Lucian with Olaf
How to Synergize Lucian and Olaf
based on 1,998 Lucian with Olaf pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Lucian Olaf Synergy Summary
Best Lucian vs Olaf Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Lucian and Olaf
Tips for Playing as Lucian with Olaf
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 Olaf Will Play
Olaf can combine Berserker Rage, Vicious Strikes, and Ragnarok at low life to become deceptively strong.
The bonus healing granted by Vicious Strikes amplifies your Life Steal from all sources as well as heals from allies.
Lucian Olaf Synergy Stats
How to Play with Olaf as Lucian in LoL
The Lucian Olaf synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Olaf, 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 Olaf. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Olaf helps Lucian perform worse in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Lucian tries to synergize with Olaf, he gets a barely noticable drop in his total damage output. This could signal that Olaf doesn't help cover for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Lucian is played alongside Olaf on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Olaf. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Olaf.
Moreover, when Lucian plays with Olaf on the same team, he typically receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may mean that Olaf does a decent job of covering Lucian during teamfights.
Synergies between Lucian and Olaf
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Is Lucian better when played alongside Olaf?
There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Lucian that will no matter what be his #1 ally. Yet, overall, Olaf is a very typical companion for Lucian. By playing on the same side as Lucian, he drops their win rate by -0.6% to 48.2%. This clearly indicates that there is only a small bond between Lucian and Olaf that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Olaf has a much lower diffuclty than Lucian. That means you don't need to be careful when enlisting Olaf comrades to play with, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to fight well with you.
Playing on the same side, Lucian players should see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
In contrast, by aligning Lucian and Olaf together, you may not be providing your side very much magical damage output. Make sure to have other champions on your team that helps cover this relative hole in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Olaf ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should 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 synergize with Olaf during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to learn additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The top items to have in your Lucian and Olaf synergy build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Bloodthirster, and Navori Quickblades. When Lucian used at least these three great items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Olaf than with many other common builds. In fact, Lucian had an average win rate of 48.2% helping carry Olaf with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating 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 rune sets players picked for this team composition, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.2% win rate overall.
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