Veigar vs Lucian
How to Beat Lucian as Veigar
based on 7,164 Veigar vs Lucian matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Veigar vs Lucian Matchup Summary
Best Veigar vs Lucian Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lucian as Veigar
Tips for Playing as Veigar against Lucian
Veigar is extremely Mana and Cooldown Reduction dependent. Try buying items with these stats in order to increase the effectiveness of your passive and Baleful Strike.
Veigar is very fragile. It is valuable to select at least one summoner spell that can be used defensively.
Use Event Horizon to increase your chances of landing Dark Matter.
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.
Veigar vs Lucian Counter Stats
How to Counter Lucian with Veigar in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show several strategic Veigar versus Lucian matchup statistics that can help you realize the differences between this pair of champs. For instance, Veigar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Lucian’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Veigar may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Lucian..
Veigar normally has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Lucian. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Veigar and Lucian
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Who is Better, Veigar or Lucian?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Veigar usually wins when playing against Lucian, with a 51.3% win rate. As a result, Veigar makes a good counter to Lucian.
While Veigar does have a higher winrate compared to Lucian, when they face off with one another, Veigar also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Veigar into Lucianas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Veigar also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lucian. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Veigar vs Lucian matchups, Veigar is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Veigar is a decent counter for Lucian. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Veigar against Lucian.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Veigar 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Veigar typically racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Lucian. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Veigar versus Lucian build include Cryptbloom, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Veigar bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs. Lucian than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Veigar had an average winrate of 51.3% battling Lucian with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Lucian as Veigar, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Veigar vs Lucian counterpicks, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.3% winrate overall.
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