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PROS + Can be blind picked + Scales well + Good for duoq + Amazing peel + Unmatched single target protection + Can both engage (with help of allies) or disengage + Amazing against assasins and divers (can shutdown a fed carry like Irelia) + Good laugh spam + Item and rune diversity + Can use E on enemy to grant True Sight (good vs stealth) + Good at fixing bad positioning + Makes the ADC role more fun (Lulu who peels for ADC is their wet dream) + Good roaming potential for an enchanter

CONS - Consumes mana really fast when aggressive in lane - Struggles against long range champions both in lane and in game - Doesn't have the best synergy with every botlaner (best with attack speed ADCs) - Peel becomes slightly worse if ADC (or other attack speed based carry) is behind, because it's better for attack speed champions - No sustain without Renewer - Squishy - Needs a frontliner to work at her full potential - If everyone in your team is behind, you can't make aggressive plays

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• Can be blind pickedLulu is a good pick in any situations. While I'm not saying she is always the best possible option, you can play her anytime you want, especially in those tricky situations where you haven't seen what your enemies picked yet. She is also really good when you see one or two enemies picked, since if it's an assasin or diver, you can pick Lulu and be certain to be useful that game. Also, when you pick Lulu before your opponents, it will make the OTP Rengar's and Zed's think twice before locking in.

• Scales wellLulu has a lot of damage before level 6 and can take over the lane. After that, champions start to get more dangerous with abilities and items, and her damage starts to slowly fall off (unless you are running electrocute and aren't behind). Worry not though! Her scaling isn't about damage, but about insane buffs for your attack speed carry. Lulu already has great buffs without items, but when she gets them, she becomes even better, and if you individually aren't behind and have at least one person who is doing good on your team, enemy team will have a hard time killing them while they will get ripped to pieces. Press ctrl+4 for style points.

• Good for duoqSince Lulu focuses mainly on buffing one person (preferrably attack speed ADC), not only is it good to know that you can trust them, but you can also tell your duo to pick something attack speed based that works well with Lulu, like Vayne, Twitch or Kog'Maw. You will also avoid playing with players that don't prefer to play with an enchanter support, which can lead to an unpleasant experience.

• Amazing peel and protectionSince Lulu is an enchanter, she protects her team and carries by keeping them alive while they destroy enemies. Why should you play her over any other enchanter? Unlike the healers, she doesn't get countered by grievous wounds, which were buffed this preseason. She has unmatched single target protection, but that doesn't mean she can only buff one person - one of her most desirable mythics, Locket of the Iron Solari, gives armor and magic resistence to people around you and shields them on your active. And that's not the only AOE protection item, see more in the item section. As for her spells, she has the ability to completely get one person out of the fight for a few seconds with just point-and-click (polymorph), then she can shield and buff the damage of her allies with extra damage on their auto attacks, make someone large by giving them bonus health and slow and knock-up enemies around them, cancel dashes and slow people. The amount of tools she offers for protection is insane. If a carry is ahead and has Lulu by their side, it's very hard to shut them down.
A new item was introduced that deals bonus damage to shields. I feel like it's not a huge problem. Even if the shield breaks, you still give the bonus damage and have your polymorph, Q and R for huge amount of peel.

• Can both engage and disengageAs for engage, you will usually need your team's help unless you are very far ahead. Normally, you can speed someone up, shield them and then Q from them to help them set up a really good engage. You can also ult them for a huge knockup. Beware though, only do this if you won't need your abilities in the next few seconds (or the whole fight if you are considering ulting too). If you are ahead, you can do all of this by yourself. You can even flash into the enemies and ult yourself for the knockup if your team is extremely ahead and they only need someone to engage to win the fight.
Disengage is a bit more practical for Lulu than engage. If you see that a fight isn't going well and you are going to lose it, use your spells and items to get your team out. A few examples could be speeding up your carry so they can run away (prioritize the strongest carry who has a chance to get out), slowing enemies with Q and disrupting a dash with the knockup on your ultimate.
A great item for both engaging and disengaging is Shurelya's Battlesong. Sadly, it was made into a mythic, so you will usually only take it if engage or disengage is the main way for you to win the game, or if you don't need any other mythic.

• Amazing against assasins and diversThis one relates a lot to the "amazing peel and protection" point. Assasins specialize in killing an enemy as fast as possible and then getting out, while divers want to get into everyone's faces and destroy them. Both is very good for Lulu - her spells are kind of short ranged, but if the enemies have to get in your range to kill someone, it makes your job a lot easier. Your main tools for dealing with assasins and divers are ultimate and polymorph. You can just ult the carry that's getting targeted, which will knock up the enemy assasin or diver, possibly disrupting their combo. Polymorph is a bit more tricky though. For some champions like Irelia and Riven, you can just click on them and give your team time to damage them for free. But then there are champions who can cancel or block your polymorph. Some examples would be Zed ulting right when you click on him, which won't polymorph him, because he disappeares, same situation with Master Yi using Q when you click on him, or Yasuo windwalling your polymorph. More of these examples are explained in the "two tips for every champion" section.

• Good laugh spamCtrl+4

• Item and rune diversityEven in season 10, Lulu had a lot of options and besides Ardent being super strong on her, she could buy a lot of items and take different runes, all in different situations. With the introduction of new items, her diversity increased even more. She now doesn't buy Ardent first every game - actually, only rarely. Instead, she has 5 most optimal mythic options, and that's just the beginning. A lot of items fit her. Runes became a bit less diverse, since Presence of Mind is now pretty bad and Transcendence better than before. Still, she has more than just one option for keystone and a lot of options for her other rune choices. But if you are like me and love being able to build differently almost every game depending on what you need, then she is definitely going to fit you.
If you like the idea but are unsure about what to build, check out the item section.

• True SightLulu provides true sight by putting her E (Help, Pix!) on an enemy. This type of sight reveals champions, that go into stealth and can't be detected by standard vision like wards. This is good against champions like Evelynn, Pyke or Vayne (who goes invisible with her ultimate and tumble). True sight also provides standard sight, meaning if someone goes into a bush, you will still see them.

• Good at fixing bad positioningLulu can sometimes fix bad positioning or overextending of your team with her amazing disengage abilities. She can speed up whoever was in bad position, slow or knockup enemies or use items like Shurelya's if she has them. This can't be applied every single time. You must determine if helping your teammate will really save them. This will take a bit of practice, so focus on it, because a lot of the times, if you try to save your teammate who is in a really bad spot, you will both end up getting killed.

• Makes the ADC role more funADCs are getting one shot left and right, because they are fragile, so if anything a bit stronger than them gets on top of them, they will blow up. That makes a lot of ADC players tilted and want to /ff15. But, if they have a Lulu by they side who is keeping them safe so they can dish out damage, it will make the game more fun for most of them, which might even make them play better. And later in the game, if ADC is protected, they can dish out a lot of damage. Happy ADC = profit.

• Good roaming potentialNote that she has a good roaming potential for an enchanter. While yes, someone like Pyke or Alistar can set up ganks much better and Lulu doesn't compare to them, it doesn't mean she can't roam at all. She has multiple tools to make the gank worth - she can either save her ally who would otherwise get killed, or help them kill their laner by speeding them up and slowing the enemy. Lulu can also speed herself up with W so that she can move around the map faster than someone like Soraka would. And sometimes, even stopping by someone's lane and force the enemy off the wave is good if you have nothing better to do. If you are more interested about roaming and when you should do it, head to the roaming section.

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• Consumes mana fastLulu's mana isn't very high and you will run oom in the early game pretty fast before you buy your first mana regeneration items if you are using your spells often, both aggressively and offensively. Make sure to be careful with your mana and try to always have enough for at least one spell in case you need it to run away when you get ganked or engaged on.

• Struggles against long rangeLulu is pretty short ranged and has to get in range to poke or polymorph someone. If people can just keep their distance and punish Lulu whenever she tries to walk up, it makes her job very difficult. Furthemore, a lot of these long ranged champions are usually some that poke a lot, and since Lulu doesn't have any sustain besides Moonstone Renewer (which can be inconsistent if the mages are just poking you and not letting you touch them), she and her team can get poked out quite easily. Her main way of dealing with long range is to speed herself or her ally with polymorph to get in range faster than they can run and try to keep their distance.

• Doesn't have the best synergy with every botlanerAs mentioned at the start of this section, Lulu shines at her fullest potential when she has an attack speed ADC (or attack speed carry in general), so something like Vayne, Jinx or Twitch suits her kit and playstyle the most. She can still work with other ADCs such as Jhin or Ezreal or champions like Yasuo or Cassiopeia bot, but she becomes slightly worse with them, since they can't use her bonus damage on auto attacks that well. You can still protect them very well with your other buffs though.

• No sustain without RenewerLulu doesn't have any ways to sustain without Moonstone Renewer that was introduced as new mythic item this preseason. That means she is very susceptible to getting poked out herself and can't sustain her teammates much either without the item. The biggest problem about this is that not always will Renewer be optimal to buy. One way to get a bit of healing without having to waste the mythic spot on Renewer would be Redemption. If your team just won a fight and wants to push for more objectives (which is usually optimal), some sustain is really helpful, which might be another issue, since if you have Redemption, you usually use it in a fight, not after it.

• SquishyLulu is a squishy champion. This means that she can get killed easily, especially if she is in a bad position. You can overcome this con by being in a good position - out of danger but still in range to use your abilities. You might think that this shouldn't be a con, since she has so many tools to peel herself. While yes, it's true, wasting your abilities on yourself isn't optimal. Unless the enemies are just hard focusing you and not your carry, then you should try and protect mainly your teammates. You can become a bit tankier to make this con less worse by building Locket and Guardian set up, which is perfectly viable - if you are tankier, you won't need to waste your important spells on yourself.

• Best with a frontlinerLulu likes to stay back by the side of her carry, buffing people while staying relatively safe. If there is no one to stand behind though, it makes her job more difficult, plus you are lacking a true engage - Lulu can only engage by flashing in and ulting herself or speeding herself up and slowing people with Q, which can both be only done when your team is really ahead. She is better when she can support someone else's engage by speeding them up or ulting them, and since engage is important to start fights, it can be a real issue.
Not many people like playing tanks that can frontline and engage at the same time, but having a squishier engage like Fiddlesticks is alright too.

• Relies on having at least one carry aheadSince Lulu is an enchanter whose main focus is to buff her team (or better, her carry), if she has no one who can use her buffs to do something, she can become less useful. That doesn't mean she won't be useful at all - she can still disengage and help her team stall the game until they get their items, but the game will be much harder than if you had at least one person who is doing well.

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| Effect radius: 2 000 | Lulu is assisted by Pix, a faerie, who fires a barrage of 3 bolts to her target every time she uses a basic attack against an enemy, dealing 5 − 39 (based on level) (+ 5% AP) bonus magic damage with each bolt for a total of 15 − 117 (based on level) (+ 15% AP) bonus magic damage per basic attack. The bolts can be intercepted by enemies in the way of Lulu's target. Casting Help, Pix! on an ally champion transfers Pix's help to them for 6 seconds.• You deal bonus damage with auto-attacks. This is really good in lane if you can use it well. If you shield an ally, pix will go with them and assist their auto-attacks. • Pix’s bolts are blocked by other units like minions, so keep it in mind when trading. He also attacks from his own location, not from the location of a champion he's following. • Her passive is one of the reasons why she is so good with attack speed allies. • If you auto attack someone and Pix assist you, you get two procs for Spellthief's. • Pix's damage is counted towards the champion he is currently helping, so if your ADC is using him, it's boosting his damage chart. • Abilities that apply on-hit effects (like Runaan's Hurricane or Mystic Shot) aren't boosted by Pix.

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| Range: 925 | Cooldown: 7 | Cost: 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 mana | Lulu and Pix each fire a magic bolt towards the target point, dealing magic damage to the first enemy they pass through, reduced to 70% against enemies thereafter, and slowing them by 80%, decaying over 2 seconds. If an enemy is hit by both bolts, it will deal 25% bonus damage. Minions take 70% reduced damage.• You can easily poke with this by using E on enemy and then using Q, that makes it almost impossible to dodge. Just make sure Pix is firing through the enemy so it hits. • If you combine Q with E on a minion, you can extend its range and poke enemies from afar, but by doing that you lose more mana for less poke than if you used E on enemy, then Q. • In the past, if you shot Q through something like a minion, anything else hit after that was dealt reduced damage. That was removed in patch 10.25, though! So feel free to use the minions as cover while poking. • Hitting a target with both bolts deals bonus damage, so you should aim for it whenever possible. • Using E + Q on enemy can help your team catch up if you are chasing. This can be done from your ally too. • Pix fires his bolt from his own position. • Q's bolts can either crossfire, fire in parallel, or fire in opposite directions. • You can flash + Q and the Q will fire from where you are at the end of cast animation, making it really hard to predict. You will only use this in some situations, but it's still useful to know.

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| Range: 650 | Cooldown: 16 / 15 / 14 / 13 / 12 | Cost: 60 mana | Enemy cast: Lulu launches a spell on the target enemy champion, polymorphing them into a harmless critter. The polymorphed target is also disarmed and has their base movement speed reduced by 60. Ally cast: Lulu instantly casts erratic magic upon an ally champion or herself, giving the target attack speed and 30% (+ 5% per 100 AP) bonus movement speed for the next few seconds.• Very strong point and click CC when used on an enemy. If someone like Irelia or Renekton gets into your backline, polymorph them and they will be unable to attack or cast spells while also reducing their movement speed. • The movement speed reduction isn't affected by slow resistance. • Enemies turn into different creatures (Squill, Cupcake, Kitty, Dragon or Snowman) depending on Lulu's skin. • If you feel like you don't need the polymorph (or if you are chasing someone), use it on your ally to give them more movement speed and attack speed, increasing their damage, chasing and kiting potential. • Keep in mind this ability gets blocked by Yasuo's windwall and spells such as Zed's ultimate can cancel it.

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| Range: 650 | Cooldown: 8 | Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80 mana | Enemy cast: Lulu sends Pix to the target enemy, dealing magic damage and revealing them (granting True Sight) for 4 seconds. Ally cast: Lulu sends Pix to the target ally, shielding them for 2.5 seconds if they are a champion.• When you are trading, you need to think about how to use Lulu's E. If you think you can outpoke your enemy (deal more damage then they will deal in return), use it on them as damage. If they can do a lot of damage to you when you poke, shield yourself. Keep in mind that you can't trade with everyone, for example, just casually walking up to Brand to trade auto attacks isn't ideal (unless you can dodge his abilities or are running electrocute). • Using this on ally gives them Pix (Lulu's passive). • It's very easy to missclick this ability on enemy in a teamfight instead of shielding your ally. You can overcome this by clicking on the icon of ally you want to shield (typically the icons are on top of the map). • Pix will return to Lulu if the champion he's following is too far (more than 2 000 units), but the shield stays. • The damage E does can be blocked by Spell Shield or Riposte, but Pix will still go to the enemy, so you can Q from their location. • While it's nice that you can grant True Sight against some enemies who go into stealth, don't just do it because you can - ask yourself first if you won't need the shield part. • Even if the shield is broken, Pix will assist his ally for the full duration.

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| Range: 900 | Cooldown: 110 / 95 / 80 | Cost: 100 mana | Lulu enlarges the target allied champion or herself for 7 seconds, granting them bonus health, 40% increased size and an aura that slows nearby enemies for the duration. On activation, nearby enemies around the target are also knocked up for 0.75 seconds. The slow persists for 0.25 seconds after the enemy leaves range.• This is a really good tool against assasins (but it can be useful against divers too, especially someone like Master Yi who can normally cancel your polymorph, but not if you manage to knock him up with R first). Use R on your squishy ally that's getting targeted which will knock the enemy up and then follow up with polymorph. • Although this ability can save you when you missposition, try to save it mainly for your team and not yourself. • It can be used offensively by ulting your ally in the middle of the enemy team, which will knock them up (especially good if you have Yasuo who can follow up with R). • Wild Growth has no cast time. • You can interrupt channels (for example Xerath's R) with its knockup part. • Wild Growth's bonus health isn't decreased by Grievous Wounds but also isn't increased by Revitalize. • Even though Lulu's ult doesn't count as heal or shield, if her ally was at lower health than what she gave him with bonus health, they will "keep" the restored health even after ultimate ends (so after the duration ends, it won't let them keep more than their max HP), making it a heal that's not modified like a heal.

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• STANDARD MAXING ORDER •

1 E

2 Q

3 W

4 E

5 E

6 R

7 W

8 W

9 W

10 W

11 R

12 E

13 E

14 Q

15 Q

16 R

17 Q

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Level 1
You start Q if you think you can bully enemies level 1 without getting outpoked, E in other situations.
Level 2
Take either Q or E (the one you didn't take yet) if you aren't worried about your enemies all-inning you level 2, otherwise W and use it to prevent the all-in.
Level 3+
After you have your three abilities (Q, E, W), you want to have 3 points in your E, then max W, then finish maxing E and finally max Q. This way, you will have W maxed before level 11 - if you decided to put a point into E instead of W before level 11, you would delay your maxed W spike by two levels. Put point into R whenever you can. The reason for this maxing order is that you won't be using E as damage mostly after the laning phase (so the fact that by putting points into it you increase its damage doesn't matter that much) and while it's true that the shield strenght goes up with every point in E, the cooldown stays the same and mana cost goes up. That's not the case for your W though - by putting points into your W, you increase the attack speed you give to you ally, increase the duration of polymorph and the time your adc has the bonus attack speed and decrease its cooldown (which is really important, because your W is a very strong point and click CC). Also, the mana cost stays the same! That's why maxing W first is more beneficial, but we still put 3 points into E to make the shield more impactful. The only time I would consider maxing E first is when I both feel like I will need the stronger shield and can't use polymorph too much (meaning you can't get into range for it often for the decreased CD to matter). Q is maxed last because it only increases damage and also increases mana cost.


• ELECTROCUTE MAXING ORDER •

1 Q

2 E

3 W

4 Q

5 Q

6 R

7 Q

8 E

9 Q

10 E

11 R

12 W

13 W

14 W

15 W

16 R

17 E

18 E

Level 1
Since I wouldn't recommend taking electrocute into lanes that outrange you, you should start Q everytime with this build. It allows you to start being aggressive and dish out damage from level 1. You can trigger electrocute with any combination of two autoattacks and Q, preferred combo would be AA + Q + AA since it's the smoothest. More information in the combo section.
Level 2
When you hit level 2, you will usually want E second with this build, since it allows you to get your E + Q combo off. Take W second only if you absolutely need it to stop enemy engage or escape a level 2 gank.
Level 3+
At level 3, you will take the last basic ability you haven't taken yet and then max Q first for the additional burst. Trust me, you will hit a lot if you have Q maxed, Hextech Alternator and Electrocute ready. Then you will continue maxing abilities just like the standard build - having total of 3 points in E, then maxing W and then finishing E. This can change though. If you feel like you need polymorph a lot and don't need the stronger shield, then you can straight out max W second. On the other hand, if you are just completely stomping your enemies and want more damage to burst them, max E second. If you are not sure, just go for the sequence of Q first, 3 points in E, W second and then E, as that's the general one that works in any game. Also, don't forget to put a point into your R whenever you can.

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• Summon Aery is the perfect keystone for any enchanter support, and since Lulu is one of them, you will always want to take it when using the Sorcery tree. It has both offensive (damage on attacks and abilities) and defensive (shield) capabilities, so you can never go wrong with it. Aery can't be sent out until she returns to you, but it doesn't take very long. Phase Rush is only a for-fun rune if you wanna trade and run away, and Arcane Comet can only be good if you want more poke against lanes where you can consistently hit Q - since it slows, it will make hitting comet easier.

• When you take the Sorcery tree, you are usually looking to play more aggressively, and Manaflow Band supports that the best out of these three options, since it makes your mana pool larger and adds a bit of mana regeneration later. You could argue that Nullifying Orb might be good against double AP bot, but I feel like Manaflow is too important, since if there is double AP bot, you will need that mana to shield your ADC and help him dodge stuff with movement speed from Whimsy. It's the best against AP burst, so if there is more than 2 AP burst champions like Katarina or Akali, you might take it - just be aware that you will run oom faster than you might be used to.

• I really like Transcendence because it's basically free 5 ability haste at level 5 and another 5 ability haste at level 8. The reason why I like taking this even more than last season is that you get access to the ability haste ealier than the CDR before, and it's good to get ability haste from runes, since you might lack it if you don't build Renewer. Transcendence really shines after level 11, where after each takedown, your basic abilities will get their remaining cooldown reduced by 20 %, and casting more spells on Lulu is always good. Celerity is also not a bad choice, but that depends on if you like to roam around a lot or value faster scaling.

• I personally prefer Gathering Storm for more scaling and free AP, but Scorch provides some damage in the laning phase, and that "small damage" could be the difference between a kill and enemy escaping with low HP. If you are confident in your laning skills and know you win the matchup, take it, otherwise go for Gathering Storm. You could say this one depends more on the playstyle of an individual player and also matchup, since some matchups allow you to be more aggressive than others, making scorch either better or worse. Also consider taking scorch if it looks like the game won't be longer than 20 minutes thanks to a lot of early game snowballing champions.

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• This one doesn't change much. You will take double adaptive force almost everytime and then take either armor or MR depending on enemy team comp. If you see they are full AD / AP, then take two armor or two MR shards.

• You will take inspiration secondary if you think your lane opponents will trade back a lot and you will need the extra mana and sustain, plus you want to scale nicely into the late-game. I usually take Magical Footwear and Biscuit Delivery against all enchanters. You shouldn't take Magical Footwear if you think you can impact the map with early boots and roaming or if you will need the boots to dodge skillshots. In that case, instead of free boots, take Time Warp Tonic for extra movement speed when consuming a potion or biscuit and immediate 50 % effect after using it. Note, that Cosmic Insight no longer grants ability haste (cdr)! It only gives Summoner Spell and item active haste.

• Runepage with Summon Aery and resolve secondary isn't very common, but it's good in some situations where you are against engage, but feel like you will be able to poke a lot. I especially like this against Thresh, since I'm confident in the matchup to poke, but if he ever grabs me, I'm still a bit tankier. If you are facing someone like Thresh with a poke ADC (like Ezreal), take Second Wind instead of Bone Plating.

• These secondary runes are the best if you plan to roam a lot and you know you will be able to impact the map. Relentless Hunter gives you more out-of-combat movement speed to move around the map faster and get to where you need to be in the right time, while Zombie Ward allows you to get more wards on the map by taking the wards of enemies down, which is really good, since there will be a lot of situations when thanks to this, you won't need to waste your own wards on places that both red and blue side like to have their wards on. If you don't care about vision or you know not many people at your rank ward, you can take Eyeball Collection for some extra AP.

• Always take Guardian as your keystone when using the Resolve tree, the other ones are not good on Lulu, since they are more for self-protection rather than the protection of your carry. Guardian protects you as well as your ADC (or other ally outside of laning phase) and procs if you two are standing nearby - you don't have to stand on top though, there is an indicator to help you out with the range where you need to stay. Guardian was also changed recently and doesn't proc off small damage anymore, which made it even better.

• In this row, you want to take Font of Life. When you slow enemies with your Q or R, your team can then attack them to heal up. While it's nothing massive, it can help. Also, healing your team through Font of Life procs other things, like Ardent Censer, without you needing to shield the ally. Don't get baited by Shield Bash, Font of Life is much better.

• This one can be changed a lot. If you are going against engage champion like Leona, you want to take Bone Plating to be tankier when she gets on you and hopefully it saves your life. On the other hand, if your opponent is someone like Zyra or some other poke support, then take Second Wind. If you are against engage but you think that enemies would proc your Bone Plating often and randomly, you can take Second Wind. Lastly, Conditioning is a good choice if you want to take Resolve because of other enemies who are either in the jungle, mid or toplane, but don't need the increased tankiness from boneplating in lane.

• Take Revitalize for stronger heals and shield, especially on targets that are low on health. This will make your peel even better. Keep in mind that Revitalize doesn't affect the amount of HP you give to your ally by using R on them. Recently I tested Overgrowth and it's actually not terrible in the cases where people target you, since it makes you tankier and still able to use your spells on your ally. It's very hard to predict if the enemies will or won't target you though, so generally, Revitalize is a safer bet.

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• This one doesn't change much. You will take double adaptive force almost everytime and then take either armor or MR depending on enemy team comp. If you see they are full AD / AP, then take two armor or two MR shards.

• Just like in the Sorcery runepage, you will take inspiration secondary if you think your lane opponents will poke a lot and you will need the extra mana and sustain. Inspiration with Resolve tree is usually good if it's a hard poke lane like Brand or if the support is engage like Nautilus, but the ADC is a poke one like Ezreal. You will have the tankiness for when Nautilus engages, but also some sustain against Ezreal's poke. You might be wondering why do I recommend Cosmic Insight here and not on the Aery page? That's because you will need early boots to dodge skillshots in these lanes, so taking Magical Footwear would be really bad - you would get your boots too late. As for Cosmic Insight, even though it doesn't grant Ability Haste (previously CDR) anymore, it still grants item and especially summoner spell CDR, which is more valuable in these lanes, since they are generally more dangerous (which is why you take this Guardian page).

• This will be more common than taking Inspiration secondary with the Guardian page. First, you take Manaflow Band because it allows you to run oom a bit slower, and even in these lanse, you should be able to proc it from time to time with Q. You mostly take Sorcery secondary for Transcendence, though. It might be just my personal opinion, but I think it's really good, and it's definitely better than last season. You get access to the ability haste at level 5 and 8, which is much earlier, and then, at level 11, whenever you get a takedown (kill or assist), your basic abilities will reduce their remaining cooldown by 20 %.

• Electrocute is the main reason as to why go into domination tree at all and it's needed for the "electrocute build" to work. It offers some burst damage to your trade combo, making it hit even harder with your maxed Q. Note that you need to hit the enemy with 3 unique attacks or abilities within 3 seconds. If you AA twice and Q, that works procs electrocute too. After that, you need to wait around 20 seconds for it to come up. We don't take Dark Harvest because you take this against lanes that are weak early to bully and punish them, so taking a scaling rune over early game burst one wouldn't make much sense. Even if you plan to roam a lot, which is perfectly viable with this set up, Predator only helps in some situations, since you have speed up from W to get into their faces, and it would decrease your damage potential.

• To be completely honest, nothing just scream take me in this row. That doesn't mean nothing from it works though. You should usually take Cheap Shot, since it adds a bit more damage after someone has impaired movement or actions, meaning he's slowed, stunned, etc. Since you can slow and knock-up, you have some ways to proc it. The damage is also true damage. If you want a bit more sustain, you can opt for Taste of Blood. Do not take Sudden Impact since you have no way of using it.

• This one is debatable and mostly depends on your own playstyle and elo rather than viability. Zombie Ward gives you the ability to have better vision, since if you destroy enemy ward, zombie ward will spawn for 2 minutes without you having to place your own ward down. Note, it doesn't count towards your ward limit. Also, with each zombie ward spawned, you get extra AP - after placing the 10th zombie ward, you will get additional 10 AP. Since you need to destroy enemy vision, it may not be optimal in elos where people don't ward or if you don't care about vision much. Ghost Poro pretty much does the same thing, except instead of spawning after killing enemy ward, it spawns after your ward expires. This is if you care about vision but know that people in your elo don't ward much. Eyeball Collection also gives AP, but instead of relying on wards at all, it relies on you getting a takedown on champions. Choose based on this - Do you want more vision? No - Eyeball Collection, Yes - Do your enemies ward often? Yes - Zombie Ward, No - Ghost Poro. If you want a safe bet, I'd say go for Ghost Poro, but I prefer Zombie ward the most since it stays 1 minute longer than the poro and if enemies don't destroy it, it's usually in a better position to offer better vision of enemies.

• You should hunt your enemies relentlessly, thus Relentless Hunter is the best option. It offers you out of combat movement speed, making you able to buy Sorcerer's shoes if you are snowballing as well as make you roam a lot better overall - that also pairs well with recommended Zombie Ward. And since you do more damage than usual with this setup, roaming becomes even better, since you can finish off enemies alone. As for the other hunters, Ingenious won't be much of an use since you won't be building many active items with electrocute and it's best with Moonstone Renewer, Ravenous is only a bit of sustain and Ultimate would be better for normal, enchanter set up, since electrocute is based around taking over the early game with lane and roaming power.

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• This one doesn't change much. You will take double adaptive force almost everytime and then take either armor or MR depending on enemy team comp. If you see they are full AD / AP, then take two armor or two MR shards.

• Personally I like these two the most as secondary runes for Electrocute build. Manaflow Band helps you with mana problems and you can stack it easily, since you will be trading a lot. I wouldn't change this one if you are going for sorcery second. Next, I prefer Transcendence, because it helps you scale better with this early to mid game focused build. The ability haste and cooldown reduction of your base abilities on takedown feels really good. If you are sure the game won't be long based on the champions, or if you just want a bit more damage in lane, you can swap Transcendence for Scorch. It depends on what you prefer.

FLASH: As almost any other champion, you will always want to take flash. It can save you from bad situations as well as secure a kill on an enemy who is trying to get away. You can even flash into enemy team and use R on yourself as an engage, but only if you are really ahead and you know you can survive it (and you don't need R for your carries). Make sure that when you flash, it's worth it. That means either flashing to get a kill that will help you snowball the laning phase (best if you flash for it and not die after), or flashing away when it will save your life. It's not always easy to determine if you should flash or not. If you see that even if you flash, it won't save you, don't waste it. Sometimes it's better to flash away from danger early rather than waiting until you are low enough that even if you flash, enemies can finish you off. Other option is flashing forward to get in range for your spells, usually R and E. This is only worth it if you are saving your main carry or jungler before an objective AND you know both of you can survive it. Don't just give the enemy free kill by trying to save everyone, determine if you really can save them with flashing forward to protect them. IGNITE: You can take ignite for more laning pressure, especially if you plan to play aggressively. Ignite does true damage and can be a deciding factor in the early levels. If you have electrocute, you should always take it, on standard build, it's only optional if you think you will be able to use if effectively. You can also use it to reduce healing from someone like Soraka or Dr. Mundo. EXHAUST: Take this if you know you will be playing very defensively or if you think your spells, items and runes won't be enough to save your ally from enemy divers / assasins, or if you need to protect your whole team from big threats - exhausting a fed Katarina really makes a difference. Exhaust also helps chase after enemies if you already blew all of your spells. In lane, use it on enemy ADC if their duo is engaging on you, or if you are chasing them down to kill them - you can even ensure blowing enemies flash by doing this, since they will get scared and panic flash away. HEAL: This one isn't very common, because it's mostly taken by ADC's. However, if your ADC decides to take Clense, Barrier, Teleport (or some other spell), then take it.

• SPELLTHIEF'S EDGEYou generally want to take Spellthief's Edge as your starting item if you know you will be able to trade a lot. Keep in mind that if you use your passive, you will gain 2 procs of Spellthief's. Usually, I take it if I chose Sorcery tree for my runes, but it's not always the case. Always take it with Electrocute though, since you go that keystone against lanes where you can trade. Another reason to take Spellthief's first is that it got buffed and you know gain 20 gold for a proc. If you are not sure if you can trade, Relic is a safer option.

• RELIC SHIELDYour other starting item option is Relic Shield. It's more defensive, but becomes better if you can't poke much because you don't neet to greed for procs to get wards and gold. Remember to use it on melee minions and always save one proc for the cannon minion (which arrives every third wave at the beginning of the game). Trading of a bit of AP for safer income is better if you are not sure or know that you won't be able to trade much. I wouldn't rely on Q, as it's easy to dodge, and you won't be able to step forward too often for E + Q in these lanes.

• HEALTH POTION x2This is the other item you will purchase alongside your support item (spellthief's or relic). Since you will have 100 gold, you can buy both of them. I wouldn't buy only one or none. Yes, it can save you gold, but having a bit more sustain in lane is too good, especially for Lulu, who doesn't have heals in her kit and is able to play aggressively pretty often.

• STEALTH WARDLast thing you will want to purchase before heading out to the Summoner's rift for the first time is stealth ward. It doesn't take space in your 6 slot item inventory and is mandatory not only for a support, but for almost every champion. You will use it to gain vision of your enemies so you can play with more confidence. See more in warding section.

• AMPLIFYING TOMEThis item gives you a bit of nice AP to help you play more aggressively. Keep in mind that only Imperial Mandate, Moonstone Renewer and Night Harvester have this item in their buildpath, so if you want to go Locket, Shurelya's, or you aren't sure, maybe look into buying something else. If you know you are going either Imperial Mandate or Renewer and you have more gold, you can upgrade this to Bandleglass Mirror, but consider other options first - it's perfectly viable to have Amplifying Tome, Ruby Crystal and Boots before going into Bandleglass Mirror. This item is also what you should go when you have Electrocute runepage, don't want Dark Seal and don't have enough gold for Hextech Alternator.

• RUBY CRYSTALThis is the safer bet. It may seem strange, because this item grants health, and that's usually better in more dangerous lanes where you want to survive. But if you look at all the mythics Lulu can build, they all have Kindlegem (besides Night Harvester which only has Ruby Crystal), which is built from Ruby Crystal, in their build path. Buying this first lets you have more time to decide which mythic you will need in that specific game, and also allows you to survive all-ins. The only time you do not build this on your first back is if you have Electrocute, since you want that Hextech Alternator powerspike as fast as possible.

• DARK SEALThis item has insanely good value and offers really good stats for a cheap price. If you are even or ahead, I would definitely recommend building this even if you aren't planning to upgrade it into Maejai's. If you can't afford it or want other options on your first back, then buy it on the second. With each takedown (so assist or kill), you get stacks with extra AP, and that lets you stay strong. It's good on Lulu because of how safe she can play as well, making it easy to keep the stacks. If you are noticing enemies focusing you a lot, then you either shouldn't buy it or should sell it for something better.

•BOOTSThis is another great option on your first back. It lets you have more movement speed to move around the map (you can even upgrade boots first if you want to roam), dodge skillshots and other stuff. You should definitely buy this item first if you are facing champions that rely on their skillshots, so mages such as Lux, Xerath, or tanks like Blitzcrank and Nautilus.

•HEXTECH ALTERNATORA lot of the times, if you crush your lane with Electrocute runepage, you will be able to gain enough gold (1 050) for this item on your first back. It's your first big powerspike when playing electrocute Lulu, since it makes your E + AA + Q combo hurt a lot. That means you should definitely try to get it as fast as possible, usually alongside basic boots, spellthief's and Dark Seal.

• IMPERIAL MANDATEThis mythic supports playing aggressively, since it gives you more damage every time you slow someone with Q. If you are doing well in lane and you can bully your opponents, this is the choice you should go. They changed it recently and more damage comes from the second proc, where after you slow someone, your ADC has to step up and attack them for extra damage. After that, you will both get extra movement speed, which will help you play more aggressively and potentially chase your enemies. Even if you are doing well and see that your ADC doesn't really wanna help you with trading, then you should probably reconsider taking this item. It also gives AP with each legendary item, which will buff your abilities in exchange for less ability haste from Moonstone.

• MOONSTONE RENEWERWhen the preseason started, this item was bugged and really bad. But since its changes, it became a viable option for Lulu. In comparsion to Imperial Mandate, Moonstone is the scaling option - not only for its active, but also because of ability haste that it gives with each legendary item purchased. You will heal your allies by affecting champions with attacks or abiltiies, which you already do as Lulu, and it helps you with sustain that you don't normally have in your kit. I wouldn't recommend this item if there are a lot of champions that burst your team, since moonstone has 2 second cooldown and the heal isn't that big, so it wouldn't be useful - by the time you get the second heal, it will be too late for your ally. It's better against poke champions and tanks, since it helps you sustain through fights against these champions that either have to wait for their cooldowns or don't do as much damage.

• LOCKET OF THE IRON SOLARIAnother amazing and arguably the best mythic for Lulu is Locket. Why best? Unless you are Lulu OTP, then you should usually pick Lulu into teams that have a lot of assasins or divers that wanna get in or burst someone. Lulu counters that really well, and Guardian with Locket support that even more, making your team really hard to kill. Locket was changed a lot from the Locket we used to know. It still has its active shield, but it now also grants an aura to nearby champions around you, giving them bonus armor and mr that scale with each legendary item you purchase. I usually take it with Guardian runepage. It will make you and your teammates much harder to kill. On one side, you will be tankier, so you can use your spells mainly on your team, since you will be harder to kill than usual, and on the other, your squishy carries will be harder to burst with your whole kit, locket shield + passive and guardian shield.

• SHURELYA'S BATTLESONGYou will probably use this mythic the least. It can be good in certain situations, but a lot of the times, it's just not worth it to take away the mythic spot and have it instead of the other options. You will only take it if you need more engage or disengage (or both) and you don't need any of the other options. Examples where Shurelya's could be good are if you have champions like Darius, Nasus (and they are not doing terribly) that just need to get in enemies faces to murder them, or, on the other hand, if you are facing those exact champions and need to run away from them. If your enemies have a lot of dashes or ways to close in the gap, Shurelya's won't be very useful. Since it also gives extra damage, it's better used offensively than defensively.

• NIGHT HARVESTER"They aren't gonna like this." This is the only mythic you will be going with Electrocute, since taking anything else would defeat the keystone's purpose. It gives you extra damage when damaging a champion and a bit of movement speed - this effect has 40 second cooldown. It gives some ability haste and a nice amount of ability power. What's also really good about it is that with each legendary item, you will gain ability haste, meaning you aren't hurting your scaling that much in case you can't close the game early in exchange for burst early and mid game. ALWAYS build Hextech Alternator first when going for this mythic. It essentially grants you the same passive (with less damage and no movement speed) for only 1 050 gold, making it a nice item spike, and builds into Night Harvester later.

• BOOTS OF MOBILITY"Let's go around again! Ha!" I really like these boots because you run around the map really fast, which allows you to roam and get better wards not only in the early stages, but also later in the game. You will have a bit less Ability Haste, but if you feel like you can impact the map, buy them. They are especially good if either of the botlane turrets got destroyed early or if botlane is doomed and you can't do anything by staying there. Just don't abandon your ADC for too long - check out the roaming section of this guide for more information about roaming. They are a bit more expensive than Swifties, but the out-of-combat movement speed is just too good to pass up on. These are also the boots you take with electrocute if you can roam a lot.

• IONIAN BOOTS OF LUCIDITYThese boots are almost never a bad option, because Lulu uses ability haste well, no matter the rune setup you are running. Generally, you want to pick them if you don't need / want any of the other boots. They also offer a bit of Summoner Spell Haste, and since especially flash is so valuable, it makes them a bit better.

• PLATED STEELCAPSThese boots aren't the best on Lulu and you will generally only need them very rarely. You could buy them if enemy team has a lot of AD threats like Tryndamere or Jax that get on top of you and attack you a lot. Note, you should only purchase them if you are getting targetted, as in most cases where people don't overcommit just to get to you, you shouldn't be in danger. This item blocks damage from auto attacks, so if you are worried about Zed one shotting you, you would be better off with a Zhonya's Hourglass.

• MERCURY'S TREADSTake these if there are a lot of AP threats that can kill you / poke you almost to death. They also reduce CC duration, so feel free to buy them when enemies have a lot of CC that's hard to avoid and you don't want any other boots. Because being CC'd constantly means you won't be doing much, and buying Mikael's Blessing isn't always enough.

• SORCERER'S SHOESDo not take these boots if you are running the standard Lulu setups (guardian or aery). Take them only if you took Electrocute and you are ahead, so they can help you burst your enemies and push your lead even more. If you feel like you did well in lane but your damage is slowly becoming smaller, I wouldn't recommend taking them.

• ARDENT CENSERThis item is a match made in heaven. It almost looks like it was created for Lulu, since this item is best for attack speed carries. Guess what? So is Lulu. If you have ADC like Vayne, Twitch, Kog'Maw, or carry like Master Yi and Kindred, you should be considering this item. It doesn't automatically mean you should buy it - only go for it if your carry is ahead. If they are, then go this item right after your mythic. If they are just doing fine, but nothing spectacular, maybe buy something else and then come back to considering ardent a bit later depending on if they started doing a lot of damage or not. If you have an attack speed carry but they aren't doing well, then don't bother. This item is also good if you have multiple people who can use it, as you can proc it with multiple things - some of the examples would Font of Life, Redemption or Moonstone Renewer.

• REDEMPTIONThis item was previously amazing, but a lot of its power was taken away from it and it's now mediocre, but since it still fills its purpose, I put it in this section instead of the situational one. Since Lulu has no sustain outside of Renewer, this item can fill that role. It's really good against teams with a lot of AOE damage. The most important thing about it is the active part. You create a circle which heals allies and damages enemies, and it has a huge range, meaning if you are warding in the jungle and you see a fight happening, you can impact it before you even arrive. The heal also gives your team Ardent buff if you have Ardent Censer. Place Redemption to a place where you think your team will be in a few seconds, because it has 2.5 seconds cast time. You can also use it to try and catch out enemy who is escaping with no health and mobility.

• STAFF OF FLOWING WATERThis item was like a love on the first sight, and I knew I would love it when I saw it. It gives you mana regeneration, 60 AP, heal and shield power and a passive that allows you to get movement speed and extra AP for both yourself and an ally that you heal or shield. The only downside of this item is that it doesn't give any ability haste, but I honestly don't think it's a big problem and you should build it if you are ahead or even when you don't need the other item choices. It's also a great replacement for Ardent if your carry can use the AP more than attack speed. Don't make the mistake of creating a mindset of building Ardent with attack speed carry and Staff with AP carries - this item is amazing even for attack speed carry, as it gives extra movement speed, and a lot of attack speed carries can still use the AP. For example, if I have an Ashe and don't need stuff like Mikael's or Redemption, I'd just go both Ardent and Staff. This item is also a great pickup for Electrocute setup, since more AP is always welcome and it still gives you supporting power.

• ZEKE'S CONVERGENCEI always saw this item as something only tanks take, but when I tried it on Lulu, it felt amazing. It makes you tankier against both AD and AP champions, but it also has mana and a surprising amount of ability haste. Bind this to your attack speed carry that's doing well. You just need to immobilize enemies in some way (any form of hard CC, which is mostly your ult, which knocks enemies up) to proc the passive and your carry will deal more damage with their auto attacks. This item is great with Guardian setup, since you need enemies to be close to you so you can immobilize them, and, like I mentioned, it makes you tankier.

• KNIGHT'S VOWAnother great item with the Guardian setup. It gives some nice health regeneration, which is a plus with someone without sustain like Lulu, but that's not where the item shines. You will choose one ally (your carry) and redirect some of the damage they take to you. This can be incredibly helpful against assasins, as it will be harder for them to burst your carry down. Note that if you are the one being focused, this item doesn't help much. Also, if your designed ally is low, you get extra movement speed when moving towards them, which can be helpful to get in range for your abilities and save them.

• MIKAEL'S CRUCIBLEWhile this items provides nice 20% bonus healing and shielding, it's mainly bought for the ability to remove CC on its active part. Buy it if enemies have a lot of CC which results in your team being killed (Good examples are Lux's Q, Ahri's E or Sejuani's R). You will also grant them slow immunity, and if you successfully clense a CC, your ally will gain movement speed. It can be self cast. It doesn't work on suppress like Warwick's or Malzahar's R. It also has some nice magic resist, making it even better against those skillshot mages.

• CHEMTECH PUTRIFIERFinally, with the season 11 arrival, even we supports got an item for grievous wounds. This reduces healing dealt and is an amazing counter against many champions. It can either be built early against healers that you encounter in the botlane, such as Yuumi or Soraka (Sona not so much, as if she doesn't straight up max her w, it won't be healing much early on), or built later in the game against champions like Sylas who has a burst heal in his kit or champions who build a lot of lifesteal. If you want to build this item early to counter healing enchanters, go for the Oblivion Orb first, then finish your mythic and then Chemtech Putrifier. Note that immobilizing (so knocking up, slows don't count) applies even more grievous wounds.

• STIRRING WARDSTONEI wasn't sure at first if this item will be useful, but I actually started liking it quite a bit if the game is going to be long - you can only purchase it after you reach level 13, which won't happen in a lot of games, and even if you do hit level 13 but feel like the game will end soon, don't bother with it. If you place 20 Stealth or Totem wards, this item will evolve into Watchful Wardstone, giving you 25 ability haste while still being able to store control wards, and increasing the stealth and control ward cap by one. Last upgrade that you can purchase if you have extra gold is Vigilant Wardstone that gives 40 ability haste, which is really good, and also bonus movement speed. Why do I think it's good in longer games? In those games, you would usually struggle between buying a last item that will make you stronger or saving a slot for control wards. Now you have a slot for control wards that will also make you a bit stronger! While you won't buy this often, as this meta is really quick paced, it's good to keep in mind.

• ZHONYA'S HOURGLASS Zhonya's Hourglass is an item that's usually overlooked by enchanter supports, and even though I don't build it often, it can be good in certain situations. If you see a lot of assasins or divers targetting you, buy it, and when a fight happens, use all your abilities (usually on your carry, but it can vary) and then use Zhonya's active. You must be sure the enemies are targetting you and can actually get to you even when you are in a good position (like Irelia, Rengar or Yasuo) - don't just buy this item because you see a lot of assasins. Usually I buy this when enemies are tilted that I save my team over and over so they just go straight for me - and I go golden.

• RABADON'S DEATHCAP"Let's put on our thinking caps! Hmm... hmmhmm, hmmhmm... ah, I got it!" Never buy this item as a first or even second option after your Spellthief's and boots. It's better as a last item to really boost your abilities when you don't know what to do with the rest of your gold or if you have Electrocute and you are just really snowballing and stomping on everyone, thus you don't really want Wardstone. It will make all your abilities better, both on the offensive and defensive side. Usually you can only afford this if it's very late into the game or you are ahead, because it costs a lot, so don't force this item - just go for it if you have the gold and don't need anything else, just more power in general.

• MEJAI'S SOULSTEALERIf you have a lot of stacks (best if full) on dark seal and are still doing really well, you can upgrade it to mejai's. However, dark seal became really gold efficient on his own, even better than before. It's up to your own choice. If the game is long and you die with your Mejai's stacks, resulting in losing most of them, and have enough gold for another item, I highly suggest you to sell Mejai's and buy something else (applies for 30+ minute games), since the game might end before you stack it again, making other item choices more effective in closing the game out.

• FROZEN HEARTAside from giving you a lot of armor, mana and 20 Ability Haste, this item slows the attack speed of nearby champions. This is very good, since you are already playing Lulu into diving champions and assasins (unless you are OTP), and if there are a lot of them, you can buy this item later in the game to make them less powerful. It doesn't work on Master Yi if he uses ult, so keep that in mind. But it can be really useful when your main priority is shutting down some diver that attacks fast.

• COSMIC DRIVEGenerally, this item is too expensive for a support to purchase, but I still thought it's worth mentioning. It gives a lot of ability haste and ability power on top of a bonus movement speed. If you feel like you are extremely ahead and can get away with building it, then go for it.

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Even though a lot of ADC's would want a good Lulu on their side, she will perform the best with an attack speed ADC. That's why I suggest you should either ask your ADC in champ select about who are they planning to play before you pick Lulu, or find a good duo partner that you know will play someone like Vayne or Kog'Maw. That makes it easier for you to play Lulu not only because you know you will have a good champion synergy, but also because you can trust your duo partner and know that if you enable them with all the shields and buffs, it won't go to waste. This, of course, doesn't mean that she can only be played with those kind of champions. If you really like Lulu, you can play her with anyone - just be prepared that you might not always be able to play her to her full potential, but even if you can't use your aggressive part of your kit that well (bonus damage on auto attacks), you still have a huge amount of tools for protection and peeling. And besides that, Lulu has a lot of item and rune choices, making her be able to adapt to whoever she is playing with. A lot of the times, you will face enemy duo in which I would recommend different runes for their support and their ADC. That's why I covered more than one runepage in the matchup section based on the ADC that enemy support has, so rather look there if you want to know what runes or specific items to take each game.

APHELIOS - ★★★★ The weapon of the faithfulAphelios was previously very strong and one of the best ADCs with Lulu, but with the preseason changes, he got weaker. I personally haven't seen an Aphelios ever since this preseason started, so I'm not sure how good they still are together, since previously, this was a really good combo. The fact that Lulu can still peel for him and make him a monster definitely didn't change though, that's why i would still rate this synergy as 4 stars. The only problem he has is getting focused and dying, and since he has no mobility, it's very likely he will get hit by some skillshots that will cost him his life. But, if he gets all the buffs from Lulu, it's more likely that ge can survive and carry the game.How to succeed with Aphelios? He is a bit weaker early game, so you should opt for the normal Lulu runes ( Summon Aery / Guardian) and get him through laning phase so he can purchase his items and start dealing damage. Make sure Aphelios is always in a safe spot, and if it's not the case, you can help him reposition with the movement speed from your Whimsy. If you are facing a lot of CC enemies, definitely go for Mikael's Blessing, because Aphelios has no way to dodge aside from flashing away or if he has Galeforce, but even that has a cooldown.

ASHE - ★★★★★ The frost archerAshe has been a strong ADC for a very long time, and Lulu makes her even better. Ashe is immobile, and Lulu helps her with that because she can protect her from anyone who wants to get on top of her. Aside from that, Ashe can poke a lot in the laning phase, allowing Lulu to play more aggressively as well and get in range of her spells thanks to Ashe's slows - you two together actually have a lot of those, allowing you to kite for days, plus Ashe's R compliments Lulu really well, since she can engage with it, which is something Lulu has difficulty with doing on her own. Lastly, Ashe gets a lot of attack speed from her build and Q, and each of those auto attacks uses Pix's damage if you give her the shield.How to succeed with Ashe? You two can get away with being aggressive in the lane, so unless your matchup really doesn't allow it, you should go ham. Let Ashe slow them first, since she can either auto attack them for guaranteed slow or hit them with W, which is also fairly easy, and then get in range for your poke combo. When you both hit level 6, let Ashe engage first, speed her up with whimsy so she can get in range and have more attack speed, and melt the stunned target down. If the Ashe isn't very aggressive, don't overforce things and rather stay by her side and peel for her. If Ashe didn't get many kills, she will be very likely to start playing the role of supportive ADC with a stun and slows, so if possible, try to look for a different carry to buff. If your Ashe is doing good and is aggressive enough though, then buffing her maker her very strong. If everything has been going fine, opting for Imperial Mandate is really good for Ashe, since she can followup easily thanks to the slows and her range.

CAITLYN - ★★ The sheriff of PiltoverCaitlyn wants a support that has a stun or something similar to it so that she can set up her trap combo and deal a lot of damage, and Lulu doesn't have that. She can still help Caitlyn stay alive by peeling for her, but Pix doesn't do much because Caitlyn doesn't use attack speed. Cait is very lane domimant though, so Lulu is able to position and poke more aggressively, since Cait can always back her up with her range and damage.How to succeed with Caitlyn? Although this synergy isn't very good, it can be compensated. Since Cait can deal a lot of damage in the lane from a safe distance, you should go Electrocute if the matchup allows it. Since Cait needs you to be aggressive with her, taking Electrocute will make your aggression more powerful, and if you slow them with Q, Cait can set up a trap under them even if you don't have a real stun. Later in the game, Cait can't use the extra damage on auto attacks as well as most ADCs, but if she is carrying, then you should stay by her side and make sure nothing one shots her.

DRAVEN - ★★★ The glorious executionerDraven does a lot of damage and Lulu supports him well in that, because she can protect him with shields and ultimate while also giving him movement speed to do Draven things. This can be both done in lane and outside of it, but especially in lane, if Draven has a Lulu backing him up, he can be more confident. Sadly, it's usually better for him to have a support who cat set up the fight like Leona. He also isn't very attack speed oriented like some other ADC's, that's why the synergy is only "ok."How to succeed with Draven? If you ever played with a Draven, then you know that they like to play aggressively, starting in the laning phase. Definitely go Electrocute and play aggressively with them if your matchup allows it. Gaining a lead for Draven can be devastating and can potentially snowball into a win really early on, so if you trust your Draven, go for early game oriented items and runes. Consider speeding Draven up with Whimsy often to help him catch his axes and have extra movement speed to get in range for his auto attacks that hit like a truck. Sadly, if you fail, your Draven will still want to be aggressive even when behind, resulting in more and more deaths. In that case, do not overcommit with him, just try to ping him back and peel as best as you can without risking dying as well.

EZREAL - ★★★ The plodigar explorerThis is a really underrated duo. While it's true that Ezreal doesn't use attack speed and his Mystic Shot doesn't proc Pix, there still is some synergy if the Ezreal is good. If he blinks in, Lulu can give him protection to do his damage and get out. Also, her slows allow Ezreal to hit his skillshots better.How to succeed with Ezreal? I actually had a lot of success with Electrocute when paired with Ezreal, since he likes short bursty trades and can also peel for himself with blink, allowing Lulu to go into more aggressive runes and item choices. If you do not trust your Ezreal to back you up in the lane, then go for Summon Aery, unless Guardian is good against most of the enemy team. Since Ezreal likes to stay back and poke, an amazing item to purchase with him is Staff of Flowing Water. It will give you both extra AP (bonus - if you went electrocute like I recommended, Staff is even better) and some movement speed. The AP is especially good, since Ezreal's abilities scale off of AP too, and he can't use Ardent very well.

JHIN - ★★★ The virtuosoJhin has a lot of range on his abilities, allowing him to attack from a distance, but Lulu needs to get a bit closer to help him. While she can provide a slow for Jhin's ultimate and protect him since he's immobile, they don't really synergize well and there are much better partners for both of them. It's worth to note that Jhin gets extra AD with bonus attack speed though, and he can use that pretty well.How to succeed with Jhin? You need to try and play aggressively and hit your Q, so Jhin can root from it and get in range to auto attack them. He usually goes for short trades, so think carefully if its smart to all in or not. If Jhin has fourth shot and you see him moving forward, speed him up with whimsy so that he can get in range, because it hurts a lot and with a potential Q, you can chunk enemies really nicely. After laning phase, you can protect Jhin from enemies that want to jump on him, but your damage boost on shield is better on someone else like Master Yi if possible.

JINX - ★★★★★ The loose cannonJinx is an immobile hypercarry, and immobile hypercarries go really well with Lulu who can protect them and make sure they do a lot of damage. Even though Lulu can't set up Jinx's traps, it doesn't really matter because once Jinx hits her items, it will be very difficult to deal with this duo. She will be pumping out a lot of damage from afar, and if someone manages to get closer, Lulu will stop them.How to succeed with Jinx? Just like most hypercarries, you should try and get Jinx out of lane as fast as possible. That doesn't mean standing behind her though - you should stand next to her or in front to create pressure. Jinx needs gold and her items, so if you let her be zoned out, she will hit her powerspike later, and that's something we don't want. Try to shield as much as damage while keeping enemies away. You can also slow the enemies to make it harder for them to juke Jinxe's traps and skillshots. Once the laning phase is over and Jinx gets some items, buff her and watch her destroy the enemy team. You should go for Summon Aery or Guardian with Jinx.

KAI'SA - ★★★★ Daughter of the voidEven though Kai'sa wants someone who locks her target down so that she can get her passive procs, this duo is better than people think. Kai'sa has a lot of damage, and with Lulu's buffs, it becomes easier to get it off. Plus, if Kai'sa jumps in, Lulu can ult her to get a good knock up.How to succeed with Kai'sa? Generally, you want to be playing a bit more passively, since Kai'sa doesn't have many ways to follow up if you decide to be more aggressive, unless she sprints forward, which leaves her with no tools to fall back if she needs to. You should be poking the enemies and let Kai'sa farm until level 6, which is when you get your best bet for a kill. Kai'sa can jump in with her ult, then you will ult her for a huge knockup, shield her and after the shield is broken, polymorph the enemy ADC. This way, you will have a big chance to score a kill. Don't forget to focus ADC and not the support and check if you are safe from enemy jg first before doing this! Keep in mind that Kai'sa can use both Ardent Censer and Staff of Flowing Water very well, so both are perfectly viable options.

KALISTA - ★★ The spear of vengeanceKalista is not very common, but when she does show up, it's usually with some engage support like Thresh. She can do a lot of damage early if Lulu gives her buffs, but she doesn't scale well which is what Lulu wants. Overall, not a good duo unless you snowball very hard and make enemies /ff 15. Also, she can only throw you in with her ultimate if you are very ahead for a CC combo - she throws you in and then you ult yourself for another knockup.How to succeed with Kalista? Unless the matchup is terrible, try to encourage her to be aggressive with you so you can snowball. Going Electrocute supports this playstyle, but you can also go other runes if you aren't sure if your Kalista will play aggressively or if you feel like you can't play aggressively yourself. If Kalista gets ahead, definitely buff her, as she can be strong too if you support her with items and buffs from your kit.

KOG'MAW - ★★★★★ The mouth of the abyssThis duo is perfect, and when enemies see it, they already know Kog'maw will be very hard to deal with. He has a lot of damage, and when Lulu buffs him, he can do almost anything he wants, both in the lane and outside of it. Kog'maw even has a skin (Arcanist Kog'maw) which has a lot of things similar to Lulu.How to succeed with Kog'maw? It's best if you two are duo and can communicate when to go for trades or all-ins, but it can also be executed with a stranger through pings. Just make sure you two are on the same page - do what he does. If he wants to sit back and farm it out, that's perfectly fine, since you scale really well, so just make sure he doesn't get forced out of lane and keep your presence with poking and protecting him. If he knows that he can play aggressively (that's the better approach, but don't force this playstyle onto your ADC if he doesn't feel comfortable with it), then support him with attack speed and movement speed from Whimsy (since Kog'maw will activate his ability that lets him have bigger range, making it hard for enemies to even get close for you to polymorph them) and other buffs that you have available. Later on, this doesn't change - follow Kog'maw everywhere he goes, make sure he keeps farming and is safe when fighting. Even though I said you will be playing aggressively if possible, going for Summon Aery or Guardian is still better than Electrocute, since you want to protect your Kog'maw as much as possible so he can never be killed. Also, definitely build Ardent Censer if your Kog'maw isn't massively behind.

LUCIAN - ★★★ The purifierLucian likes to all-in, and Lulu can buff him so that he is able to do that. He is short ranged, so he needs to be protected in order to not get blown when he gets close to get some damage off, but since he doesn't use attack speed as much and likes to mix attacks with abilities for damage, this duo is only average.How to succeed with Lucian? Most Lucian's will play aggressively in the laning phase and you should be looking to support that. When Lucian dashes in, shield him to boost his damage as well as block the enemies damage and then Q from his position to have a better chance at hitting them with it. Go either Electrocute or Summon Aery with him - if you feel like you will buff Lucian most of the time because of being unable to be far ahead, then choose Aery, but if you are confident and know that you can also step up, Electrocute is definitely the better option. Some of Lucian's abilities scale nicely off of AP, and since he doesn't use Ardent as well as other ADCs, definitely look to pick up Staff of Flowing Water.

MISS FORTUNE - ★★ The bounty hunterLulu and Miss Fortune can be really dominant in lane against some matchups and Lulu can peel for MF when she gets dove, but Miss Fortune doesn't use attack speed and Lulu doesn't have anything to set up MF's ult besides a slow, making this duo not very good.How to succeed with Miss Fortune? First of all, you should be looking to play a bit more aggressively. Miss Fortune has a really easy-to-hit slow, allowing you to get in range for your poke and back off before it becomes too dangerous. Generally, MF will want to poke and wait for her level 6. If you see a good oppoturnity (look at your and enemies items, their HP and lastly, make sure enemy mid or jg aren't missing), then you can flash into them, knock them up and then polymorph the ADC so he can't escape - all while MF will be channeling her ult that does a lot of damage. Outside of lane, she can't use your attack speed as well as some ADCs, but if she is fed, protect her from any potential fed enemies and hope that your team has a better engage for her then you are able to offer. Going for Mikael's Blessing is a very solid choice against CC teams, even more than normally, since MF will have to stay in one place in order to get full potential from her ult, making her vulnerable to getting CC'd and dying. Since you can't really offer her anything like Morgana's Black Shield to prevent enemies from interrupting her ult, make sure to stay close to her and zone them away.

SAMIRA - ★★★ The desert roseThis might be a surprise to some people. Samira doesn't use attack speed as well as other ADCs except for getting her ultimate ready faster. The reason why I rated this synergy as 3 stars is that Samira needs to get in the faces of her enemies, and Lulu can support her really nicely in that. She can knockup everyone around Samira, letting her have more time to damage them and also slow them if they are too close to her. They can also dominate lane if their enemies are squishy, making this an okay combination.How to succeed with Samira? The first thing I'd recommend if your matchup allows it is to take Electrocute, because if you do, you two will walk over the laning phase. You will play really aggressively. Slow enemies down (feel free to speed yourself up with Whimsy or save it for polymorph, because Samira doesn't need it, she can just dash to get in range) and then watch Samira as she murders them. Use ult on her at the moment she dashes in, because she will most likely be near a lot of enemies, allowing you to get off a nice knockup while still supporting her. Since Samira can't poke really well and has low auto-attack range, your best bet is all-inning. If you see that your Samira wants to escape, walk closer to her so that she can dash to you and get to safety.

SENNA - ★ The redeemerI feel like Lulu and Senna have no synergy. Senna doesn't use attack speed at all, doesn't want to go in and rather stays poking at max range and needs a tank to soak all the damage. The only good thing is that Senna has sustain which Lulu lacks, but that's just not enough to be a good synergy.How to succeed with Senna? The best thing you can do is not pick Lulu, but if Lulu just proves to be a good pick (either enemies have a lot of divers and assasins or you have another attack speed carry on your team), then you can work around it. You can try going Electrocute if your matchup allows it and poke with Senna while she backs you up with her heals and roots. If you can't do that, just stay safe next to her, help her get as many stacks for her passive as you can and transfer to another carry later on, unless Senna is the only one doing well. One little nice trick that you can do is stand in the middle of Senna and enemy so she can Q off of you, then you will slow the enemy even more with your Q, allowing your Senna to get a nice stack while still healing you. Also, if you see her trying to snipe enemy across the map, shield her for bonus assist gold.

SIVIR - ★★★ The battle mistressYou don't see Sivir often, so it's hard to know what to expect. I feel like she isn't someone who has a ton of damage to be able to carry with Lulu's buffs, but she can still use attack speed and shields while dishing out some damage. She also has some lane pressure and she can protect herself by blocking skills entirely, which is something Lulu can't do, so that's a nice plus.How to succeed with Sivir? In this lane, it's hard to say what rune you should take, since it depends entirely on how aggressive the Sivir player is, so just go with whatever suits your matchup the best. Try to poke a lot in the laning phase, since Sivir can follow up with her poke really nicely. A good combo to use is Lulu's Q into Sivir's Q which will be easy to hit because Lulu's Q will slow the target and both abilities can hit through minions. She can also get both of you out of danger or in range to start attacking with her ult, and if you give her your whimsy, she will have a lot of attack speed.

TRISTANA - ★★★★★ The yordle gunnerSomething that's not talked about much, but should be. Tristana has a lot of early game damage and excels at jumping in, killing someone as fast as possible and jumping out. Lulu can give her attack speed and movement speed buff, ult her for knockup when she jumps in and shield her which empowers her attacks and protects her. If you haven't tried this duo yet, I recommend it - it's especially strong against champions like Lux support. You see a missed binding, jump in and murder both her and her ADC.How to succeed with Tristana? Just like mentioned above, you have to be careful. Tristana can dish out a lot of damage, but if she gets caught by CC after jumping in, it might be a bit troublesome. Instead, encourage her to wait until the enemy misses their most important skillshot (Lux Q, Blitcrank Q, Zyra E, etc.) and then spam ping to jump in unlesss you two are already behind. Buff her and watch her destroy the enemy botlane - don't forget to tell her to target the ADC first, unless you two can finish the support off quickly. Surprisingly, even though Tristana can murder squishy enemies early, she is also quite good later on, so don't hesitate to buff her the whole game. She will likely jump around a lot, so try and be in her range to protect her while still being safe. If that proves to be a problem, consider buying Zhonya's Hourglass to protect yourself so you can help Tristana out and not get blown while she killes the enemy team.

TWITCH - ★★★★★ The plague ratTwitch has insane amount of damage, but also no mobility (outside of stealth), which means he can't do much if he just gets one-shot. Guess what? You prevent the one-shot and make that little rat go nuts. Other than keeping him alive, you also give him offensive buffs, which make him very strong. He will murder everyone if you help him stay alive for a few seconds.How to succeed with Twitch? Since this duo is so well-known, only by picking Lulu besides Twitch will make the enemy team scared and ready to target him, and you will be there to prevent that from happening. Make sure to peel for him even if he isn't fed - just being even is enough for Twitch to destroy everyone after he gets some items. I would definitely suggest going for Summon Aery or Guardian to protect him even more, unless you know you can stomp on the enemy botlane really hard if you take Electrocute. If you see Twitch going into stealth, back off a bit to still be close to him but not make it obvious that he is there - you aren't fooling anyone, if enemies see a lonely Lulu running up to them, they already know Twitch is nearby. You can actually abuse this as well though - if your Twitch isn't on the map, you can start suddenly going forward, which will scare your enemies and zone them off, thinking that Twitch will pop out anytime. Do not overstep though, since if they realize you are bluffing, you don't want to be in danger. In the late game, put all of your resources on Twitch, since he will be incredibly powerful, and buffing someone else would be a huge waste of this duo, unless that "someone else" is also an late game attack speed carry that is more ahead than Twitch.

VARUS - ★★★★ The arrow of retributionThis is about the on-hit Varus, the poke one doesn't have almost any synergy with Lulu. You provide the much needed peel for the on-hit Varus, making him able to get a lot of attacks off, which proc Pix. He also has a hard CC ultimate, something Lulu is missing. If the Varus doesn't use all his abilities on wave and actually pokes with you, you can poke more aggressively.How to succeed with Varus? First, you need to determine how good the Varus is by watching him. If he is hitting his abilities, then you are safe to step up and poke, since you know he will back you up. But if he seems focused only on farming or is missing a lot of his skills, then stay next to him, protect him from danger and make sure he will get as much farm as possible to hit his item spikes. If you see a good oppoturnity for a Varus ult, ping it and then give him attack speed to kill the rooted enemy as fast as possible, since the other botlaner will have to move away to not get rooted as well. Later on, you can turn Varus into a machine gun, and provide him with buffs to make up for his immobility. Consider going Mikael's Blessing against a lot of CC champions even more than usually, since he doesn't have many ways to dodge outside of Flash and potential Galeforce. Don't forget to check if your Varus is really going on-hit. If you see him building a bunch of lethality or other poke items, don't bother with Ardent Censer that's mainly good for the on-hit Varus, and instead opt for Staff of Flowing Water.

VAYNE - ★★★★★ The night hunterMy personal favorite duo. Vayne already has a really strong late game and can shred tanks which can be problem for some ADCs. You provide her with peel, shields and other buffs, making her able to basically just go in and be Gosu. Don't overlook this in the laning phase though - you are good both in shorter trades (you buff Vayne so she gets 3 auto attacks and then you back off, resulting in very good damage) and all-ins (once you get your ultimates). If this duo gets ahead, it's very hard to stop it from stomping on everyone or run from it.How to succeed with Vayne? Even though Vayne is known for her strong late game, she can do some incredible damage in the laning phase as well. Like mentioned above, try to go for 3 auto attack trades where you buff her with your whimsy and shield to get them off as fast as possible and make them hurt even more and then back off. If Vayne manages to throw someone against a wall and stun them, it's a good time to all-in and kill them as fast as possible. You can also run your enemies down if you are ahead with the movement speed from Vayne's ultimate, your whimsy and a dash from tumble, which will make your enemies scared to step out of tower range. Then you can freeze the minion wave on your side and punish them by running them down if they ever step up to farm, setting the enemy botlane really behind. Vayne players like to get really close and personal with their enemies, so make sure to stay as close to her as possible, since it takes just one blink for her to be between the whole enemy team. Going for Redemption might be a good idea to provide her with some extra healing if you can't reach her with your abilities, but Ardent Censer is definitely the number one item that comes to mind when I'm playing with a Vayne.

XAYAH - ★★★ The rebelXayah is better with someone who provides her CC so that she can get a lot of feathers off, but that doesn't mean she isn't good with Lulu. Not only does Lulu provide a slow, allowing some extra feathers and giving Xayah more kiting potential, but she also gives her attack speed, and trust me, if Xayah gets a bunch of feathers and calls them back, it's a lot of damage. She also has ultimate which makes her untargettable, allowing you to have more time to reach her and save her if she's in a bad position.How to succeed with Xayah? First, you need to remember Xayah's cooldowns, because they are arguably the most important to remember out of any ADC. These are her base cooldowns before she puts any more points in the abilities - Q has 10 seconds, W 20 and most importantly, E's cooldown is 12 seconds, going down to 8 as a lot of Xayah's max this first. Why is this so important? Xayah's main damage potential comes from recalling the feathers (meaning using E) that appear on her next 3 auto-attacks after using an ability. If she already used her E, it's a really bad idea to start trading, because she won't be able to help you much. Make sure to keep an eye on her so that you only take trades when Xayah is ready to back you up as well - she needs her E in order to do as much damage as possible, which is needed to win a fight. She scales really well, so make sure to save your buffs for her if she is doing well.

Lulu doesn't have any matchups that are just straight up unplayable, because if you take the right runes, items and play it right, you can always win. That's why there are only matchups from 1 to 4 stars. Don't be ashamed if you lose a matchup that's rated as one or even two stars, because sometimes you will just get 4 people over and over again in the bot lane, and at that point, the matchup doesn't really matter. Or maybe you are just learning Lulu - that's fine too. Lulu lacks sustain (outside of Moonstone Renewer), she can only block some amount of damage with a shield, and so if someone pokes a lot, her and her ADC will slowly be poked out and forced to back even if they don't want to. On the other hand, if she is against some melee champion, she mostly has an easy time because she can poke safely, and if the melee champion engages on her or her ADC, she has tools to deal with it. Against other enchanters, she can play somehow aggressively, but the lane is usually decided by the ADC - if your ADC is more dominant and enemy Soraka has a scaling ADC, you will probably win lane. Skill plays a role in those matchups as well, because it's even on paper and mostly depends on which botlane duo plays it better.Generally, Lulu is strong against engage champions, fine against other enchanters and weak against poke champions.

ALISTAR - ★★ The minotaur Runes: Items: Start: CLICK FOR MATCHUP INFO • PLAYSTYLE • >> This matchup is easy, but it doesn't mean you can just walk up to Alistar's face whenever you want to. >> Rush level 2 so that you have more abilities to deal with his level 2 powerspike. Since only starting from level 2, Alistar will be able to engage, you have to abuse your stronger level 1 hard. Don't just let them both walk up and farm - start Glitterlance (your Q), use it on his ADC or him depending on who is closer, and continue auto attacking. This way, you will most likely make sure that you and your ADC reach level 2 first, since his ADC will be forced to either attack you, back off or get poked too low, and then you can zone them even harder. >> Once Alistar gets level 2, he will either try to Hexflash on you or your ADC, knock them up and push them towards his ADC, or just use the WQ combo - that's why you shouldn't stay on top of your ADC to prevent the double knock up. Also be careful of Alistar's Flash + Q. >> When Alistar engages, try to use slow on both him and his ADC (but focus on him so that he can't get his E stun off, which becomes available after his chains all become colorful by standing near to enemies) and polymorph his ADC. If you aren't behind or too low, both you and your ADC should focus Alistar's ADC once he went in. You can also poke them down from a safe distance, since he only has a small amount of sustain which is usually not enough and can't poke you. >> Alistar's only way it so win lane by engaging on you, so poke him down whenever he tries to get in range for his engage and stay in a safe distance - this way, you should be able to win the lane. Both his Q and W which are both needed in a fight have a long cooldown, so poke even more when they are down, because without them, he can't really threaten you and you have a window to abuse your range advantage even more. >> If you are behind or you know enemy mid / jg are coming, be careful of enemies diving you, because Alistar can tank a lot of damage while also having the much needed CC. >> I would only recommend roaming in this matchup if Alistar isn't in lane. He can get very tanky and has a lot of CC to dive your ADC without much trouble. • ITEMS • >> Note that on his engage, Alistar knocks you up. Mikael's Blessing doesn't work on knockups, it only works on his E stun, but if that's the only CC threat on the enemy team, then don't bother with Mikael's, since you can prevent the stun by slowing Alistar down and speeding up your carry without needing to waste an item spot. >> The best mythic would probably be Locket of the Iron Solari, since it's great against engages, and that's exactly what Alistar does. If you feel like your enemies don't have enough damage for Locket to be worth, consider going for Moonstone Renewer to heal up the damage enemies do. >> Some other great options are Zeke's Convergence, since you will want usually ult your ADC that got engaged on, which will immobilize your enemies and make your ADC do more damage. Redemption is generally good into tanky engagers, since after a short delay, it can heal up the damage tanks managed to do. • RUNES • >> You should go for the Guardian setup, since it makes you tankier and offers a shield that's good against engagers like Alistar. If Alistar's ADC is very weak early (something like Ezreal comes to mind) and your ADC is good in lane (like Draven), you are free to take Electrocute as well, but Guardian is generally much more common against Alistar. >> Also go for Bone Plating, as it will make you even tankier when Alistar engages, you will survive and run him down. • IMPORTANT COOLDOWNS TO KEEP TRACK OF • >> Hextech Flashtraption = 20 seconds >> Flash = 300 seconds >> Pulverize (Q) = 15 / 14 / 13 / 12 / 11 seconds >> Headbutt (W) = 14 / 13 / 12 / 11 / 10 seconds

ANNIE - ★★ The dark child Runes: Items: Start: CLICK FOR MATCHUP INFO • PLAYSTYLE • >> Except for her auto-attack, Annie has short-ranged spells, just like you. That means she will need to walk up in order to actually do anything, and that's where you step up. If she gets too close, you can either combo her with E + AA + Q if you have Electrocute, or shield any damage that she manages to deal and let your ADC destroy her when she tries to back away. Since she will usually use her shield to get in range for her Q and get her last proc of passive to stun you, she won't have anything to run away with. >> You will see special rectangles under her health bar. When she has 4, her next damaging ability will stun. That's her main threat, so be careful of it. If she stuns your ADC, make sure to polymorph her ADC so that they can't followup and deal more damage. >> The reason why Annie support is so scary is that she can burst you and your ADC once she has her ult pretty easily. Luckily, that's where Lulu shines - preventing someone from getting bursted. Stand away from your ADC so that she can't ult both of you. You can even consider speeding up your ADC when you see her approaching so that they can get into a good position and avoid being engaged on completely. >> Annie's best bet is to Flash + Summon: Tibbers. Be aware of this when you don't have flash and play more safely. >> You outscale Annie. Make sure to focus on mitigating the damage she manages to deal with her engages, and destroy her when her abilities are on cooldown. >> From what I've seen, Annie's like to roam a lot, because she has pretty much guaranteed stun. Try to roam too to match her and save your team, and if you can't roam, then make sure to ping when she's gone. It's better if you ping directly where you think she will go. >> Make sure to be careful of Tibbers (bear from Annie's ultimate). He deals a lot of damage for a plush. Slow him to prevent him from getting on top of your team. • ITEMS • >> If you didn't do very well in lane and Annie got ahead, take Locket of the Iron Solari so that you prevent her from bursting your team down. If you can survive, then you have chance of hitting the enemy team back. On the other hand, if you won or are winning in lane, Imperial Mandate is a great choice, since Annie will need to get closer to you, making you able to proc it pretty well. Last option is Night Harvester - you will take that if your keystone is Electrocute. >> You have a few options. Mikael's Blessing can save your teammate when they get stunned. This is good if you have a carry and all they worry about is being stunned and dying while they can't do anything. Another good item is Staff of Flowing Water - not only is it a good item for Lulu in general, but it will also give you and a teammate that you shield or heal extra movement speed, allowing you to kite Annie's bear, Tibbers. You can eventually go for Mobility Boots if you see that the Annie is roaming a lot - which she will if she knows what she's doing. • RUNES • >> In this matchup, all 3 options are viable. Guardian is used the least, because you can usually handle this matchup. If you are scared of their combo (I recommend this especially in Annie + Samira lane), then take it. Otherwise, Summon Aery is your choice if your ADC can't help you much in lane and just needs to survive and get his items, and Electrocute is your choice if your ADC is aggressive and lane dominant. • IMPORTANT COOLDOWNS TO KEEP TRACK OF • >> Flash = 300 seconds >> Summon: Tibbers (R) = 120 / 100 / 80 seconds

BARD - ★★ The wandering caretaker Runes: Items: Start: CLICK FOR MATCHUP INFO • PLAYSTYLE • >> Bard will do a lot of damage with his auto attacks, but since he has a low range, he will be looking to Q first. If you want to trade auto attacks with him, definitely shield yourself first, especially if he took Electrocute, since that's your only advantage in the autoattack on autoattack trade - he can't shield himself while you can. His auto attacks get empowered by meeps, so if you can bait his empowered attack first out or wait until he uses it before you trade, it will go even better. >> Don't stand near walls or behind your ADC and avoid letting him be in a good angle to stun you using your minions. His stun can be deadly, so don't underestimate it. >> He will roam a lot, so make sure to ping when he is missing from lane and zone the enemy ADC from farm. If the enemy ADC was greedy, just E Q him for slow, speed up your ADC with W and all-in until you push him out of lane or kill him. Be careful when Bard is missing for a long time as well as enemy jungle or mid, because he can use portals to get you into a really bad situation, especially if you don't have Flash. >> Bard is fairly squishy, so if he misses his Q, you are free to go in for a trade or even a potential kill if he is in a bad position. >> Also, be mindful of his ult which can be dangerous if you are caught out of position with it. Always try to keep good vision so you know where Bard is, since that's very important in this matchup, even more than usually. • ITEMS • >> When choosing a mythic in this matchup, is mostly depends on what other champions do enemies have, as all of the mythics are useful against Bard. Generally, Imperial Mandate will help you be more aggressive in lane while taking shorter trades. Moonstone Renewer won't be as useful in lane, since it's hard to keep yourself in combat against Bard if he doesn't shoot his Q. Shurelya's Battlesong can get your team out of danger when Bard tries to catch you all with his ultimate, and Locket of the Iron Solari can shield damage after your team got caught by either Bard's ultimate or Q. If you want a general good item against Bard though, it would still be Imperial Mandate to have more laning pressure, especially if Bard leaves lane. >> Going for Mobility Boots is essential in this lane. Bard's kit is designed around roaming, so he will definitely zoom around the map a lot, and you will look to match that unless you can punish the enemy ADC really hard and ping your team back to avoid Bard's gank (which, sadly, they won't usually listen to, so it's better to roam as well). >> Buy Mikael's Blessing if your team has a hard time dodging Bard's Q and use it on your most important carry. Staff of Flowing Water is just generally a good item for Lulu, but it's even better against Bard, since you can shield an ally to grant both of you movement speed and get out of Bard's R, Tempered Fate. If you have Summon Aery, you can do this even better by speeding up your ally with whimsy, which will proc Aery shield and grant you both movement speed as well. • RUNES • >> In this lane, it depends on what ADC do you have. If your ADC is someone who would rather scale or stay back and poke, then Summon Aery is the way to go. It also grants you the interaction with Staff of Flowing Water mentioned above. If your ADC is someone who like to go ham in lane, like Lucian, then you are free to go for Electrocute in this matchup, wait until Bard misses his Q and murder him. >> Consider going for Waterwalking or Relentless Hunter (no matter what keystone you took) for even better roaming potential. • IMPORTANT COOLDOWNS TO KEEP TRACK OF • >> Flash = 300 seconds >> Cosmic Binding (Q) = 11 / 10 / 9 / 8 / 7 seconds >> Tempered Fate (R) = 110 / 95 / 80 seconds

BLITZCRANK - ★★★★ The great steam golem Runes: Items: Start: CLICK FOR MATCHUP INFO • PLAYSTYLE • >> Even though Blitzcrank falls into the engage category which is mostly easy for Lulu, I don't like this matchup. Unlike other engage champions, when he engages (hooks), he doesn't have to go in but rather pulls you or your ADC to him. That makes it very hard to get out, since the pull range is really long, so you are rarely safe in this lane, because he can speed himself up with Overdrive and close the distance. >> Blitzcrank's ultimate, Static Field, deletes shields, making it even harder to protect the hooked target. >> It's best to try and convince your ADC to keep the minion wave close to your turret against Blitzcrank, so that you can retreat to safety as fast as possible after being grabbed. If you are under turret and have no minions, keep in mind that Blitzcrank can still grab you, so fall back until your minions arrive. >> Buy boots as fast as possible to be able to dodge better and always stand behind minions. If you see your minion wave is becoming really small, fall back and go with the new one, because one hook is almost always a kill for enemies. But, if he misses the hook, you have around 18 seconds to do whatever you want, because he will basically be a minion. So use that time to get some poke or even kill and zone your enemies. Unfortunately, good Blitzcrank's will hold their hook to make you scared, making it really hard to do anything this lane other than trying to get your ally or yourself out of danger when one of you gets hooked. >> Make sure you ward the lane bushes so Blitzcrank has less options to catch you off guard. Also, if you go ward, be aware of the possibility that he can grab you over a wall from fog of war. >> Don't get baited by flashing on a low health Blitzcrank, since he has a passive that grants him a shield if he gets lower than 20% of his health. Good thing is that it has a pretty long cooldown though, so if you remember that its down, you are free to kill him. >> You outscale Blitzcrank, so don't try to force plays that could lead to him getting ahead. Staying even with Blitzcrank is basically a win for you. • ITEMS • >> Against Blizcrank, you will go Locket of the Iron Solari as your mythic, as it makes you and your team tankier and provides extra shield to protect someone from Blitzrank's hook. Be aware that his ult destroys shields, so if possible, try to use this after Blitzcrank already used his R. Other mythics either aren't useful against him or you can't really use them (Imperial Mandate). >> Other items will be centered mainly around keeping your team alive as best as possible. Zeke's Convergence is good, since after Blitzcrank pulls someone in, you can ult them to give them extra health, knockup enemies and that will proc Zeke's passive. Redemption is there to help your teammate if you can't get in range or if all of your other protection tools aren't enough. Next, one item I started using recently against Blitzcrank is Knight's Vow. It redirects some portion of damage that is dealt to your ally to you, making it harder for Blitzcrank's team to burst your carry if you have it. You will also get extra movement speed towards them if they are below half HP, making you able to get in range for your abilities as fast as possible after someone has been grabbed. • RUNES • >> The best option against Blitzcrank is Guardian, because it makes you tankier and provides yet another protection for the hooked target - you will need all the protection you can get to help someone survive. >> You will take sorcery secondary with Transcendence and Manaflow Band. If you feel like it will be impossible to proc Manaflow band in your lane, you can go Celerity instead for extra movement speed or Gathering Storm to outscale Blitzcrank even more. • IMPORTANT COOLDOWNS TO KEEP TRACK OF • >> Flash = 300 seconds >> Mana Barrier (Passive) = 90 seconds seconds >> Rocket Grab (Q) = 20 / 19 / 18 / 17 / 16 seconds >> Hextech Flashtraption = 20 seconds

BRAND - ★★★★ The burning vengeance Runes: Items: Start: CLICK FOR MATCHUP INFO • PLAYSTYLE • >> Brand is one of the strongest laning supports who is able to dominate the game alone if he gets ahead, so your first goal in this lane will be making sure he doesn't. >> He deals a lot of damage, and if he ever gets his E +Q + W combo on you or your ADC, you will either die or will be very low and forced to back. Make sure you stand behind minions to avoid that - while his W and empowered E aren't blocked by minions, you at least won't be stunned and avoid damage from his passive, which procs after hitting you with 3 abilities. Keep in mind that if you see Brand pushing, you should step away from the minions as he will try to hit both you and the wave. Start dodging his Pillar of Flame as soon as you see it and purchase Boots early for extra movement speed. >> When he ults or you have his passive proc on yourself, stay away from your team so that it doesn't bounce to them. >> Generally, you just want to try and survive this lane, but if you see Brand miss his abilities, you can damage him or even try to kill him. If he missed his W, then you are free to stand in minions and poke, while if he used his Q (which stuns after he hit you with at least one other ability), it's a great time to all-in. He is very squishy and doesn't have any kind of sustain, and if he's out of mana, he won't be very useful. Focus on dodging his skillshots and use this window of oppoturnity to strike back and possibly even win the lane. • ITEMS • >> Moonstone Renewer is a great mythic item against brand, as it provides the sustain that Lulu lacks and needs in this lane. Also, Brand usually needs to get much closer for his combo than most mage supports, making it easier to stay in combat with him and proc the Moonstone's passive. Locket of the Iron Solari might seem good for the shield against his ult, but you have to stay close to your team to use it to its full potential, which isn't great against Brand. Night Harvester will be your choice if you aren't scared of flames and chose Electrocute. >> Just like Locket, there is another debatable item against Brand - Redemption. It provides a nice heal and you can cast it while being away, but it will also encourage your team to stay close, possibly making Brand ult bounce more and deal unnecessary damage, so be aware of that and decide if you really want to purchase it. Mikael's Blessing can get your teammate out of danger and protect them from possible burst if they got stunned, and Staff of Flowing Water provides movement speed to dodge Brand's abilities better as well as get away from your teammates faster to prevent his R from bouncing. • RUNES • >> You can go either Summon Aery for a bit of damage as well as shielding, which would be better with ADCs that just want to scale up and aren't really looking to dominate the lane, meanwhile Electrocute supports aggressive ADCs like Lucian the best. Brand is squishy, so if he misses his Q and you have Electrocute alongside an ADC that can get in, he will most likely die. Only take Electrocute if you are confident that you will be able to dodge at least some of his abilities. >> A great secondary rune for this lane is Biscuit Delivery, since it gives you a bit of sustain that you lack as well as mana to not get forced out of lane too fast. • IMPORTANT COOLDOWNS TO KEEP TRACK OF • >> Flash = 300 seconds >> Sear (Q) = 8 / 7.5 / 7 / 6.5 / 6 seconds >> Pillar of Flame (W) = 10 / 9.5 / 9 / 8.5 / 8 seconds

BRAUM - ★★ The heart of Freljord Runes: Items: Start: CLICK FOR MATCHUP INFO • PLAYSTYLE • >> This matchup can get hard if you are not careful enough, but if you follow these tips, you won't have many problems with it. >> First of all, since Braum doesn't offer any sustain and can't poke you back besides a bit of damage from his Q, you will be able to poke him and his ADC down really nicely, especially since getting auto attacks off in this lane will be pretty easy. Definitely start Glitterlance level one and push the enemy duo away from wave so you can hit level 2 first. If his ADC isn't someone like Caitlyn or Varus, you are free to use E offensively rather than for shield to make your trading even better. >> The only thing you need to be aware of is when Braum gets his passive on you or your ally. Back off for a bit until it disappears so you don't get stunned, because you could be in trouble if you do. >> One thing you can do is stand behind minions so that Braum can't hit you with Q and is forced to use his dash offensively on a minion if he wants to do anything. >> If he is engaging, slow him down and polymorph the enemy ADC so that they can't deal damage. If he uses his dash offensively, he won't be able to retreat and you can just run him down, so don't let Braum freely walk away after an unsuccessful engage from him. >> His shield blocks projectiles (so you W and Q), so you should wait for the shield to expire before throwing them out. It will be hard for Braum to predict when you will use your W. If you bait this ability out and wait for it to disappear, your trade against him will go even better than it normally would. • ITEMS • >> As far as mythics go, you can use any of them against Braum. Rather than trying to pick a mythic good against him, look at his team and determine based on them. A lot of assasins and divers? Locket of the Iron Solari. Need sustain since they have poke mages or low damage tanks? Moonstone Renewer. Are you winning lane and don't need other mythics? Imperial Mandate. Want to kite better? Shurelya's Battlesong. You can even go for Electrocute with Night Harvester if you really want to and you can smash the lane with a lane oriented ADC. >> Just like mythics, there aren't many items that are good especially against Braum, but rather against his team. One exception is Mikael's Blessing, though. You can help your stunned teammate with it if they fail to run away from Braum's passive procs. His R is a knockup, so Mikael's doesn't help against that, but since his passive can be used often, Mikael's will still be useful. Other good items are Redemption against his engage or Staff of Flowing Water for extra movement speed to help your team kite him. • RUNES • >> In this lane, you have two main options. You will go for Summon Aery when you know you will be able to auto attack a lot, since Braum has an ADC that's weaker in lane, and Guardian if Braum has someone more aggressive, especially Lucian or Samira, regardless of your own ADC. If Braum's ADC is weak and your ADC is strong in lane, you can go Electrocute as well, but I feel like Summon Aery fills the aggressive rune spot better, since you will be auto-attacking a lot. • IMPORTANT COOLDOWNS TO KEEP TRACK OF • >> Flash = 300 seconds >> Winter's Bite (Q) = 10 / 9 / 8 / 7 / 6 seconds >> Unbreakable (E) = 18 / 16 / 14 / 12 / 10 seconds >> Glacial Fissure (R) = 140 / 120 / 100 seconds

JANNA - ★ The storm's fury Runes: Items: Start: CLICK FOR MATCHUP INFO • PLAYSTYLE • >> Even though Janna is an enchanter, I put her into "very easy matchups" because I feel like it's very easy to deal with her as Lulu. >> Usually try to bait her shield and then poke the other target or poke after its gone, using E offensively or defensively depending on the situation - if you think that you will take a lot of damage, then shield yourself. If you took electrocute then it's better to use it offensively if possible. >> Trading with Janna can get annyoing since she moves very fast and slows you with her point-and-click poke ability, running away before you can do anything. If you see her going for a W on your ally, don't hesitate to use your full combo on her, as she is fairly squishy. She will usually overstep to use the W, thinking it will be easy for her to back off quickly, but if she uses the W on your ADC, meaning you aren't the one being slowed down, you can use E + AA + Q on her to slow her down. She might end up dying with the help of your ADC. >> Remember that you can polymorph her or use your ult knock up when she ults to cancel it, it's very useful. She is also vulnerable when ulting, because she has to stand still, so use that to your advantage. >> Her Q is pretty much useless against you, just be careful of it channeling from bushes because it will allow her to get in range for her W more easily. She has no form of sustain outside of her ultimate which you can cancel. If she ults your team away, you can just speed them up and they will still reach her easily. • ITEMS • >> So far I think the best mythic against Janna specifically is Imperial Mandate. It makes your quick trades better. Since Janna moves so fast, it can prove to be difficult to use Moonstone Renewer because you have to stay in combat, and Locket of the Iron Solari can be used if Janna's team has a lot of assasins or divers. If you went for Electrocute, then your choice will be Night Harvester. >> It might seem a bit strange that I recommended Ardent Censer as an item good against Janna. The reasoning behind it is that you, as a Lulu, provide better peel and buffs for your ADC. If you buy Ardent Censer, you will push this to another level. Of course, the rule of you having to have an attack speed carry still applies, but if you do have one, you should be considering Ardent even more than usually. • RUNES • >> The rune you will take depends on what ADC Janna has. If Janna's ADC is good in laning phase, like Draven, then you should take Summon Aery and look to take only small trades with your cooldowns up. If her ADC is someone who is rather short ranged and not that great in lane, like Kai'sa, you will look to take Electrocute and bully them. >> Biscuit Delivery can give you an advantage in sustain and mana if Janna hasn't taken it as well, while Relentless Hunter alongside Zombie Ward can make you roam really well, which can be useful both if the Janna player just sits in lane or if he roams (so you can match him). It depends purely on your preference. >> With Electrocute, your two secondary runes will definitely be Transcendence and Manaflow Band, providing you with extra mana and scaling. • IMPORTANT COOLDOWNS TO KEEP TRACK OF • >> Flash = 300 seconds >> Zephyr (W) = 8 / 7.5 / 7 / 6.5 / 6 seconds >> Eye of the Storm (E) = 16 / 15 / 14 / 13 / 12 seconds

KARMA - ★★ The enlightened one Runes: Items: Start: CLICK FOR MATCHUP INFO • PLAYSTYLE • >> Karma is something between an enchanter and poke mage. While she can deal some damage, she also has a root and shield, and her R is unique, because it makes her other abilities better and it's unlocked from level 1 without her needing to spend a skill point. >> Try to dodge her Q and stay away from minions when she's using it, because it has splash damage, so even if she only hits the minions you are standing next to, it will damage you. It might prove difficult to trade with her if she has her Q up, since she slow you with it as well as deals nice damage. Wait until she wastes her Q and then go in for a trade, that will be your best bet, since she is vulnerable without it. If she uses her ult and then Q, it will do a lot of damage and it's kind of hard to dodge, so try to time your shield to block it. >> If she's trying to root someone, give them movement speed from your W and slow Karma with Q. She is not as good as other poke supports and not as good as other enchanter supports at the cost of having both of those qualities. That means you outscale her, especially if you have an attack speed carry. >> If you ever want to all-in her, wait for her to use R first. If you decide to all-in even though her R is up, ignite her to make sure she can't use RW to get much healing from both parts of her root. • ITEMS • >> I don't think any of the mythics are specifically good against Karma, since you don't need the movement speed from Shurelya's - Karma's root is only on one target, just like your movement speed bonus can only affect one ally. That being said, Moonstone Renewer provides nice healing (outside of lane mostly, since it's hard to stay in combat with Karma in lane) and gives you extra ability haste, allowing you to scale even better. >> Staff of Flowing Water will give you and your teammate even more movement speed to not only run away from her root, but also to kite her Q. If you are ahead and want to outscale her even more while having another extra movement speed, Cosmic Drive can be nice. • RUNES • >> Guardian is too easy to proc for Karma, so it won't be very useful, while Electrocute is hard to proc and get in range of, meaning Summon Aery is the best rune against her. If you just really want Electrocute and are confident that you can use it well against her, then it can be fine, but I'd still recommend Summon Aery as the better, safer option. >> You can go for Biscuit Delivery to have more mana and health sustain against her poke, but it's not necessary if you feel like other options will impact your game better. • IMPORTANT COOLDOWNS TO KEEP TRACK OF • >> Flash = 300 seconds >> Inner Flame (Q) = 9 / 8.5 / 8 / 7.5 / 7 seconds >> Mantra (R) = 40 / 38 / 36 / 34 seconds (available from level 1)

LEONA - ★★ The radiant dawn Runes: Items: Start: CLICK FOR MATCHUP INFO • PLAYSTYLE • >> I used to struggle in this matchup, but it's actually favorable for Lulu. Leona can engage through minions and is basically a tank with a lot of stuns and a root while being very lane dominant. >> Her usual combo is just E and Q to get onto her enemy and stun them, while activating her W for tankiness. She can only do that from lvl 2 though, so abuse her level 1 hard. I'm talking real abuse - just walk up (not too close) and attack her or her adc, slow them with Glitterlance and keep attacking, making it very uncomfortable for them to farm. This way, you will deny her strong level 2 powerspike, which is arguably one of the strongest level 2's in game. >> After she reaches lvl 2, you have to be more careful. Generally it's better if she goes on your ADC, because you can polymorph her ADC, shield yours, slow Leona and get damage on her or her ADC when they are retreating. >> Buy boots early so that it can help you dodge her E and run away from her. Keep in mind that you you outscale her. Staying even with her is fine and it's actually considered a win for you, so don't worry if you can't get much done. I would only recommend roaming in this matchup if Leona isn't in lane, because she can dive your ADC very easily. >> Do not just put a ward in Leona's face, especially not in a bush if you see her in it. She can cancel her auto attack with Q easily and is able to clear the ward alone before it becomes stealthed. >> You should be looking at the levels very carefully in this lane. Watch out for her level 6 powerspike, because she can catch you off guard and stun you before you even realize what is happening. When you see a Leona ult, consider speeding yourself of your teammate up so that they run away from it before it reaches the ground. Also, Leona's ult has a very short cooldown for an ultimate ability, so be sure to always keep it in mind, because there's a high chance she will have it available every fight. >> Without her W, Eclipse, Leona is squishier than you might think, so it will be easier to punish or even kill her after its down. • ITEMS • >> In this matchup, the best mythic item you can go is definitely Locket of the Iron Solari. It provides a nice tankiness to you and your team as well as an AOE shield so you can survive Leona's engage and then run her down. >> Right after you purchase your mythic, you should be going for Mikael's Blessing, unless you and your ADC are very ahead and you want Ardent Censer to make him stronger. Mikael's is essential against Leona, since she has a lot of stuns, so having an item that can remove at least one can save your team from being locked up and dying before they can do anything. Redemption is useful, since you can put it down after Leona engages to heal your team up. It's even better that it's AOE, since if Leona manages to stun multiple people with her R, you can put Redemption down and hopefully save them, because in that case, you can only use Mikael's on one person. • RUNES • >> Since Leona's gameplan is to engage on you, Guardian will help you the best out of all rune choices to deal with it and survive. I wouldn't recommend anything else. While Summon Aery would be a better option level one against Leona, Guardian is better for the rest of the game. >> This matchup is a special case where you can consider going Presence of Mind and Legend: Tenacity secondary to have more tenacity, meaning being stunned less. It depends on your preference though, because generally, you should be in a position where you don't need the extra tenacity. • IMPORTANT COOLDOWNS TO KEEP TRACK OF • >> Flash = 300 seconds >> Zenith Blade (E) = 12 / 10.5 / 9 / 7.5 / 6 seconds >> Eclipse (W) = 14 / 13 / 12 / 11 / 10 seconds >> Solar Flare (R) = 90 / 75 / 60 seconds

LUX - ★★★ The lady of luminosity Runes: Items: Start: CLICK FOR MATCHUP INFO • PLAYSTYLE • >> Lux can be annoying. She has a very long range, making it hard to walk up and just trade with her without getting punished for it. >> Stay away from your ADC and shield the one that Lux is going to poke with E unless you are sure you or your ADC can dodge it. If you do a good job at negating her damage, she will run out of mana very fast. >> When she uses Q on your ADC and walks up for passive proc, you can punish her and do some nice damage. And if she misses the Q completely, you and your ADC can just focus her down, because she is squishy and will die pretty fast. The same thing applies to her E - after she misses it, you have a better chance of winning a trade against her. >> Be aware of her lvl 6, if she gets full combo with R on you, it will do a lot of damage and you might even die. >> If she uses her laugh emote, hit her with yours and have the ultimate laugh battle. • ITEMS • >> As far as mythic's go, Moonstone Renewer will provide you with a bit of sustain that's useful against Lux. If you won lane but didn't take Electrocute, Imperial Mandate is a good option too. Of course, if Lux's team has a lot of assasins, Locket of the Iron Solari will be the way to go - it will also give you a shield against Lux's burst, so it's not like you can't use it against her. Night Harvester will be your choice if your keystone is Electrocute. >> A very useful item against Lux is Mikael's Blessing. To get her full combo off and do a lot of damage, she needs to hit her root first and have her target stay in one place. If you have Mikael's though, you can help them get out of the root and dodge Lux's ultimate. Staff of Flowing Water is rather optional, as it can help you dodge stuff with extra movement speed. • RUNES • >> When you are deciding what runes to take, look at your ADC. If you have someone who is lane dominant, like Samira, go for Electrocute, wait for Lux to miss her Q and then burst her down. If your ADC would rather farm, Summon Aery is better to provide some extra shielding and a bit of damage if you get an oppoturnity to poke back. >> If you want more health and mana sustain, Biscuit Delivery will be very useful against Lux. When taking Electrocute, feel free to take Taste of Blood instead of Cheap Shot to have more sustain in this lane. • IMPORTANT COOLDOWNS TO KEEP TRACK OF • >> Flash = 300 seconds >> Light Binding (Q) = 11 / 10.5 / 10 / 9.5 / 9 seconds >> Lucent Singularity (E) = 10 / 9.5 / 9 / 8.5 / 8 seconds

MORGANA - ★★ The fallen Runes: Items: Start: CLICK FOR MATCHUP INFO • PLAYSTYLE • >> Morgana doesn't have any reliable way to poke you outside of W which does minimal damage and drains a lot of her mana, which means you should win the poke war, especially if you take a longer trade after she misses her Q. >> In this matchup, you should try to stand behind minions to prevent her hitting Q (binding), but if she does land it, shield the stunned target and polymorph her ADC so that they can't do much damage. If there are no minions and you see Morgana's binding flying towards your ADC, you can speed them up and make it easier for them to dodge it, but keep in mind that if you do this and the binding still hits, you won't have your polymorph. >> She has no sustain so she is vulnerable to poke. Her Black Shield can block your polymorph, which can be troublesome if her ADC or any other teammate gets ahead and she shield them, preventing them from being polymorphed. >> If she gets close to you and your ADC with her R available, walk in different directions so that she has to choose who to target. When she chooses to go after you, feel free to flash away if you are in danger. The range of her ult is big and she gets movement speed, so if you are next to her, don't do it - you will just waste your flash and get stunned anyway. >> Rush boots in this matchup to have more movement speed, allowing you to dodge her binding's (Q's) and run away from her ultimate. Be careful of her Flash + ult, as it can catch you off guard, especially if you don't have flash. • ITEMS • >> Shurelya's Battlesong might seem like a good option to run away from her ultimate, so if that's your only threat, you can build it. Other option are mostly better though - Imperial Mandate allows you to dish out more damage if you won lane against Morgana, Night Harvester is essential if you took Electrocute and Locket of the Iron Solari gives you and your team more tankiness as well as AOE shield against her ultimate - build Locket if Morgana is their main engage or if they have a lot of divers / assasins. >> Definitely build Mikael's Blessing, even if you are ahead, as one good binding can give Morgana a lead again. You will be able to save your team from her stun lockdown. Another great option is Staff of Flowing Water, because it gives extra movement speed for you and shielded ally to dodge her binding as well as run away from her when she ults. • RUNES • >> In this lane, all 3 keystones are viable options, with Guardian being the least used and recommended. Look at either Summon Aery if you have an ADC that wants to farm and scale up and Electrocute if you have an ADC that can be aggressive and back you up when you trade with your massive burst. • IMPORTANT COOLDOWNS TO KEEP TRACK OF • >> Flash = 300 seconds >> Dark Binding (Q) = 10 seconds >> Black Shield (E) = 26 / 24 / 22 / 20 / 18 seconds >> Soul Shackles (R) = 120 / 110 / 100 seconds

NAMI - ★★★ The tidecaller Runes: Items: Start: CLICK FOR MATCHUP INFO • PLAYSTYLE • >> This matchup is very even. She wins lane if both players are on the same skill level, because she has poke and healing on one ability and is generally the strongest laning enchanter since she has a stun and even a knockup from lvl 6, but you win later and have tools to outplay her even early. >> You will have the advantage if you force longer fights when she misses her bubble and she will have the advantage if she can just stay back, poke and heal up all the damage you manage to do while building a health lead. That's why you shouldn't poke much and rather look for all-ins since she is very squishy. >> When she uses her W to poke and heal herself, you can try to slow her and punish her for it with your E + AA + Q combo. If you have an attack speed carry that you can empower, you definitely outscale her. >> Nami doesn't have many ways to help her shove the minion wave like Lulu can with her Q, so you can look to push her under turret where her ADC will be forced to focus on the CS rather than poking or following up on Nami's bubble. >> Her ultimate moves rather slowly, so if you see it, speed your carry so that they can easily avoid it. • ITEMS • >> I'd say Imperial Mandate works best against Nami. It makes your trades better as well as your all-in, since you will slow her, make your ADC do more damage when they attack her, which makes her easier to kill. Moonstone Renewer is another fine option for more scaling and sustain if you feel like that's what you need. Finally, if you went for Electrocute, pickup Night Harvester as your mythic. >> You can consider buying Mikael's Blessing to save someone from Nami's bubble if you see that your teammates have trouble dodging it, otherwise it's not worth it, since Mikael's can't clense knockup from her ultimate. Chemtech Putrifier can stop some of her healing, but since she isn't a pure healer, buy it only if there is at least one other champion other than Nami whose healing you need to stop. Buying it just for Nami isn't worth it. • RUNES • >> Take Summon Aery as your rune if you have an ADC that wants to farm and scale up, like Jinx, and Electrocute if you have an ADC that can be aggressive with you and help you kill your enemies, like Lucian. >> Since Nami has a lot of sustain, you can look to match it with Biscuit Delivery, it depends on your preference though. • IMPORTANT COOLDOWNS TO KEEP TRACK OF • >> Flash = 300 seconds >> Aqua Prison (Q) = 12 / 11 / 10 / 9 / 8 seconds

NAUTILUS - ★★ The titan of the depths Runes: Items: Start: CLICK FOR MATCHUP INFO • PLAYSTYLE • >> Nautilus can be scary to face because he has a lot of CC, but Lulu has easier time into him than some other enchanters because of how many tools of protection she offers. >> Stand behind minions just like in any other hook matchup and if you see your minion wave becoming smaller, back off and wait for the next one. If he engages on you, polymorph his ADC and slow him down for a potential chase. He is vulnerable to poke and unlike Blitzcrank, if he hooks someone, he will go in too. So, if he hooks minion or wall on mistake and tries to run, just E + AA + Q him and run him down. >> He can only engage through minions with his R, so when he ults you, stand away from your ADC so he doesn't get knocked up too and try to position yourself in a place where he can't hook you after the knockup, making him waste his ult which will give you an advantage if you force a fight after. >> When he gets near you, look to break his shield before turning on his ADC, because when he has it, he deals extra damage. >> Sometimes, Nautilus will hook a wall to get in range for his ultimate. You can't do much about it, but it's good to know that it can happen. • ITEMS • >> The best mythic against Nautilus is Locket of the Iron Solari. It pairs well with Guardian as well, making you and your team tankier and harder to kill when Nautilus engages. Moonstone Renewer could be a fine option if his team is full of tanks and not much damage, but that's not very common. >> When picking up items in this matchup, you will look at the ones that can make you harder to kill in an engage. Zeke's Convergence will give your attack speed carry additional damage after you knock enemies up with ultimate and Redemption provides AOE heal to heal up your team after a short delay. Eventually, you can even go Knight's Vow if one carry is getting targetted over and over to make them harder to kill. This is a specific matchup where I also suggest you to consider Zhonya's Hourglass if Nautilus is ulting you - that way, you can Zhonya's when it happens (unless you have no teammate around you and will 100 % die) and waste his ult. • RUNES • >> Guardian will definitely be your rune choice against Nautilus, because it's good against champions that want to engage on you and kill you - exactly what Nautilus does. Electrocute and Summon Aery aren't consistent enough, since they provide extra poke which you won't be in range of a lot of the times in this lane. >> Nautilus can't damage you outside of engaging, so unless he has an ADC with a high range, go for Bone Plating to make yourself tankier if you get caught. • IMPORTANT COOLDOWNS TO KEEP TRACK OF • >> Flash = 300 seconds >> Dredge Line (Q) = 14 / 13 / 12 / 11 / 10 seconds >> Depth Charge (R) = 120 / 100 / 80 seconds

PYKE - ★★★ The bloodharbor ripper Runes: Items: Start: CLICK FOR MATCHUP INFO • PLAYSTYLE • >> Pyke is not as tanky as other hook supports, but in exchange for that, he has more damage. That's why you should be just as careful about getting hooked. >> Poking him is kind of useless since he can just go out of sight and get some health back, so focus on poking his ADC instead unless the poke on him is literally free. He can't really provide his ADC with any sustain or help them when you stay in a good position and poke, so if you do it properly, you should win this lane. >> You will see he is about to hook, so take that time to hide into your minions. If you are too far, you can even speed yourself or your ADC so that you can run away from him before he charges his hook. Also, since it's a channel, you can interrupt his hook with the knockup from your ultimate. >> Avoid staying too close to your ADC so that he can't stun you both with E. Remember that his ultimate ignores shields, so rather than trying to save an ally from it with E, just ult them - your ultimate will give them health so that they don't get executed and Pyke doesn't get his ult reset. >> Useful thing that you can do is E him which grants true sight against his camouflage, making it hard for him to run away. >> When against Pyke, definitely don't ward alone, since he can just appear out of nowhere, get to you with his mobility and kill you before you blink. >> Pyke is an amazing roamer and he will probably look to roam a lot, so make sure you roam too to match him and save your teammates from danger. You should already buy boots early in this matchup to help you dodge stuff, but don't be afraid to upgrade them to Mobility Boots as your item after Spellthief's or Relic's. If you for some reason can't match his roam, make sure to ping when he is missing so your team has enough time to retreat. >> Since Pyke is fairly squishy, when he engages and fails to kill you or gets CC'd, he won't be able to do much and will die quickly. Polymorph him if he still didn't get his E off, and polymorph his ADC if he already managed to use E. Later in the game, feel free to polymorph Pyke to prevent him from doing anything and give your team time to kill him. • ITEMS • >> You have two main options against Pyke. First, you can buy Locket of the Iron Solari that will make you and your team tankier and harder to kill when Pyke engages. The second option is Moonstone Renewer. It provides heals that can mess up Pyke's execution with his R, and if he uses it but you heal up a bit of damage and make him miss the execution, he won't get reset and will probably die. >> I'd also recommend that you consider building Redemption and Zhonya's Hourglass. Redemption will give your team a small heal, potentially messing up Pyke's R reset, and you will also have more health so that you are harder to execute. You can use Zhonya's Hourglass when Pyke ults you to mess his ult up once again and avoid the execution damage. • RUNES • >> The rune you take depends mainly on how confident you are playing against Pyke. If you have a lot of experience in the matchup, then go for Summon Aery, hide in minions and poke his ADC and maybe even him to death. If you are unsure or scared of this matchup, going Guardian to shield you against his engage is fine too. I would also recommend choosing Guardian as your keystone if his ADC is very lane dominant, like Samira or Lucian. >> Since Pyke's ult ignores shields, Revilatize might prove to be a bit weaker against him. You can consider swapping it for Unflinching, which will give you extra tenacity to potentially get out of his CC before he can execute you. • IMPORTANT COOLDOWNS TO KEEP TRACK OF • >> Flash = 300 seconds >> Bone Skewer (Q) = 10 / 9.5 / 9 / 8.5 / 8 seconds >> Death from Below (R) = 120 / 100 / 80 seconds

RAKAN - ★★ The charmer Runes: Items: Start: CLICK FOR MATCHUP INFO • PLAYSTYLE • >> Rakan is pretty easy to deal with because he isn't very tanky and his engage is easy to dodge, especially before his level 6. Poke him and his ADC down, since he will mostly use shield for engaging and if he uses it defensively, he won't be able to engage without getting massively punished for not having E. Starting Glitterlance makes you able to slow them down and use more autoattacks, but if you feel like their lane is so strong that they could all-in at level one (For example, if he has Xayah), then starting Help, Pix! is better. >> His small heal isn't much and it doesn't hit through minions, so poke in minions while also staying away from your ADC, preventing the possible double knock up from Rakan. >> Rakan will generate a shield after some time, but it's not that hard to break through and it has a kind of long cooldown in the early game. Just make sure to not flash on low health Rakan with just one ability if you haven't seen the shield for a long time. >> He has a pretty good teamfighting potential, so always tell your team to be spread out and avoid letting him combo you all with his ult + W. >> You can polymorph him so that he can't get away and burst him down after he went in. His power gets a bit better if he has Xayah, but it doesn't change how you should play this matchup. • ITEMS • >> If you took Electrocute, take Night Harvester as your mythic. Your other great choice is Locket of the Iron Solari, as it provides your team with AOE shield and an aura with armor and magic resist, making them tankier to survive Rakan's engage. Other options are fine too though if you feel like your game needs them. >> Staff of Flowing Water is really good in this matchup, because it provides you with extra movement speed to not get hit by Rakan's W and potentially even run away from his ultimate while being a great item on Lulu in general. Think carefully when considering Redemption, as it encourages your team to be close together and you don't want that. Mikael's Blessing is optional if Rakan's charm is giving you trouble. • RUNES • >> Go for either Summon Aery if you will mostly be poking while your ADC farms and Electrocute if your ADC can followup and help you snowball the lane. I wouldn't recommend Guardian even though Rakan is an engage champion, as it encourages you to stay closer to your ADC that you would like in this matchup, plus your main concern will be dodging the W and then turning on Rakan. Plus, like I mentioned above, Rakan and his ADC are very easy to poke out, and you can do that much better with Summon Aery or Electrocute. • IMPORTANT COOLDOWNS TO KEEP TRACK OF • >> Flash = 300 seconds >> Grand Entrance (W) = 18 / 16.5 / 15 / 13.5 / 12 seconds >> The Quickness (R) = 130 / 110 / 90 seconds

SENNA - ★★★★ The redeemer Runes: Items: Start: CLICK FOR MATCHUP INFO • PLAYSTYLE • >> This matchup is only hard if the enemy Senna is good, since if she doesn't punish you in lane and doesn't stack enough souls, you will outscale her. >> She usually just wants to stay back and poke while healing herself and her ADC, so your best bet at killing her is all-inning. Make sure you are not too behind to do that. >> When she pokes, shield your ally who has a mist stack on them, because she will probably want to collect that. When you see a mist stack on yourself, back off for a bit so that you don't give her free souls which make her stronger. >> Trading only auto-attacks with Senna is really bad, because she gains a soul from it and can also heal up. If you want to poke her, make sure you hit your Q. >> Punish her when she is picking up a soul from the ground because she won't be able to fight back for a little while, since she will be stuck in her animation. >> She goes oom pretty fast if she is using her abilities, especially if she has Grasp. Don't just randomly walk up into her range without doing anything because she will be able to farm a soul from you, and that's something you definitely don't want. >> When you see Senna ulting, ping for danger so that your team can react as fast as possible and maybe even dodge it, preventing Senna from getting a kill. Also, remember that you can put an E on her or her teammate to grant true sight, preventing them from being camouflaged by Senna's Curse of the Black Mist. • ITEMS • >> As far as your mythic goes, Imperial Mandate will make your all-in damage against Senna better, since it deals extra damage. Night Harvester will be your choice if you have Electrocute as your keystone. >> Most items aren't good specifically against Senna, so you will instead look to buy stuff that counters her team. You should consider Ardent Censer more than usual, though. Since Senna's attacks are kind of slow, if you have Ardent and buff your ADC so that he hits her back much faster and harder, she will think twice about poking next time. • RUNES • >> I highly recommend that you take Electrocute in this matchup. While it's true that Senna is ranged, unlike most mages, she has to get close to you to poke and her autoattack animation makes her stand in place for longer than usual attacks. That's why you can punish her heavily with Electrocute if she steps up. She is squishy, so you might even be able to kill you if your ADC helps. Only take Summon Aery if you just really don't want to have Electrocute in that specific game and look to use it for extra shielding rather than poke damage. • IMPORTANT COOLDOWNS TO KEEP TRACK OF • >> Flash = 300 seconds >> Dawning Shadow (R) = 160 / 140 / 120 seconds

SERAPHINE - ★★★ The starry-eyed songtress Runes: Items: Start: CLICK FOR MATCHUP INFO • PLAYSTYLE • >> Seraphine has a lot of range, so if she plays it right, you will have a hard time getting in range to poke her with your short-ranged abilities. However, that doesn't mean you will just sit back and shield everything that you can in this lane. When she misses her E, she is very vulnerable to poke or even all-in. Outside of her ultimate, her E is her main tool of protection, as her shield doesn't mitigate much. Make sure you don't just sit back after she missed it - punish her as much as possible. >> Stand away from your ADC in line, but enough so you can still shield them. This way, she won't be able to hit you both with Q. >> After you see 3 rectangles under her healthbar (one of them will be pink with a yellow note), it means Seraphine's next ability will be empowered. High Note (Q) will deal damage twice (more on low health enemies), Surround Sound (W) will also heal, and her Beat Drop (E) will root instead of slow or stun if the target was already CC'd. Make sure to take extra care in case she would go for the root. >> Seraphine's ult has a long range, and everytime it hits enemy champion, it extends. Make sure your team isn't close together and that they aren't standing in lane when fighting her. Seraphine is a strong teamfighter, and if you allow her to get a good ult off, she will destroy you all. >> Seraphine's shield (W) will also provide her with extra movement speed, so if you want to run away from her, you will need to use your Whimsy movement speed. >> Seraphine's auto-attacks can be tricky. Everytime she casts an ability, she extends her auto attack range and deals bonus damage (this effect disappears after a while of not using it). Make sure to only walk up to her if you plan to poke or all-in, otherwise she will be able to damage you really easily. • ITEMS • >> For the standard buildpath, Moonstone Renewer is your best bet. It will provide extra healing against Seraphine's poke and also more ability haste as the game goes, allowing you to scale even better. It's also the best option against Seraphine simply because the other ones aren't very good. You can also go for Night Harvester if you took Electrocute to run her over. >> Since Seraphine is a lot about CC (her E and R), Mikael's Blessing is a good choice to save someone from getting stunned or charmed. Keep in mind that if she E's and ults after, even if you use Mikael's on the E root / stun, your ally won't be able to escape if they don't have flash or a dash, because her R width is pretty big. Consider cleansing the charm from her ultimate instead. Redemption is good, because if she ults a lot of people, you can put it down and heal everyone back up. • RUNES • >> You will choose based on your ADC. If he's someone who can help you, will follow-up if you are aggressive and has lane pressure in general, Electrocute will make it hard for Seraphine to survive, as she's squishy. Your other option is Summon Aery for extra shielding and scaling with ADCs like Twitch that would rather farm up and get their items before doing anything. >> If you are taking Summon Aery, then Biscuit Delivery can help deal with Seraphine's poke even better. • IMPORTANT COOLDOWNS TO KEEP TRACK OF • >> Flash = 300 seconds >> Beat Drop (E) = 13 / 12 / 11 / 10 / 9 seconds >> Encore (R) = 160 / 140 / 120 seconds

SONA - ★★ Maven of the strings Runes: Items: Start: CLICK FOR MATCHUP INFO • PLAYSTYLE • >> Usually people rate this as a very easy matchup, but from my experience playing Sona, it's even, and if Lulu doesn't have good synergy with her ADC, then it becomes a bit harder for Lulu to win. >> Sona will outscale you unless you have an attack speed carry that's very ahead. Her teamfights are better since she provides AOE stun and powerful auras for her whole team, while you usually buff one person, but you have the edge during laning phase, so make sure to use it and play very aggressively. Sona is very squishy and will usually die from one rotation if your ADC helps you out too. It's generally better if you take either short burst trades with Electrocute, or all-in. >> Sona's heal is very weak early and drains a lot of mana, so don't be afraid to poke - she won't be able to heal it back up like other healing enchanters. >> Avoid having you and your ADC stay close to her when she Q's, because you can only shield one person and her Q targets two people, plus it's not a skillshot so you can't dodge it. >> Don't be afraid to punish her weak laning with E + Q + AA and then hiding in a bush, because it will do a lot of damage and staying out of vision will make it so that she can't hit you with Q or her powerchord attack. If she greeds for powerchord in a bad position, you can slow her and run her down. >> Sona's roams are weak - she is vulnerable, doesn't offer much and moves very slowly. You can consider roaming against her, especially if she is playing too passive for you to do anything, and impact the map elsewhere while she can't really match you. >> Be careful of her ultimate because you can be caught out of position with it and bursted down. • ITEMS • >> You will take Night Harvester since you will be taking Electrocute as your keystone, and this is the best mythic alongside it. >> If you get ahead, then you should build damage and look to kill Sona as fast as possible so she can't cast many spells. As far as supportive items go, Mikael's Blessing can prove to be useful against her ultimate stun to get your carry out of danger. If you want to build Chemtech Putrifier against her healing, then do so only after your mythic or even as a 5th item option, because early, her heal doesn't do much, not making Chemtech worth it. • RUNES • >> You should take Electrocute against Sona no matter what ADC you or she has and snowball, because her early game laning is extremely weak and if you have Electrocute, she won't be able to get close to you without being extremely punished for it. You can also outroam her with Zombie Ward and Relentless Hunter, since her roams are very weak, which are both in Domination section alongside Electrocute. >> For your secondary, I would recommend Transcendence and Manaflow Band, but if you want even more damage, you can swap Transcendence for Scorch. • IMPORTANT COOLDOWNS TO KEEP TRACK OF • >> Flash = 300 seconds >> Crescendo (R) = 140 / 120 / 100 seconds

SORAKA - ★★★ The starchild Runes: Items: Start: CLICK FOR MATCHUP INFO • PLAYSTYLE • >> The most important thing that will lead you to winning this lane and that you and your ADC both have to do is dodge her Q. It gives her sustain and makes her heal cost less HP (or even no HP if she has her W maxed), so if you are able to dodge it, your poke will be more relevant. Also, since her Q slows, if you just randomly walk up for poke and she hits it on you, you might not even be able to get in range. >> Generally, you should bait her Q out and then go for poke. Try asking your ADC to buy early Executioner's Calling to make Soraka's healing worse and take Ignite which you will use on the target you are focusing to reduce the healing they recieve. When you have that, you dont necessarily have to always focus Soraka, but if your ignite is on CD and you don't have grievous wounds yet, then definitely focus her, because if you don't she will just heal everything you do to her ADC. >> Since Soraka has amazing sustain, it's much better to all-in her rather than trying to poke her, as she will just heal everything back unless you poke her constantly with her Q down. Be careful of her E, Equinox, because it silences and you or your ADC won't be able to cast spells until you walk out of it. If you stand in it for too long, you will get rooted, so try to avoid that too - as soon as you see it on the ground, walk away from it. It's not much of a threat though, because it's not very big and the cooldown is around 20 seconds. >> Later in the game, tell your team to focus Soraka and get her out of the fight as soon as possible. If you can't kill her, zoning her away from her team is also good, since she won't be able to heal them outside of her ultimate. >> Most Soraka's won't bother with roaming, because they can impact map with their ultimate. That's not always enough to win a fight though - if Soraka is playing too passive, you can leave the lane, since she won't usually follow you and has no real threat for your ADC, allowing you to roam and impact the map better than if you were against someone else. • ITEMS • >> For your mythic, you will take Moonstone Renewer to match Soraka's sustain a little bit. The fights against her will be longer, since she will be keeping her team alive, making Moonstone much better for you, as well as giving you a bit of ability haste scaling. Night Harvester is your choice if you took Electrocute. >> Your number one item after your mythic against Soraka will be Chemtech Putrifier unless you are really ahead and can afford buying Ardent Censer to buff up your ADC, then you would build it after Ardent. Chemtech will apply grievous wounds, making Soraka's healing worse. Note that it applies more grievous wounds if you immobilize enemy champion with the knockup from your ultimate. Also, definitely build Oblivion Orb against her as your fist item after Spellthief's and potential Boots (if you are having trouble with dodging her Q). >> I especially encourage you to build Dark Seal against her, because she doesn't have a real threat, making you able to keep your stacks. And if her team suddenly starts focusing you, you can always sell it later. If not, upgrading it to Mejai's Soulstealer is a good option, especially with Electrocute. • RUNES • >> In this matchup, you will take a rune depending on your ADC. If you have someone who is lane dominant, like Lucian, take Electrocute and burst either Soraka or enemy ADC (if you have grievous wounds or ignite) down. If your ADC would rather stay back and farm it out, take Summon Aery for extra shielding and short trades against their botlane. >> If you took Summon Aery, then you can opt for Inspiration secondary with Biscuit Delivery, since it will allow you to match Soraka's sustain even a little bit and stay in lane longer to recall when you want to, not when you are forced to. If you took Electrocute, your secondary choices will be Transcendence and Manaflow Band. • IMPORTANT COOLDOWNS TO KEEP TRACK OF • >> Flash = 300 seconds >> Starcall (Q) = 8 / 7 / 6 / 5 / 4 seconds

SWAIN - ★★★ The noxian grand general Runes: Items: Start: CLICK FOR MATCHUP INFO • PLAYSTYLE • >> This matchup is pretty dangerous and you will need to be careful the whole laning phase. Swain can root you and pull you closer to him through minions, and if he manages to pull you or your ADC in, it will cost you a lot of your HP if not your whole life. >> Good thing is that if he misses his pull, you are free to engage on him and punish him and his ADC, because he won't be able to do much about it. He also doesn't have any good long range poking spells, his only one is pretty easy to dodge if you start walking away from it as soon as you see it. >> He heals himself a lot, especially if he uses his ultimate, so ignite him and slow him down with Q when he is trying to get on you, because you don't want to be near him when his ultimate explodes, and he only deals damage and heals from nearby enemies. Generally it's better to wait until his ultimate disappears and then fight. >> Keep in mind that Swain gains extra health when he uses his ultimate, so if you aren't sure if he has it, don't flash on him even if he is low health, because he could ult, turn on you and kill you. • ITEMS • >> Your mythic item depends mainly on your preference. Locket of the Iron Solari can be good when Swain engages to give your team more magic resistance as well as AOE shield, while Moonstone Renewer can heal your team up quite nicely, because Swain's damage comes out pretty slowly unless he's ahead. I recommend going Locket of the Iron Solari if Swain is ahead, and Moonstone Renewer if Swain is behind or even. >> A good choice is Chemtech Putrifier to reduce Swain's healing. You don't need to purchase Oblivion Orb early, just build Chemtech when you feel like Swain's healing is hard to deal with. Another good item is Staff of Flowing Water, because it gives you and an ally you shield extra movement speed to dodge Swain's abilities and run away from him when he ults. • RUNES • >> Your best keystone against Swain is Guardian, since it will protect you against his engage. It's even better if he pulls both you and your ADC, since Guardian can protect you both. Summon Aery is too risky, because you might not be able to auto-attack if Swain is holding his abilities as a threat rather than using them and potentially missing, and Electrocute doesn't do much, since he will gain more and more health as the game goes, and just like with Summon Aery, you might not get many chances to use it and snowball lane with it, which is what you generally use Electrocute for. • IMPORTANT COOLDOWNS TO KEEP TRACK OF • >> Flash = 300 seconds >> Nevermove (E) = 10 seconds >> Demonic Ascension (R) = 120 seconds

TAHM KENCH - ★ The river king Runes: Items: Start: CLICK FOR MATCHUP INFO • PLAYSTYLE • >> I haven't seen a Tahm Kench in the botlane for ages, but it's a very easy matchup for Lulu. >> His strength is in tanking a lot of damage and devouring someone who got engaged on, which doesn't do much against Lulu. He doesn't have any way of punishing you if you play it right, so just stay in minions to avoid his Tongue Lash (Q) slow and zone his ADC from farming by poking. You will be able to get a lot of autoattacks off, so abuse it whenever possible, especially if you see enemy ADC going for a last hit, since then, he can't auto attack you back. >> If you are in a bad position, he will be able to run you down, so be careful of where you are standing and don't let him get on top of your ADC. If he is running any of you down, slow him and speed up the victim to get into a better position. >> It's very possible that Tahm Kench will use his ultimate that takes him to another place quickly to roam, so be sure to ping when you don't see him and try to match his roams. • ITEMS • >> Since Tahm Kench is a low damage tank, taking Moonstone Renewer is your best option. It will allow you to scale better and mainly give you sustain to heal the damage he manages to deal back. It's not necessary to counter him that much though, so you are free to build a mythic depending on the whole enemy team. >> Consider buying Staff of Flowing Water so that you and your teammate get extra movement speed, allowing you to kite him. • RUNES • >> Definitely go for Summon Aery, since you will be auto attacking a lot in this matchup, and Aery supports that the best out of your 3 keystone options. Guardian can arguably be good if he has an aggressive ADC while your ADC is vulnerable, or if he has a lot of divers and assasins on his team. • IMPORTANT COOLDOWNS TO KEEP TRACK OF • >> Flash = 300 seconds >> Tongue Lash (Q) = 5 seconds >> Devour (R) = 140 / 130 / 120 seconds

TARIC - ★ The shield of Valoran Runes: Items: Start: CLICK FOR MATCHUP INFO • PLAYSTYLE • >> If Taric doesn't have a fed carry like Master Yi or Vayne who he can just put into 1v9 mode with his ultimate that makes them invincible, he will be very easy to deal with. >> Use your speed-up from whimsy if you feel like you or your ADC won't be able to dodge Taric's E, and when it's down, poke him and his ADC. He does have some kind of sustain, but for that, he needs to auto attack enemy, and you will punish him for stepping up. >> Taric doesn't have any poke and can only engage, so if you can prevent him from doing that, you will have an easy time against him. He does have a very good gank setup though, so make sure to keep an eye on his midlaner and jungle to not be surprised. >> If he is getting too close, slow him, and if he ever gets a good engage on you, polymorph his ADC so that they can't do much damage. >> Remember that his ultimate has a 2.5 seconds cast time, so if someone getting ulted by him is low, just finish them. On the other hand, if you are low, do not stay under turret against him. Taric can dive very easily with his shields, heals and invincibility, so he will kill you if you don't back away. • ITEMS • >> A good mythic against Taric is Moonstone Renewer to scale better as well as have some sustain in teamfights. Imperial Mandate can be good if you won lane really hard to snowball even better, and on the other hand, Locket of the Iron Solari will be your choice if you lost and Taric has a really good carry that he can buff. >> Staff of Flowing Water is useful, because it can help you dodge his stun which is essential for him. Over the games I played, I started liking using Redemption against him, because when he ults, you can give your team AOE heal so that they can survive long enough until Taric's ult expires and they can deal damage again. Mikael's Blessing is only situational and can be good if your carry has trouble dodging a stun and is getting CC'd a lot. • RUNES • >> Definitely go for Summon Aery, since you will be auto attacking a lot in this matchup, and Aery supports that the best out of your 3 keystone options. Guardian can arguably be good if he has an aggressive ADC while your ADC is vulnerable, or if he has a lot of divers and assasins on his team. • IMPORTANT COOLDOWNS TO KEEP TRACK OF • >> Flash = 300 seconds >> Dazzle (E) = 17 / 16 / 15 / 14 / 13 seconds >> Cosmic Radiance (R) = 180 / 150 / 120 seconds

THRESH - ★★ The chain warden Runes: Items: Start: CLICK FOR MATCHUP INFO • PLAYSTYLE • >> Thresh is the only hook support that can actually auto attack you from range, so don't walk up to him if you have no intention of doing anything. >> He isn't very tanky without aftershock, so poke him and his ADC down, and if he ever gets a good hook, polymorph his ADC and use your Q to disengage. >> Don't stand too close to him because he can flay you into him, making it very easy for him to hook you right after. >> Look to punish Thresh when he doesn't have his Q, because he can't do much about it other than running away, letting you control the lane until his Q is back up. >> If you click on Thresh, you can see if he started hook (Q) or flay (E) level 1, and if he started E, you can be a bit more aggressive while still not getting too close. >> You can flash over his R box to not get the slow if needeed. Be careful of his lantern which can bring his ally very easily to the lane, turning it into easy ganks for enemies. That won't be your only concern though - Thresh is a very strong roamer and has a lot of tools to make a gank successful. Ping whenever you see him leaving the lane or when he isn't in lane and try to match his roams to get your team out of trouble. • ITEMS • >> Against Thresh, your main choices will be based on what keystone you took. For Summon Aery, Imperial Mandate is the best pair, because it will make your trades better. On the other hand, Locket of the Iron Solari synergises well with Guardian, making you and your team even tankier when Thresh engages. >> Mikael's Blessing is a very useful item when fighting Thresh, as it can save you the whole game later. You can use Mikael's on a grabbed target, because Thresh hook has two phases of pulling your ally towards him, so if you can clense it in the first pull, your ally won't be in much danger. Staff of Flowing Water provides you with useful movement speed that can be used to dodge stuff or run away from Thresh after being hooked. • RUNES • >> When choosing a keystone, it all depends on how confident you are in this matchup. Since Thresh is easy to poke down, going for Summon Aery when you are confident that you can play aggressively is a good option. If his ADC is really aggressive and you aren't conident that you will be able to poke, take Guardian and mitigate his engages with more tankiness. >> If you took Summon Aery, take resolve with Bone Plating as your secondary runes in case you do get hooked. • IMPORTANT COOLDOWNS TO KEEP TRACK OF • >> Flash = 300 seconds >> Death Sentence (Q) = 20 / 18 / 16 / 14 / 12 seconds >> Flay (E) = 9 seconds

VEL'KOZ - ★★★★ The eye of the void Runes: Items: Start: CLICK FOR MATCHUP INFO • PLAYSTYLE • >> Even though Vel'koz isn't very common in the support role, you might see him a few times, and you won't be very happy about it. >> His poke has a long range and if he manages to get 3 spells on you, it will deal a lot of true damage, so try and stay away if he has some passive procs on you to prevent him from poking you out. Generally though, you should play this lane very carefully and poke him only when he misses his abilities, especially Q that can slow you and make it difficult for you to get in range. >> Vel'koz has many abilities to push the wave, so he will most likely do that. It's not as bad for you, because you can hide near your turret, but help your ADC freeze the wave near turret and prevent it from being under it, because then your ADC will have trouble last hitting and Vel'koz will be able to harrass you while you can't do much back. >> Rush Boots so you can dodge his skills better. >> You can cancel his ultimate with your polymorph or ultimate knock up, but you are usually not in range to do that, making Vel'koz very hard to deal with. He also has a displacement CC to make it easier for him to hit abilities or protect himself. Also, when Velkoz ults, run in a straight line away from it, because running to the side won't help you - he can easily redirect it, but can't move to make the range higher. >> Goog thing is that he is squishy, so you can try to all-in him if he misses his abilities. Especially later in the game, you should run away when he ults, because it does a lot of damage, so definitely don't underestimate it. • ITEMS • >> Your best choices are either Locket of the iron solari or Moonstone Renewer. Take Moonstone Renewer for more sustain outside of lane, which is good against Velkoz's poke - not so much in lane because you won't be in combat often, or take Locket of the Iron Solari to protect you and your team against his ultimate. I personally prefer Moonstone Renewer more, because you can just run away from the ult, but if you feel like he is constantly melting a lot of your team, especially the AOE shield can be helpful, because Moonstone can't heal everyone. >> With Staff of Flowing Water, you can provide movement speed for youself and one more ally if you shield them, allowing you to run away from Velkoz's ultimate and dodge his abilities. Redemption can be used as an AOE heal to heal your team up, since you don't have much sustain outside of potential Moonstone. If you need to protect yourself, Zhonya's Hourglass is pretty good against Velkoz, because you can use it when Velkoz ults you and you don't have enough time to run away. • RUNES • >> Summon Aery will be your choice when you are against Vel'koz for a better shield against his abilities as well as the option to go for both Sorcery and Inspiration tree that are useful. Even though he's squishy, Electrocute is way too risky, because Velkoz has many tools to keep you away from him and poke from a safe distance. >> Like I mentioned, go for Inspiration for your secondary runes and run Biscuit Delivery for increased mana and health sustain. • IMPORTANT COOLDOWNS TO KEEP TRACK OF • >> Flash = 300 seconds >> Plasma Fission (Q) = 7 seconds >> Life Form Disintegration Ray (R) = 120 / 100 / 80 seconds

XERATH - ★★★★ The magus ascendant Runes: Items: Start: CLICK FOR MATCHUP INFO • PLAYSTYLE • >> One of my most hated matchups. His abilities have a very long range, and 3 of them can go through minions, putting pressure on you and your ADC at all times. Focus on dodging his abilities and staying away from your ADC so he can't hit you both. Look at the range indicators when he is going to cast a spell and shield the ally Xerath is aiming at. >> In this matchup, you should buy Boots as fast as possible so you can move faster and dodge Xerath's abilities. >> Don't let him auto attack you for free, because he will get mana back from his passive, and you don't want that, because him running out of mana is really good for you so you can recall and get all the health you lost back. >> You can cancel his ultimate with your polymorph or R knockup if you get close enough. This can be really good to save your ally that is getting ulted. >> He is very squishy, doesn't have sustain and his only self protection is his stun, so if he misses his Q, go for him. After that, if your ADC goes with you, you will have a high chance of scoring a kill on him or even his ADC. • ITEMS • >> Moonstone Renewer is the best mythic item you can get against Xerath even though you won't be able to proc it in lane much thanks to not being in combat. It's mostly better because the other choices are bad against Xerath unless you can use them against his whole team. >> I highly recommend buying Staff of Flowing Water especially against Xerath, because all of his abilities are skillshots, so if you have extra movement speed, you have a higher chance of dodging them, and you will also help your teammate dodge them. Mikael's Blessing can save your carry if he doesn't have any way to dodge Xerath's stun and you see he is getting hit a lot. Lastly, Cosmic Drive is highly situational and you should only build it when you are ahead. It will make you move even faster after damaging someone with ability, and you will need all the movement speed you can get against Xerath. • RUNES • >> Summon Aery will be your choice when you are against Xerath for a better shield against his abilities as well as the option to go for both Sorcery and Inspiration tree, which is useful. Even though he's squishy, Electrocute is way too risky, he's really long ranged and when he sees you running up to him, he can just turn and walk away without being in danger, making it difficult to snowball in this lane. >> Like I mentioned, go for Inspiration for your secondary runes and run Biscuit Delivery for increased mana and health sustain. • IMPORTANT COOLDOWNS TO KEEP TRACK OF • >> Flash = 300 seconds >> Shocking Orb (Q) = 13 / 12.5 / 12 / 11.5 / 11 seconds

YUUMI - ★★ The magical cat Runes: Items: Start: CLICK FOR MATCHUP INFO • PLAYSTYLE • >> My personal ban, not because she is a hard matchup, but because she becomes very hard and annoying to deal with. >> Lulu can't sustain fights longer than Yuumi even with Moonstone Renewer and if this cat has someone strong to sit on, all you can do as Lulu is polymorph them for a few seconds and hope it's enough, but it usually isn't, because Yuumi can heal them up again. >> In lane, your best bet is forcing all-ins and zoning enemy ADC from farm whenever possible, since Yuumi can't really punish you for walking up. Hide in minions to make it very hard for her to land Q's. >> Later in the game, ask your team to buy items with grievous wounds because you will need all healing reduction that you can get. You can try polymorphing Yuumi when she jumps out so that she can't attach again and focus her. You can also try and knock her out of her attach with your ult if ally is nearby someone is attaching to. It will cancel her cooldown and she won't be able to attach for some time. >> Her passive will give her mana back, so if she is ever going out in lane to auto attack, heavily punish her for it with EQ and auto attacks or walk away so that she doesn't get it for free. >> Remember that if you ignite Yuumi and she attaches to someone, the ignite will stay on her and kill her if she's low. Igniting a person she is on is a really option too to reduce the healing they recieve. >> Be careful of her ult, because even though it doesn't seem like it, it's a pretty long ranged root that can cost you life if enemy jungle or midlane roams. • ITEMS • >> Against Yuumi, you have more options as far as your mythic goes. You can take Moonstone Renewer if you think the game will be longer to have better teamfights, match Yuumi's healing, even if just a bit, and have more ability haste. If you won lane against Yuumi, you can go Imperial Mandate for more damage. If you chose Electrocute, take Night Harvester and bring that cat down before she can attach again. >> One item that you will build almost every game against Yuumi is Chemtech Putrifier. It applies grievous wounds (more if you immobilize someone with ultimate knockup), reducing the healing Yuumi does. Buy Oblivion Orb as your fist item against her so that you can reduce her healing in lane too, making your all-ins easier to execute. • RUNES • >> I recommend Electrocute more, because Yuumi can't tank for her ADC, so you can just be really aggressive and bully them. If Yuumi's ADC is strong in lane, like Lucian, while your ADC is weaker in lane and wants to mainly farm, it means you won't be able to walk up as much for your Electrocute procs. In that case, take Summon Aery and look to mainly outfarm their duo by zoning. • IMPORTANT COOLDOWNS TO KEEP TRACK OF • >> You and Me! (W) is placed on 5 second cooldown after immobilizing Yuumi. >> Final Chapter (R) = 130 / 110 / 90 seconds

ZILEAN - ★★ The chronokeeper Runes: Items: Start: CLICK FOR MATCHUP INFO • PLAYSTYLE • >> These days, it's rare to see a Zilean support or even Zilean at all. You can easily deal with him, since if he hits a bomb, just wait a moment and as it's about to explode, shield your ally. Be careful, because if he hits another bomb on the same target, it will stun and do a lot of damage. >> Trading with him when his Q is down will be very favorable for you, because he can't poke you back much, and if he refreshes his cooldowns, then he still won't be able to stun you and that's good too. Zilean is also very squishy, so you can all-in him if he doesn't have his abilities up or if he's just behind and he will die pretty quickly. >> He won't really be able to just walk up to you to slow you and hit double bombs, because you can then turn onto him and kill him easily, and that's his important form of pressure, meaning you are safe against him. >> His ultimate will bring someone to life with some health back, working like a Guardian Angel, but your cooldowns will be back up before that happens, so you can time your polymorph and use it on the resurrected enemy, preventing them from being able to escape or do anything before they die yet again. • ITEMS • >> You will want to take Moonstone Renewer so that you can have a bit of sustain against Zilean's poke that you don't manage to shield. If you took Electrocute, take Night Harvester as your keystone. >> If you want, you can build Staff of Flowing Water to have more movement speed to not only dodge Zilean's abilities, but also try to catch him if he wants to run away with his movement speed boost. It's not necessary though, so mostly buy items depending on what your game needs. • RUNES • >> Summon Aery is the rune you will go if you have an ADC that is rather passive in lane and wants to farm up. It will provide you with extra shielding, blocking more damage from Zilean's bombs. If your ADC can be aggressive with you (for example, he's Lucian), feel free to take Electrocute and burst Zilean and his ADC down. >> If you aren't very confident in dodging Zilean's bombs, you can always take Biscuit Delivery to have more mana and health sustain. • IMPORTANT COOLDOWNS TO KEEP TRACK OF • >> Flash = 300 seconds >> Time Bomb (Q) = 10 / 9.5 / 9 / 8.5 / 8 seconds >> Chronoshift (R) = 120 / 90 / 60 seconds

ZYRA - ★★★★ Rise of the thorns Runes: Items: Start: CLICK FOR MATCHUP INFO • PLAYSTYLE • >> Very aggressive poke support that can do a lot of damage both with her abilities and plants. >> Don't trade with her if she has a lot of plants around her, since they can deal a lot of damage, and be careful of her stun, because she can kill you easily even without the help of her ADC, especially if she has her ultimate. Also, her root goes through minions, so standing and hiding behind them won't save you. >> If she misses her root and doesn't have many plants around, you can focus her since she is squishy. If it's safe and you won't get punished for it, stomp on her seeds to prevent plants from growing. >> She has a pretty short range compared to other mage supports, so you can punish her more easily if she walks up to pressure and misses her abilities. She usually runs out of mana pretty fast as well if she uses her skills a lot. Also, keep in mind that you outscale her. >> Try not to get pushed in, before Zyra can poke easily under turret - she can cast her abilities and back away without taking a turret shot. • ITEMS • >> The best mythic against Zyra is for sure Moonstone Renewer. She will deal a lot of poke damage with her plants and you will be able to heal it back up with the help of Moonstone. If she is fed and her burst is a problem, you can consider going Locket of the iron solari as well to protect your team from dying. >> Mikael's Blessing is a really useful item against Zyra. To hit her ultimate, she needs you to stand still, so if she roots your ally and you cleanse it, you will save them from getting bursted. Another nice item is Staff of Flowing Water for extra movement speed against her abilities. It's especially good if Zyra is ulting a lot before rooting, because you can run away before getting knocked up. Lastly, Redemption can also be useful to heal her AOE damage back up if you feel like you need more sustain. • RUNES • >> In this lane, all 3 keystone choices are perfectly viable, but you will mostly use two. If Zyra's ADC is someone who either won't really be able to help her much with dominating the lane or someone who will just poke from afar, go for Summon Aery for extra shielding. Since Zyra can root through minions, she can be more scary than other mage supports, making Guardian a good choice as well if her ADC is lane dominant. You can only take Electrocute if you are confident, have ADC that can follow up on your burst and the enemy ADC is rather weak early. >> Biscuit Delivery is a great choice for extra mana and health sustain in lane, because Zyra pokes a lot. • IMPORTANT COOLDOWNS TO KEEP TRACK OF • >> Flash = 300 seconds >> Grasping Roots (E) = 12 seconds >> Stranglethorns (R) = 110 / 100 / 90 seconds