Lucian vs Galio
How to Beat Galio as Lucian
based on 6,199 Lucian vs Galio matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lucian vs Galio Matchup Summary
Best Lucian vs Galio Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Galio as Lucian
Tips for Playing as Lucian against Galio
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 Galio
Galio cannot traverse walls with Justice Punch.
Galio moves slower when he is charging Shield of Durand.
Hero's Entrance can be interrupted before Galio jumps into the air.
Lucian vs Galio Counter Stats
How to Counter Galio with Lucian in LoL
The stats provided here underscore several influential Lucian against Galio counter statistics that may help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Lucian’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Galio’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Lucian may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Galio..
Lucian usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes less damage than Galio. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lucian and Galio
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Who is Better, Lucian or Galio?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Lucian usually loses when trying to fight Galio, with a 47.7% win rate. Therefore, Lucian makes a poor counter for Galio.
While Lucian does have a lower winrate compared to Galio, when facing one another, Lucian also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Lucian into Galio.
Additionally, Lucian also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Galio. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Lucian vs Galio matchups, Galio is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Lucian is a terribly counter to Galio. Focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Lucian against Galio.
Other Champion Matchups Against Lucian
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How We Calculated Our Lucian vs Galio Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Lucian to counter Galio during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lucian often racks up a similar amount of CS as Galio. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Lucian versus Galio build include Guardian Angel, Kraken Slayer, and Navori Quickblades. When Lucian incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did much better when fighting Galio than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Lucian boasted an average winrate of 47.7% when playing against Galio with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Galio as Lucian, you should use 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 that we analyzed for Lucian vs Galio fights, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.7% winrate overall.
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