Delaying the activation of Undying Rage is a very effective way to make an enemy champion over-commit to trying to kill you.
If the enemy is stacking Armor, try building items like Last Whisper or Youmuu's Ghostblade.
Bloodlust is an excellent way to heal Tryndamere. Try not to let it fade off before you activate it.
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.
The stats provided here underscore several influential Tryndamere against Lucian matchup statistics that can help you explain the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Tryndamere’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Lucian’s ratio of NaN, showing that Tryndamere may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Lucian..
Tryndamere normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he takes more damage than Lucian. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Tryndamere usually fairs equally well when facing off against Lucian, with a 50.8% win rate. Therefore, Tryndamere makes an ok counter to Lucian.
While Tryndamere does have a higher winrate compared to Lucian, when on opposite teams, Tryndamere also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Tryndamere into Lucian.
Furthermore, Tryndamere has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lucian. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Tryndamere vs Lucian matchups, Tryndamere is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Tryndamere is a decent counter to Lucian. Focus your tactics on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Tryndamere against Lucian.
If you would like to truly master Tryndamere in order to counter Lucian during both the early game 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 pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Tryndamere on average racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Lucian. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills typically 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 skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The best items to have in your Tryndamere versus Lucian build consist of Wit's End, Blade of The Ruined King, and Navori Quickblades. When Tryndamere incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs. Lucian than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Tryndamere had an average win rate of 50.8% battling Lucian with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Lucian as Tryndamere, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Nimbus Cloak, and Transcendence runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Tryndamere vs Lucian clashes, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.8% winrate overall.
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