Lucian vs Vayne
How to Beat Vayne as Lucian
based on 13,148 Lucian vs Vayne matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lucian vs Vayne Matchup Summary
Best Lucian vs Vayne Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vayne as Lucian
Tips for Playing as Lucian against Vayne
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 Vayne
Deny Vayne the opportunity to pin you against walls.
Vayne is fragile - turn the pressure up on her and she will be forced to play cautiously.
Lucian vs Vayne Counter Stats
How to Counter Vayne with Lucian in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize some significant Lucian vs. Vayne matchup statistics that may help you interpret the differences and similarities between the two. Lucian’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Vayne’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Lucian may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Vayne..
Lucian often has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Vayne. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lucian and Vayne
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Who is Better, Lucian or Vayne?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Lucian usually fairs equally well when facing off against Vayne, with a 49.4% win rate. As a result, Lucian makes an ok counter for Vayne.
While Lucian does have a lower winrate than Vayne, when on opposite teams, Lucian also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Lucian into Vayne.
Moreover, Lucian has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vayne. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Lucian vs Vayne matchups, Vayne is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Lucian is a somewhat poor counter for Vayne. Focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Lucian against Vayne.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Lucian in order to counter Vayne during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lucian on average racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Vayne. Champs who typically don't get much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Lucian versus Vayne build include Infinity Edge, Stormrazor, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Lucian used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Vayne than with many other typical builds. In fact, Lucian boasted an average win rate of 49.4% battling Vayne with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Vayne as Lucian, you should take the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Lucian vs Vayne matchups, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.4% winrate overall.
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