Lulu Build Guide by Idleangelo

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Locket of the Iron Solari against heavy burst/Assassins/AOE Ultimates, Shurelya's Battlesong against divers with skillshot based engages or when your team is heavy melee and needs engage/disengage ( Udyr, Malphite, Hecarim), Moonstone Renewer against sustained damage/Heavy tank teams, Imperial Mandate Snowball early leads or you expect enemy team to buy lots of anti heal.

Note: With 47% CDR or 88 AH ( Shurelya's Battlesong, Ionian Boots of Lucidity, Mikael's Blessing, Redemption, and 9 Ability Haste flex rune) you have 5.85 seconds on Whimsy and 4.26 seconds on Help, Pix!.

Vigilant Wardstone (127 total AH) further shortens it to 4.86 seconds on Whimsy and 3.53 seconds on Help, Pix!.

Ardent Censer and Staff of Flowing Water can synergise with Locket of the Iron Solari, Moonstone Renewer, Font of Life, Summon Aery, Guardian, and ally cast Whimsy (with aery).

Note: Redemption + Mikael's Blessing + Revitalize can give you 55% stronger healing (compared to 35% from Ardent Censer + Staff of Flowing Water + Revitalize), which will make Locket of the Iron Solari and Moonstone Renewer shield and heal for more!

Item Priority: Chemtech Putrifier> Mikael's Blessing> Redemption. Ardent Censer/ Staff of Flowing Water when an ally is fed/doing well.

Passive Showcase

E stays on enemies for 4 seconds no matter how far they go, so doing E -> delayed Q is possible to secure a kill.


A situational combo to use in lane:
E (minion) + Q will help with getting a Spellthief's Edge proc, but costs a lot of mana.

Polymorph getting blocked by Yasuo's Wind Wall.

Polymorph getting canceled by Fizz's Playful / Trickster.

Polymorph cancelling a channeled ability like Katarina's Death Lotus.

Example of Lee Sin Insec Combo Cancel with input buffer.

E revealing true stealth, using Akali and Senna as examples.


You can guarantee a shield on an ally by pressing E on top of your ally's frame.

Galio isnt the best example here, assume the one next to Miss Fortune is an ally that can only do damage.

Lee Sin Q Dash cancel with Wild Growth.

Wild Growth giving healing with the unused bonus health.

Combo that you would use the most during laning phase, ideally executed when enemy ADC or a Relic Shield support is last hitting a minion.
Does extra damage if you hit both bolts!
Follow up with an extra AA if safe to do so.

When against an ADC or enchanter/mage support that can trade back, start the combo with an AA, then use E on yourself if they trade back, or E on the enemy if they start running. Follow up with Q, and more AAs if safe.

(best for setting up ganks or ADC wants to chase)

E a minion, then Q to the enemy you are targeting. The Q slow would force them to flash or it's going to be a free kill.

Unexpected engage while being in flash range, Mostly used as a follow up from your frontline's engage or when you're ahead in botlane and want to force a fight.

Q + Flash is faster than Flash + Q.
Shielding yourself is recommended unless you think you can burst down your target, then use E on them instead.
A bit more unsafe combo as you would sacrifice your flash, but you can use to catch an out of position target or small 2v2s you think you can win.

Useful in teamfights or small 2v2s, use this combo when you had to position yourself a bit behind due to being low on health or if it's dangerous to be near your frontline.

What Lulu is best known for. Most of the time you or your carry will survive and the assassin that dives will die or forced to run if your team is nearby.

Ideally you can break spellshield with your Glitterlance, but sometimes the enemy assassin is too fast (ie: Nocturne's Paranoia}, so you have to use your E on them first to break it.

Your carry might lose a shield, but the most important thing is that the Wild Growth knockup and Whimsy's polymorph will land.

One of the many moments I've found showcasing how powerful locket is.
Input buffer W - E - R - Locket - Spam E

Reaction peel into anti fun combo

If you started E at level 1, when you reach level 2, you can hold off leveling your W or Q if youre unsure of the lane state. I usually level Q if I land an E on the enemy, and W when the enemy support dives you/ADC, or when your ADC has level 2 advantage and is starting to run them down.

Go to is usually 3E W max, but if enemy botlane has annoying poke, max E first.

3Q W is only when you can win trades and have the pressure to do so, although it is quite rare to level it this way.

Blue side warding (Losing/pushed in)

Assuming you just came back from a recall (Enemy bot hasnt pushed in yet):
*Control ward #1 and the dragon pit wards can be done if you went this path.
*If the enemy botlaners are already under your turret, just go straight to lane and place control ward #3, and the normal wards around it.

Blue side warding (Winning/Pushing into their tower)

Red side warding (Losing/pushed in)

*If the enemy botlaners are already under your turret, just go straight to lane and place control ward near the bush next to your turret

Red side warding (Winning/Pushing into their tower)

*if you can clear the enemy pink in their tri bush, go for it, if not, use this path to go to ward behind dragon pit

Blue side sieging wards

*You can put stealth wards around their destroyed towers, especially in midlane, to see their rotations.

Blue side Dragon wards:

Blue side Rift/baron wards:

Red side sieging wards

*You can put stealth wards around their destroyed towers, especially in midlane, to see their rotations.

Red side Dragon wards:

Red side Rift/baron wards:

28 June- Swapped optional item set in item cheatsheet.
23 June- 11.13 update Moonstone Renewer buff, max 35% healing. Shurelya's Battlesong inspire movespeed gets lowered to 30% flat. Ghost Poro has 30 seconds extra active time. Will test all of these changes.
18 June- Big formatting changes to Runes chapter, Merged "Guardian vs Aery" to Runes chapter. Added a guardian rune page for alternative favourite.
11 June- Updated Item cheatsheet, been buying more Chemtech Putrifiers first due to the increase in healing/self healing champs.
9 June- 11.12 update, Nothing worth testing, Removed "Currently testing tab", Updated Runes cheatsheet. Added partial off meta cheatsheet, Today is final day of exams! :D
3 June - Finished combo section! will decide whether to add spellshield combo or not. Changed timing to buy antiheal on matchup against Sona.
1 June - Small changes to combo layout to make it readable. Added descriptions of combos. Added standard Summon Aery runes on cheatsheet. After a few games, Moonstone Renewer feels better when against tanky teams. Sorry for the delay, combo videos coming soon.

26 May- 11.11 update, Moonstone Renewer buffs and wardstone changes.
22 May- Added tip for Chemtech Putrifier, partially completed combos chapter, getting more videos for it. Will add text descriptions to combos.
21 May- Preparing to add combos chapter, my exam week is almost done :D
14 May- Added a few more text to Mobility Boots. Added ability haste conversion chart to items chapter. Added more alt items on item cheatsheet.
12 May- Added more video tips for Whimsy, Help, Pix!, and Wild Growth. Made all videos HD :D. Added Special thanks chapter for those who helped me improve on the guide!
11 May- 11.10 update, Added Cosmic Insight math. Added video for Redemption in items and E (minion) + Q combo in Q ability tips page. Added meta Guardian page on item cheat sheet. Rearranged guardian runes in cheatsheet.
5 May- Added ability tips videos, and multicleanse for Mikael's Blessing chapter. Added Meta build on item cheatsheet.
4 May- Added more math to Ingenious Hunter rune section, will add more videos on ability tips.
2 May- Forgot to add "video reference" text on Wild Growth section.

30 Apr- Small updates to Ability tips and tricks chapter.
28 Apr (after review)- changed almost the entire formatting of the guide, with lots of spelling and encoding errors. Added multiple videos and spoilers which contains tips and notes. Cleaned up the item cheat sheet, and updated item page import code. Guide should overall feel cleaner now. Thanks alot to sovereign-kitten!
28 Apr- 11.9 update, Moonstone Renewer 10 extra healing base, and Whimsy cooldown is reduced by 1 at all ranks. Added notes on mythic item section and a tip for Zombie Ward. changed the cooldown on Whimsy on ability tips and tricks. Added more support tips for Senna, Soraka, Thresh and Yuumi. Will try out moonstone.
26 Apr-Changes in the build options (front page), cleaned up text descriptions for runes and item notes.
23 Apr- Small text fixes. Will be slightly slowing down the guide updates as I have new assignments due in 1-2 weeks, will still be attempting to update if there are big changes.
22 Apr- Changed permaban from Seraphine to Senna. Just reached Gold 3! will continue to climb.
20 Apr- Cleaned Aery chapter, currently trying to climb to plat! will add tips based on experience. Updated description for Relentless Hunter
19 Apr- changed unflinching to revitalize and bone plating to second wind. unflinching is situational for high cc teams.
18 Apr- with the abundance of healing in the game, Chemtech Putrifier has been moved up priority. Updated items chapter.
16 Apr-Changed preferred guardian runes and items, Updated how the guardian rune chapter looks, will update more chapters soon.
15 Apr-Added more build testing
14 Apr-Changing different builds and their item descriptions (incomplete)
13 Apr-Added currently testing in guardian page for upcoming enchanter changes in 11.8
10 Apr-small changes to aery build descriptions, will start testing PBE Shurelya's Battlesong.

31 Mar-11.7 Update, cant wait to get prestige Lulu skin! :D
30 Mar- Fixed some spelling errors, rearranged more items, changed wording on guardian vs aery and more on items chapter.
24 Mar- Updated items page, really liking cdr boots first.
17 Mar- 11.6 update, nothing much to talk about.
13 Mar- Updated items page.
3 Mar- 11.5 update, Serpent's Fang got buffed, be wary of this item. Cleaned up aery section.

19 Feb- 11.4 update, moonstone nerf, still a viable item.
17 Feb- Moved some items and changed their text.
7 Feb- New item page and import code, Added note for common items chapter.
3 Feb-11.3, Chemtech Putrifier change, 10 less AP on Staff of Flowing Water. Added text and explanation for each.

31 Jan- Text changes for pros and cons and some matchups.
26 Jan- Changed title of guide, Finally added matchups (will change/add more in the future), and revised builds. There will be a more changes by the time 11.3 comes out.
21 Jan- 11.2 update, nothing of note for Lulu. Changed text for Ardent Censer. removed currently testing for guardian build. Added summary for mythic items.
10 Jan- formatting for some text.
7 Jan- 11.1 update, Moonstone Renewer and Ionian Boots of Lucidity buff, Imperial Mandate nerf. Updated text for the 60% CDR build. Lucidtity boots might be a must buy now.
4 Jan- Working on matchups.

30 Dec- Added mid game chapter.
29 Dec- Spelling mistakes and added more tips to early game.
25 Dec- Merry Christmas everyone! Updated Aery build and descriptions. Removed mandate from recommended/first item choices, updated items chapter for mythics.
21 Dec- Re added currently testing for guardian build.
16 Dec- Small change to guardian core items notes.
15 Dec- Removed "Currently testing" for guardian page. Updated items chapter.
12 Dec- Added early game details and warding. Added all support threats.
11 Dec- Small spelling errors.
10 Dec- Added Ashe and Maokai to threats area.
9 Dec- 10.25 Lulu Q Buff, you dont have to hit them as the first target to deal normal damage, hitting both Qs does 25% extra damage. Updated ability tips. Changed sorc tree for guardian and added oracle lens in example builds.
7 Dec- Forgot to add some early items for guardian page. Added optional import for item page in items section.
6 Dec- Small change to descriptions for Aery vs Guardian. Updated Aery and guardian build, Re-added moonstone to aery page, I hope that item gets more love as mandate is just overshadowing it for the past few patches.
5 Dec- Changed layout for guardian items and added more notes into core and common items. Testing moonstone renewer again for max cdr aery build
3 Dec- Added currently experimenting items in Guardian page.
1 Dec- Removed Moonstone as a reccomended item. Champions are so bursty this patch and it's hard for lulu to consistently proc it without being in auto range for the enemy

29 Nov- Warming up to lucidity boots. Changed core boots for guardian. As of right now, more CDR for polymorph is better than more movement speed for warding runs. Updated items and item pages.
28 Nov- 1 Million points reached!! Yeah boi!
27 Nov- Changed the other boot option for guardian page. I'm liking lucidity boots more, especially as it gives cool down reduction. Might have to ward with a teammate just to be safe, as you're not as mobile as buying mobi boots.
25 Nov- Moonstone actually works, will test between Moonstone and Mandate to see which is better.
24 Nov- 10.24, Moonstone Buffed, will test if it's fixed.
22 Nov- major changes to item layout, trying to make it look simplified.
21 Nov- Added text in loading screen.
20 Nov- Changed favorite rune page. Renamed starting items. Changed item layout.
19 Nov- Added "Eco Lulu" Rune page. Added imperial mandate to reccomended items as a substitute until moonstone is fixed.
18 Nov- Testing to see if buying a mythic item later is better. Might help with getting earlier powerspike. Added some threats and changed their descriptions. Added faerie charm before locket.
17 Nov- Added and changed a few items on the item page descriptions
16 Nov- Changed alternative rune pages
15 Nov- Added Pros/Cons of guardian and aery, more item updates.
14-Nov- Changed early items and added more item descriptions.
13-Nov- Revised early items and core build paths for both rune sets.
12 Nov- Changed main runepage, Locket really feels good on lulu. Changed item layout.
11 Nov- Major changes to guide, items, runes, descriptions.

Season 10
3 Nov-Changed some runes in the rune page setup, also adding explanations why.
31 Oct- 10.22, Lulu Q nerf, doesn't change and matter much imo. added a few more tips to items page.
27 Oct- Few updates on item layout and descriptions, Separated good items from situational items, Fixed spelling mistake.
15 Oct- Small text update on ability max order and first few backs item group. Exams are coming up (around 1-2 weeks) so I will focus on that first before putting more time into the guide.
12 Oct- Added item descriptions, cleaned up summoner spells descriptions.
10 Oct- Reached gold!
9 Oct- Fixed a few spelling errors, items page will be up by this week.
7 Oct- few changes to descriptions of the guardian rune page. Added Ability tips!
5 Oct- First version of guide Published, added detailed runes page.

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