they did a lot better versus Lucian than with many other typical builds. In fact, K'Sante had an average winrate of 49.1% battling Lucian with this build.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Lucian as K'Sante, K'Sante players should take the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Second Wind, Overgrowth, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for K'Sante vs Lucian counterpicks, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.1% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Lucian as K'Sante are given for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to scope the stats and builds to a distinct player tier, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.