Ryze vs Lucian
How to Beat Lucian as Ryze
based on 2,201 Ryze vs Lucian matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ryze vs Lucian Matchup Summary
Best Ryze vs Lucian Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lucian as Ryze
Tips for Playing as Ryze against Lucian
Spell Flux's short cooldown allows it to be used to spread Flux to many enemies.
Use Overload's passive to optimize for maximum damage or maximum speed.
Ryze can move and cast other spells while Realm Warp is charging without cancelling the portal.
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.
Ryze vs Lucian Counter Stats
How to Counter Lucian with Ryze in LoL
The stats provided here underscore some vital Ryze vs. Lucian matchup stats that can help us appreciate the differences between the two. As an example, Ryze’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Lucian’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Ryze may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Lucian..
Ryze typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives more damage than Lucian. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Ryze and Lucian
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Who is Better, Ryze or Lucian?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Ryze usually fairs equally well when playing against Lucian, with a 49.8% win rate. Thus, Ryze makes an ok counter for Lucian.
While Ryze does have a lower win rate compared to Lucian, when on opposite teams, Ryze also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Ryze into Lucianas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Ryze has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Lucian. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Ryze vs Lucian matchups, Lucian is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Ryze is a somewhat poor counter for Lucian. Focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Ryze against Lucian.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Ryze in order to counter Lucian during both the early game 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 tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ryze most often gets a similar amount of CS compared to Lucian. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Ryze versus Lucian build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Cosmic Drive, and Rod of Ages. When Ryze combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better against Lucian than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Ryze boasted an average winrate of 49.8% when playing against Lucian with this build.
To have the greatest probability of beating Lucian as Ryze, Ryze players should equip the Phase Rush, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Ryze vs Lucian face-offs, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.8% winrate overall.
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