Taliyah vs Lucian
How to Beat Lucian as Taliyah
based on 2,803 Taliyah vs Lucian matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Taliyah vs Lucian Matchup Summary
Best Taliyah vs Lucian Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lucian as Taliyah
Tips for Playing as Taliyah against Lucian
Remember, you don't always have to ride Weaver's Wall.
Try to throw enemies into Unraveled Earth using Seismic Shove.
Once you have Rylai's Crystal Scepter, casting Threaded Volley at enemies chasing you is a great way of making them regret everything.
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.
Taliyah vs Lucian Counter Stats
How to Counter Lucian with Taliyah in LoL
The stats shown here clarify several critical Taliyah against Lucian matchup statistics that may help us interpret the differences and similarities between this set of champions. As an example, Taliyah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Lucian’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Taliyah may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Lucian..
Taliyah typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her opponent does. Commonly, she takes a similar amount of damage to Lucian. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Taliyah and Lucian
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Who is Better, Taliyah or Lucian?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Taliyah usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Lucian, with a 50.4% win rate. Thus, Taliyah makes an ok counter to Lucian.
While Taliyah does have a higher win rate compared to Lucian, when facing one another, Taliyah also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less challenging character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Taliyah into Lucian.
Furthermore, Taliyah has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Lucian. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Taliyah vs Lucian matchups, Taliyah is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Taliyah is a decent counter to Lucian. Focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Taliyah against Lucian.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Taliyah to counter Lucian during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Taliyah typically accumulates less CS relative to Lucian. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to have in your Taliyah versus Lucian build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Shadowflame. When Taliyah incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better versus Lucian than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Taliyah boasted an average win rate of 50.4% when playing against Lucian with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating Lucian as Taliyah, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Taliyah vs Lucian counterpicks, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.4% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Lucian as Taliyah are given for all skill levels combined. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to an individual rank, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.