Soraka vs Lucian
How to Beat Lucian as Soraka
based on 5,377 Soraka vs Lucian matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Soraka vs Lucian Matchup Summary
Best Soraka vs Lucian Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lucian as Soraka
Tips for Playing as Soraka against Lucian
Equinox can be used as a powerful zoning tool to keep enemies at bay.
You can use Wish on your allies from across the map to save them from otherwise fatal events.
Soraka is a powerful ally in battle, using her strong healing to keep the party moving forward.
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.
Soraka vs Lucian Counter Stats
How to Counter Lucian with Soraka in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show some critical Soraka against Lucian counter stats that can help you distinguish the differences and similarities between these two champions. For instance, Soraka’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Lucian’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Soraka may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Lucian. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Soraka normally has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her counter does. Typically, she receives less damage than Lucian. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Soraka and Lucian
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Who is Better, Soraka or Lucian?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Soraka usually fairs equally well when playing against Lucian, with a 50.3% win rate. As a result, Soraka makes an ok counter for Lucian.
While Soraka does have a higher winrate compared to Lucian, when they face off with one another, Soraka also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less complex champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Soraka into Lucian.
Additionally, Soraka also has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Lucian. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Soraka vs Lucian matchups, Soraka is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Soraka is a decent counter to Lucian. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Soraka against Lucian.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Soraka to counter Lucian during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Soraka often gets a lot less CS relative to Lucian. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Soraka versus Lucian build include Ardent Censer, Dream Maker, and Staff of Flowing Water. When Soraka included at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better against Lucian than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Soraka boasted an average win rate of 50.3% battling Lucian with this build.
To have the best probability of crushing Lucian as Soraka, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Revitalize, and Bone Plating runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Soraka vs Lucian counter picks, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.3% win rate overall.
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