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!
He gains speed while chasing in a straight line, but taking damage makes him lose that momentum.
Try to get inside his orbit, since his stars can't hurt you up close.
His stars disappear while stunned or silenced, giving you an easy opportunity to fight him.
His Starsurge ability can grow to cover a huge area - don't stay in the same place too long!
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several critical Lucian against Aurelion Sol counter stats that may help you realize the differences between the two. Lucian’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Aurelion Sol’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Lucian may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Aurelion Sol..
Lucian usually has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Aurelion Sol. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Lucian usually fairs equally well when facing off against Aurelion Sol, with a 49.9% win rate. Therefore, Lucian makes an ok counter for Aurelion Sol.
While Lucian does have a lower win rate than Aurelion Sol, when facing one another, Lucian also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Lucian into Aurelion Sol.
Moreover, Lucian also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Aurelion Sol. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Lucian vs Aurelion Sol matchups, Aurelion Sol is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Lucian is a somewhat poor counter for Aurelion Sol. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Lucian against Aurelion Sol.
If you would like to truly master Lucian in order to counter Aurelion Sol during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lucian often racks up a similar amount of CS as Aurelion Sol. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Lucian versus Aurelion Sol build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Bloodthirster, and Navori Quickblades. When Lucian used at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better against Aurelion Sol than with most other common item sets. In fact, Lucian boasted an average win rate of 49.9% when countering Aurelion Sol with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Aurelion Sol as Lucian, you should take 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 combinations we have analyed for Lucian vs Aurelion Sol LoL games, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.9% winrate overall.
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