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!
Command: Protect can be used on yourself to return the Ball back to you quickly. Combine this with Command: Attack for a quick harassment.
Command: Dissonance is a very powerful escape tool if Orianna has the Ball. The combination of speed and leaving a slowing obstacle can be quite powerful.
Command: Shockwave can be used to drag enemies towards you or away from you if you position the Ball properly.
The Lucian Orianna synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Orianna, 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 Orianna. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Orianna helps Lucian perform poorer in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Lucian is paired with Orianna, he gets a small increase in his complete damage dealt. This could indicate that Orianna provides protection for him to deal more damage or that her support also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Lucian is played alongside Orianna on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Orianna. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Orianna.
Moreover, when Lucian plays with Orianna on the same side, he typically takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Orianna does a decent job of covering Lucian during teamfights.
There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Lucian that will no matter what be his #1 synergy. Yet, Orianna is a relatively poor teammate for Lucian. By being on the same side as Lucian, she drops their win rate by -2.1% to 46.7%. This shows that there is a harmful synergy between Lucian and Orianna that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Orianna has a greater difficulty than Lucian. That means Lucian players should be cautious when arranging Orianna teammates to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to fight well with you.
Working on the same side, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Conversely, by pairing Lucian and Orianna together, you will not be granting your team a lot of protection for burst damage. Plan to pick other champions on your team that nullifies this gap in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of your Orianna ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
If you would like to truly master Lucian to work well with Orianna 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 mind the build and tips presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The ideal items to focus on in your Lucian and Orianna 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 significantly better when fighting alongside Orianna than with many other typical builds. In fact, Lucian had an average winrate of 46.7% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Orianna with this build.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing your oponents, Lucian players should use 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. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for this team composition, this blending of runes yielded the top win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 46.7% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Orianna with Lucian are given for all ranked divisions. To narrow the statistics and builds to an individual rank, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.