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!
The stat comparisons shown here clarify several influential Lucian vs. Yuumi counter stats that can help us appreciate the differences between the pair. For instance, Lucian’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Yuumi’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Lucian may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Yuumi. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Lucian often has a much larger longest killing spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes more damage than Yuumi. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Lucian usually wins when trying to fight Yuumi, with a 54.8% win rate. Therefore, Lucian makes a great counter to Yuumi.
While Lucian does have a much higher winrate compared to Yuumi, when they face off with one another, Lucian also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Lucian into Yuumi.
Furthermore, Lucian also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Yuumi. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Lucian vs Yuumi matchups, Lucian is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Lucian is a great counter to Yuumi. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Lucian against Yuumi.
To truly master Lucian in order to counter Yuumi during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lucian often picks up much more CS compared to Yuumi. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Lucian versus Yuumi build include Rapid Firecannon, Essence Reaver, and Navori Quickblades. When Lucian included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs Yuumi than with most other typical builds. In fact, Lucian boasted an average winrate of 54.8% when playing against Yuumi with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of beating Yuumi 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. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Lucian vs Yuumi counters, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 54.8% win rate overall.
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