Attack Speed: Lucian's Least Favorite AD Carry Stat!
Attack Speed is by far
Lucian's least favorite stat (despite it being used in
The Culling). The reason for this is because
Lucian's normal attack pattern is: ability>auto>>repeat. Because his passive is his main source of damage (combined with regular auto for two shot), and that does not scale off of AS. As such, I itemize
Lucian in a way that does not involve AS. Just look at what I gave (and didn't give) him for his runes. There are no
Greater Quintessence of Attack Speed in this build (despite them being pretty strong right now), and instead you see
Greater Quintessence of Armor because of
Lucian's lower attack range he can get poked a lot by autos during the early game (when your spells still aren't ranked up). Also note the way that I built him item-wise. The only zeal-based item I have for him is
Trinity Force (the one with the lowest attack speed out of the three), to mostly synergize with his attack pattern (ability>auto>>repeat). While the other attack speed item being
Youmuu's Ghostblade, which grants attack and movement speed upon activation. This can either be used for a trade, chasing/kiting, escaping, or during your
The Culling. This gives
Youmuu's Ghostblade lots of versatility through it's many uses. Then there is the occasional
Blade of the Ruined King, which while having less AD and LS (and cost efficiency) than
Bloodthirster as well as having attack speed (which I just explained that Lucian doesn't really need) still can have it's uses. For one
Blade of the Ruined King's passive (8% current champion health damage) scales very well off of attack speed (again a stat that you should not get on
Lucian), however it can also (not as much) scale off of the fact that you have a double shot from your
Lightslinger (second shot only deals 50% AD so AD is only worth 75% of it's value between both shots, whereas the 8% current champion health remains 8% on both shots). But personally I think that more is lost than gained from choosing
Blade of the Ruined King over
Bloodthirster, so it's really up to you to decide
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