Lucian vs Draven
How to Beat Draven as Lucian
based on 8,180 Lucian vs Draven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lucian vs Draven Matchup Summary
Best Lucian vs Draven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Draven as Lucian
Tips for Playing as Lucian against Draven
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!
Advice to Win Against Draven
Disrupt Draven with the goal of making him drop his axes. If you do, his power drops dramatically.
Launch skillshots toward the landing position of Draven's Spinning Axes.
Lucian vs Draven Counter Stats
How to Counter Draven with Lucian in LoL
The stats shown on this page show some critical Lucian against Draven matchup stats that may help us grasp the distinctions between this pair of champs. Lucian’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Draven’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Lucian may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Draven..
Lucian usually has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Draven. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Lucian and Draven
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Who is Better, Lucian or Draven?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Lucian usually fairs equally well when playing against Draven, with a 49.7% win rate. As a result, Lucian makes an ok counter to Draven.
While Lucian does have a lower win rate than Draven, when on opposite teams, Lucian also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Lucian into Draven.
Additionally, Lucian has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Draven. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Lucian vs Draven matchups, Draven is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Lucian is a somewhat poor counter to Draven. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Lucian against Draven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Lucian to counter Draven during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lucian on average gets a similar amount of CS as Draven. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Lucian versus Draven build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Essence Reaver, and Kraken Slayer. When Lucian included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better versus Draven than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Lucian had an average win rate of 49.7% when countering Draven with this counter build.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Draven as Lucian, you should equip 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. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Lucian vs Draven LoL games, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.7% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Draven as Lucian are given for all ranked divisions. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to an individual rank, you can use the selection menu located earlier on the page.