Lucian vs Ivern
How to Beat Ivern as Lucian
based on 2,663 Lucian vs Ivern matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lucian vs Ivern Matchup Summary
Best Lucian vs Ivern Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ivern as Lucian
Tips for Playing as Lucian against Ivern
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 Ivern
Be careful when fighting Ivern alone if he has Daisy ready to help!
Ivern's brush has a long duration. Watch out for ambushes!
Ivern can be deceptively slippery. Be careful chasing him too far.
Lucian vs Ivern Counter Stats
How to Counter Ivern with Lucian in LoL
The stats provided here highlight some important Lucian against Ivern counter stats that may help us interpret the distinctions between this set of champions. Lucian’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Ivern’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Lucian may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Ivern. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Lucian often has a much larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he receives more damage than Ivern. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lucian and Ivern
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Who is Better, Lucian or Ivern?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Lucian usually loses when playing against Ivern, with a 47.4% win rate. Thus, Lucian makes a poor counter to Ivern.
While Lucian does have a lower win rate than Ivern, when facing one another, Lucian also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex character to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Lucian into Ivern.
Furthermore, Lucian has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ivern. 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 overall in League of Legends, in Lucian vs Ivern matchups, Ivern is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Lucian is a terribly counter for Ivern. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Lucian against Ivern.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Lucian to counter Ivern during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lucian most often racks up much more CS as Ivern. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Lucian versus Ivern build consist of Lord Dominik's Regards, Rapid Firecannon, and Kraken Slayer. When Lucian incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better vs. Ivern than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Lucian had an average win rate of 47.4% when countering Ivern with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of beating Ivern 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 that we analyzed for Lucian vs Ivern face-offs, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.4% win rate overall.
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