Lucian vs Illaoi
How to Beat Illaoi as Lucian
based on 3,949 Lucian vs Illaoi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lucian vs Illaoi Matchup Summary
Best Lucian vs Illaoi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Illaoi as Lucian
Tips for Playing as Lucian against Illaoi
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 Illaoi
Killing Tentacles whenever possible will make it much easier to win a fight against Illaoi.
When your spirit gets pulled out, fight back if you can. Dealing damage to Illaoi reduces the spirit's duration.
Avoid grouping up for Leap of Faith to reduce the number of Tentacles available to Illaoi.
Lucian vs Illaoi Counter Stats
How to Counter Illaoi with Lucian in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize several important Lucian against Illaoi matchup statistics that can help you explain the differences between this set of champions. Lucian’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Illaoi’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Lucian may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Illaoi..
Lucian usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes less damage than Illaoi. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lucian and Illaoi
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Who is Better, Lucian or Illaoi?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Lucian usually fairs equally well when facing off against Illaoi, with a 50.0% win rate. As a result, Lucian makes an ok counter to Illaoi.
While Lucian does have a higher win rate than Illaoi, when facing one another, Lucian also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Lucian into Illaoi.
Moreover, Lucian also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Illaoi. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Lucian vs Illaoi matchups, Illaoi 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 teamfights.
Lucian is a decent counter for Illaoi. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Lucian against Illaoi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Lucian to counter Illaoi during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lucian on average racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Illaoi. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of 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 use in your Lucian versus Illaoi build include Rapid Firecannon, Essence Reaver, and Navori Quickblades. When Lucian used at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs. Illaoi than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Lucian boasted an average winrate of 50.0% battling Illaoi with this build.
To have the highest chance of beating Illaoi as Lucian, Lucian players should use 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. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Lucian vs Illaoi battles, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.0% win rate overall.
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