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!
Trundle is very powerful at location-based combat. Try to draw him off of his Frozen Domain.
Make sure to get out of his Pillar of Ice as quickly as possible, as it significantly slows you down.
The stat comparisons provided here clarify some strategic Lucian against Trundle matchup stats that may help you explain the distinctions between the two. As an example, Lucian’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Trundle’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Lucian may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Trundle..
Lucian typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. Typically, he takes less damage than Trundle. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Lucian usually loses when facing off against Trundle, with a 46.7% win rate. Therefore, Lucian makes a poor counter for Trundle.
While Lucian does have a lower win rate compared to Trundle, when they face off with one another, Lucian also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Lucian into Trundle.
Moreover, Lucian has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Trundle. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Lucian vs Trundle matchups, Trundle is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Lucian is a trash counter for Trundle. Focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Lucian against Trundle.
If you would like to truly master Lucian in order to counter Trundle during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lucian most often gets a similar amount of CS compared to Trundle. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Lucian versus Trundle build include Bloodthirster, Stormrazor, and Navori Quickblades. When Lucian used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when facing Trundle than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Lucian had an average win rate of 46.7% when countering Trundle with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Trundle as Lucian, Lucian players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Lucian vs Trundle LoL games, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 46.7% win rate overall.
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