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Katarina with Lucian

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How to Synergize Katarina and Lucian

based on 8,145 Katarina with Lucian pairs
Win Rate
47.6 %
K/D/A
2.24
Pick Rate
6.1 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers take in data from from millions of League matches directly from Riot Games each and every week. Katarina has fought alongside Lucian in 8145 recently played, competitive games. By pooling so much relevant data from the hosts of League of Legends, we have complete confidence that we can give you high quality, usable builds to help Katarina synergize with Lucian. It is somewhat uncommon for Katarina to play alongside Lucian as allies. This has only occurred in approx. 6.1% of rounds with Katarina.

Katarina Lucian Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Katarina does a dismal job of fighting on the same side as Lucian. Usually, she wins a dismal 47.6% of the time the champions appear on the same team. If you want to play better as Katarina when fighting on the same team as Lucian by figuring out how to better synergize your play style with him, then check out the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Katarina vs Lucian Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Aether WispHextech Alternator

Core Katarina Items

~22 Mins
Lich BaneNashor's ToothStormsurge

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapVoid StaffZhonya's HourglassShadowflame

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Katarina to level upq
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Second ability for Katarina to level upe
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Last skill for Katarina to max outw

Runes

DominationElectrocuteSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Tenacity
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Katarina's passive ability p
Katarina's q ability q
Katarina's w ability w
Katarina's e ability e
Katarina's ultimate ability r
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Q
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E
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W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Katarina and Lucian

Tips for Playing as Katarina with Lucian

Picking up Daggers will significantly reduce Shunpo's cooldown.

Try waiting until the other team is distracted with fighting your team, and use Shunpo to teleport into the fray and unleash a devastating Death Lotus.

Using Shunpo on an allied Champion, Dagger, or minion can be a great escape tactic.

Advice to Understand How Lucian Will Play

For optimal burst, try to combine Relentless Pursuit into Piercing Light.

Ardent Blaze actually explodes in a star pattern. Try to line it up so the spokes hit enemy champions.

Because of Lightslinger, Lucian benefits more from Attack Damage than he does from Attack Speed.

Once you have chosen an angle for The Culling, you cannot change it. Pick your moment well!

Katarina Lucian Synergy Stats

Katarina Image
Win Rate
47.6 %
VS
Win Rate
52.4 %
Lucian Image
9.7
< Kills >
9.7
6.8
< Deaths >
6.9
5.5
< Assists >
5.7
2.17
< Killing Sprees >
2.17
159
< Minions Killed >
156
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.35
< Inhibitors >
0.35
2,030
< Physical Damage >
2,139
21,502
< Magic Damage >
21,329
976
< True Damage >
975
24,509
< Damage Dealt >
24,444
24,888
< Damage Taken >
24,981
12,269
< Gold Earned >
12,273
1.48
< Towers >
1.48
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
3,317
< Total Healing >
3,393
14,164
< Experience >
14,170
16
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
37
< Time Dealing CC >
36

How to Play with Lucian as Katarina in LoL

The Katarina Lucian synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Lucian, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Katarina sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Lucian. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Lucian helps Katarina perform not as well in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Katarina tries to synergize with Lucian, she observes a little increase in her full damage dealt. This change may signal that Lucian provides protection for her to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Katarina is played together with Lucian on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Lucian.

Moreover, when Katarina plays with Lucian on the same side, she typically receives a little less damage than when she plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could mean that Lucian does a decent job of covering Katarina in teamfights.

Synergies between Katarina and Lucian

Damage Types Compared

Katarina
Lucian
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Katarina
Lucian

Is Katarina better when played alongside Lucian?

There is no top ally for Katarina that will no matter what be her top synergy. Yet, Lucian is a not very good companion for Katarina. By being on the same team as Katarina, he drops their win rate by -1.2% to 47.6%. This shows that there is a negative bond between Katarina and Lucian that allows them to perform worse together than alone.

Lucian has a lower difficulty than Katarina. That means Katarina players don't need to be careful when arranging Lucian comrades to play with, as they will require a lower level of skill to be able to play well with you.

Working together, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. Combined, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.

Conversely, by bringing Katarina and Lucian together, you may not be granting your team much utility. Make sure to include other champions on your team that fills this relative gap in their kit.

Regardless of the skill of your Lucian ally, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Katarina Players

How We Calculated Our Katarina Lucian Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Katarina and Lucian, we analyzed 8,145 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Katarina with Lucian comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To learn all of the intricacies of Katarina in order to pair well with Lucian during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to pick up additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly.

The most important items to focus on in your Katarina and Lucian synergy build include Lich Bane, Nashor's Tooth, and Stormsurge. When Katarina incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better when fighting alongside Lucian than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Katarina boasted an average win rate of 47.6% when playing alongside Lucian with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest probability of defeating your oponents, you should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Triumph, and Legend: Tenacity runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for this champion pairing, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.6% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to synergize Lucian with Katarina are displayed for every ranked division. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to an individual division, you can use the selection menu located earlier on the page.