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!
Unbreakable gives Braum extremely strong directional defense, either wait until it is down or outposition the ability.
Braum must land Winter's Bite or a basic attack to start Concussive Blows. If you get marked, exit combat range before getting hit 3 more times to avoid the stun.
Braum's ultimate has a long cast time, use that extra time to dodge. Walking over the frozen ground left behind will slow you, position so that you don't need to cross it.
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore several vital Lucian versus Braum counter stats that may help us appreciate the differences and similarities between these two champions. For instance, Lucian’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Braum’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Lucian may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Braum. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Lucian usually has a much larger longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Braum. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Lucian usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Braum, with a 49.1% win rate. Therefore, Lucian makes an ok counter for Braum.
While Lucian does have a lower win rate compared to Braum, when facing one another, Lucian also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Lucian into Braum.
Furthermore, Lucian has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Braum. This often 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Lucian vs Braum matchups, Braum is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Lucian is a somewhat poor counter to Braum. Focus your actions on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Lucian against Braum.
To truly master Lucian in order to counter Braum during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lucian on average gets much more CS as Braum. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Lucian versus Braum build include Essence Reaver, Kraken Slayer, and Navori Quickblades. When Lucian bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Braum than with many other common item sets. In fact, Lucian boasted an average win rate of 49.1% battling Braum with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Braum as Lucian, you should take the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Lucian vs Braum battles, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.1% winrate overall.
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