Lucian with Heimerdinger
How to Synergize Lucian and Heimerdinger
based on 2,643 Lucian with Heimerdinger pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Lucian Heimerdinger Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Lucian and Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Lucian with Heimerdinger
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!
Advice to Understand How Heimerdinger Will Play
Spreading out Hextech Micro-Rockets leads to more reliable damage and more efficiency against multiple targets, but focusing it creates the biggest impact.
The success of Electron Storm Grenade is very important to Heimerdinger's survival. The slow and stun both are capable of keeping enemies in place long enough to punish them, but it is also the first line of defense against a surprise attack.
Turret placement can be a deciding factor in a battle. Against most enemies turrets are best when they can support each other, but if the enemy has a lot of area of effect damage your turrets can be destroyed quickly. Placing turrets in brush can lead to a surprise attack in your favor.
Lucian Heimerdinger Synergy Stats
How to Play with Heimerdinger as Lucian in LoL
The Lucian Heimerdinger synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Heimerdinger, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Lucian sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Heimerdinger. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Heimerdinger helps Lucian perform poorer in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Lucian is paired with Heimerdinger, he observes a little decrease in his complete damage output. This difference may indicate that Heimerdinger does not help protection for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Lucian is played alongside Heimerdinger on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Heimerdinger.
Additionally, when Lucian plays with Heimerdinger on the same side, he typically receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Heimerdinger does a poor job of protecting Lucian in team fights.
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Is Lucian better when played alongside Heimerdinger?
There is no top companion for Lucian that will no matter what be his #1 synergy. Yet, Heimerdinger is a relatively poor companion for Lucian. By locking into the same side as Lucian, he lowers their win rate by -1.5% to 47.3%. This signals that there is a bad bond between Lucian and Heimerdinger that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Heimerdinger has a greater difficulty than Lucian. That means Lucian players need to be very careful when lining up Heimerdinger allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Working cooperatively, Lucian players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magical damage. Together, these champions can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
In contrast, by aligning Lucian and Heimerdinger together, you probably will not be giving your side enough crowd control. We recommend you have other champions on your team that helps cover this relative gap in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Heimerdinger ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Lucian in order to pair well with Heimerdinger during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The ideal finished items to have in your Lucian and Heimerdinger synergy build consist of Rapid Firecannon, Stormrazor, and Navori Quickblades. When Lucian used at least these three finished items in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Heimerdinger than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Lucian boasted an average win rate of 47.3% helping carry Heimerdinger with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of defeating your oponents, you should use the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for this champion pairing, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.3% win rate overall.
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