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Lucian with Katarina

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How to Synergize Lucian and Katarina

based on 8,145 Lucian with Katarina pairs
Win Rate
47.6 %
K/D/A
2.3
Pick Rate
3.5 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers download data from from millions of League rounds straight from Riot Games each week. Lucian has been on the same team as Katarina in 8145 recent, competitive games. By gathering so much accurate data from the creators of League, we are confident that we can produce robust, accurate builds to help Lucian synergize with Katarina. It is relatively rare for Lucian to play alongside Katarina as allies. This pairing has only taken place in approx. 3.5% of matches with Lucian.

Lucian Katarina Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Lucian does a dismal job of teaming up with Katarina. On average, he wins a lowly 47.6% of the time the champions try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to win more matches as Lucian when playing with Katarina by figuring out how to better synergize your playstyle with her, then check out the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Lucian vs Katarina Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordDoran's Blade

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloak of AgilityNoonquiver

Core Lucian Items

~22 Mins
BloodthirsterEssence ReaverKraken Slayer

Optional Items

Guardian AngelMaw of MalmortiusImmortal ShieldbowRapid Firecannon

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust summoner spell D
summonerflash summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionPress the AttackPresence of MindLegend: BloodlineCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearBiscuit Delivery
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Lucian's passive ability p
Lucian's q ability q
Lucian's w ability w
Lucian's e ability e
Lucian's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Synergizing Lucian and Katarina

Tips for Playing as Lucian with Katarina

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 Katarina Will Play

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.

Lucian Katarina Synergy Stats

Lucian Image
Win Rate
47.6 %
VS
Win Rate
52.4 %
Katarina Image
7.2
< Kills >
7.6
6.1
< Deaths >
6.3
6.8
< Assists >
6.5
1.67
< Killing Sprees >
1.77
185
< Minions Killed >
184
0.2
< Dragons Killed >
0.19
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.5
18,100
< Physical Damage >
18,704
2,541
< Magic Damage >
2,631
507
< True Damage >
539
21,148
< Damage Dealt >
21,875
20,598
< Damage Taken >
21,130
12,281
< Gold Earned >
12,432
2.36
< Towers >
2.33
0.06
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
4,888
< Total Healing >
4,973
12,619
< Experience >
12,716
19
< Vision Score >
19
9
< Wards Placed >
9
39
< Time Dealing CC >
40

How to Play with Katarina as Lucian in LoL

The Lucian Katarina synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Katarina, 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 large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Katarina. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Katarina helps Lucian perform poorer in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Lucian is an ally to Katarina, he gets a little drop in his complete damage output. This difference may indicate that Katarina doesn't help protection for him to deal more damage or that her presence also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Lucian is played together with Katarina on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Katarina.

Moreover, when Lucian plays with Katarina on the same team, he on average receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may indicate that Katarina does a decent job of covering Lucian during teamfights.

Synergies between Lucian and Katarina

Damage Types Compared

Lucian
Katarina
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Lucian
Katarina

Is Lucian better when played alongside Katarina?

There is no perfect synergy for Lucian that will always be his ideal synergy. However, Katarina is a not very good ally for Lucian. By playing on the same side as Lucian, she drops their win rate by -1.2% to 47.6%. This signals that there is a negative bond between Lucian and Katarina that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.

Katarina has a greater difficulty than Lucian. That means Lucian players should be very careful when enlisting Katarina teammates to fight alongside, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.

Fighting alongside, Lucian players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.

Conversely, by aligning Lucian and Katarina together, you may not be granting your team enough support. Make sure to pick other champs on your team that nullifies this relative hole in this pairing's playstyle.

Regardless of the ability of your Katarina ally, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Lucian Players

How We Calculated Our Lucian Katarina Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Lucian and Katarina, 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 Lucian with Katarina 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 Lucian in order to work well with Katarina during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The most crucial items to use in your Lucian and Katarina synergy build include Bloodthirster, Essence Reaver, and Kraken Slayer. When Lucian incorporated at least these three great items in his build, he did significantly better as an ally of Katarina than with most other typical builds. In fact, Lucian had an average win rate of 47.6% when playing alongside Katarina with these items in his kit.

To have the highest chance of coming out on top against your oponents, Lucian players should take the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for this champion pairing, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.6% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to synergize Katarina with Lucian are displayed for all ranked divisions combined. To filter the statistics and builds to a particular rank, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.