Neeko vs Lucian
How to Beat Lucian as Neeko
based on 6,334 Neeko vs Lucian matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Neeko vs Lucian Matchup Summary
Best Neeko vs Lucian Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lucian as Neeko
Tips for Playing as Neeko against Lucian
You can set her passive to use hotkeys in the options menu. The default is Shift+F1~F5
Try to use Inherent Glamour sparingly, ineffective uses will put enemies on the alert.
Advice to Win Against Lucian
Lucian cannot change the aim of The Culling. Take advantage of this by avoiding the angle of the bullets.
Lucian has strong burst, but little sustained damage.
Piercing Light does not give Lucian extra Attack Range. He still needs to find a target in range to line up his shot. Avoid Piercing Light by anticipating the angle Lucian will choose.
Neeko vs Lucian Counter Stats
How to Counter Lucian with Neeko in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore some critical Neeko vs. Lucian counter stats that may help you distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. Neeko’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Lucian’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Neeko may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Lucian..
Neeko normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her matchup does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Lucian. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Neeko and Lucian
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Who is Better, Neeko or Lucian?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Neeko usually wins when facing off against Lucian, with a 51.0% win rate. As a result, Neeko makes a good counter to Lucian.
While Neeko does have a higher winrate compared to Lucian, when facing one another, Neeko also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less challenging character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Neeko into Lucian.
Moreover, Neeko also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Lucian. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Neeko vs Lucian matchups, Neeko 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 teamfights.
Neeko is a decent counter to Lucian. Focus your gameplay on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Neeko against Lucian.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Neeko in order to counter Lucian during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Neeko typically racks up less CS compared to Lucian. Champions who typically don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Neeko versus Lucian build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Neeko bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better countering Lucian than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Neeko boasted an average winrate of 51.0% when countering Lucian with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of annihilating Lucian as Neeko, you should use the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Neeko vs Lucian counters, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.0% win rate overall.
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