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Ability Order
Pix, Faerie Companion (PASSIVE)
Lulu Passive Ability
Disclaimer: Work in Progress
Thanks ahead of time for any support I get and if anybody could leave a comment explaining how to insert a screenshot (to prove what I claim is no hoax) I would greatly appreciate it.
Alright, enough of this bs. With the pleasantries out of the way I can get down to business. This is a guide. A guide for Lulu. That's right Lulu.
Now you might ask who is Lulu? Some kind of ******* teletubby? NO. **** that ****. Lulu is a champion of the LEAGUE. Lulu is your worst nightmare. She is a twisted little miscreant who enjoys turning all the children into cupcakes and destroying lives. She also enjoys a lovely acid trip and a healthy frolic now and again. These two seemingly disparate aspects combine into one bad **********er.
Basically Lulu and Lulu players are part THIS

part THIS

AND ALL THIS

Lulu is diverse. She uses ALL the colors and can be built in any conceivable fashion. I know this because I have tried. Sure she was conceived as a support, but Gragas was conceived as a tank, just look at his recommended items and you certainly do not have to build him tank to be successful. Similarly you do not have to build Lulu support. You can and it works well, no denying it, but to only do so would be to nerf your enjoyment and fail to showcase the awesome flexibility of the character.
Now when I first got Lulu it was because of the squirrel thing. Who doesn't want to turn enemies into small woodland critters (or pastries depending on your skin)? No one that's who. So, having ponied up the big bucks I determined I was going to get all that I could from this investment by Frosting it up and taking the road less traveled.
I tried the support aspect and I found it to be quite excellent, but I thirsted for more. My first instinct was to play her pure AP caster, after that I tried Tanky AS solotop, not wanting to stop I went pure AD carry and then not wanting to leave any stone unturned I tried Lulu in the jungle, I am sure Phreak was so proud.
In any case I believe Lulu can fill any role in the current meta, and fill it well, provided A.) you don't suck and B.) you aren't afraid of being called a troll. You AREN'T a troll but you cannot expect your team to know this, especially in solo queue.
So without further ado let's get down to the nitty gritty and have a nice look at the pretty possibilities you'll have when playing Lulu.

- Deceptively High Burst
- At this point many people do not appreciate just how much burst she has and will not respect your damage to the point that they often will let you get in range to do it, eventually they learn this is a poor idea
Whimsy
- Is a giant kite
- High levels of late game utility
CONS

- You may take some early razzing from your team but probably not too much
- Only has two damaging skills so you've got to work around those cooldowns
- Obviously not as much burst as dedicated burst mages a la Veigar and LeBlanc
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This Summoner Spell is sexy. Really though. Use it to run. Use it to chase. Use it to get arrested. I don't care. Just use it.
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"We didn't start the fire, It was alwa-" STFU BILLY JOEL!
YES WE DID AND IT WAS GOOD. Ignite is awesome. Looks like your burst didn't finish 'em eh?Ignite! Problem solved.
Fiddlesticks be drainin' you? Apply same solution, etc. etc.
Things that are OK:
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Ghost is never really bad. On some champs it is better than
Flash I just don't think this is the case on Lulu because of
Whimsy. Nothing wrong with taking it tho'.
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Teleport isn't too shabby but you should only take it midlane if you feel like your are going to be righteously beat down and forced out of lane a lot. Otherwise just leave it for solo top.
-
This really isn't bad at all. The AS boost gives you more passive damage and the AP boost gives you more burst. Just prefer
Ignite personally.
Unnecessary:
Exhaust: Better on AD carries, etc. (also you have 3 slows already)
Heal: Again better on AD carries (or Supports) for baiting/sustain and survival, you already survive pretty good.
Smite: This spell is for jungling. We'll talk later.
Cleanse: Not a terrible spell, but not particularly useful to you either.
Clairvoyance: Most useful when supporting. That is all.
Ummmmm, don't take these mmm-kay?

Glitterlance






Whimsy


- Most commonly you will face
Boots and 3
Health Potion (this is what is recommendable for you in most scenarios). Assuming you both have these starting items you will win almost every trade because you will have an extra 20 AP without any items. This gives you an almost excessive early game edge and because of the speed boost you are also more mobile than your enemy and will skip and frolic all about and generally drive them mad the whole time.
- If not Boots-3-Pots (or B3P) you are likely facing someone with a
Doran's Ring. This isn't a big deal either. Whimsy at level one still provides more AP than a Ring and with the speed boost you will be nigh uncatchable, able to come and go as you please, you are basically a tiny, female, Mundo.
- The last starting item combo you are at all likely to see is the
Amplifying Tome and 1
Health Potion deal. This is, like
Doran's Ring, cake for you. Amplifying tome means that while
Whimsy is active your AP will be equal to theirs meanwhile you still get the all-important MS buff on top of the good mobility from your boots and the added sustain from your three pots.



NOTE: I usually like to have



Help, Pix!







NOTE: As with



Wild Growth

NOTE: As with




Seals: Greater Seals of Vitality
Greater Seal of Vitality These are becoming more and more popular with certain top players, and who am I to say they are wrong. I like them for the the added survivability. Other fine choices include Greater Seal of Replenishment or

Glyphs: Greater Glyphs of Force

Quints: Greater Quintessences of Potency


These are just the standard AP Caster masteries. The Offense tree is where it is at. We all know it. If you are really boss at conserving mana you can put 3 more points into


But the difference is negligible either way.







Alternatives
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This is okay to get if you expect to face someone with limited harass or you aren't used to the mana management portion of the game. The extra health isn't too bad either, but you'll probably be getting a couple of these eventually anyway so I personally feel B3P is the way to go.
Deathcap


WOTA

Alternatives
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This doodad here can also be a solid choice for this item slot. You lose the spell vamp but get added health and mana in the bargain. I personally go
Will of the Ancients because of the team utility it adds, but RoA isn't a bad choice, especially if you don't feel like sharing.
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DFG is an excellent item on Lulu. It gives CDR which is an excellent stat as well as another source of burst damage to take out targets with high health. Getting DFG is a great idea and you can sub it in at this slot or in place of
Void Staff if they aren't wising up to you and building MR. You will see this icon more, but the explanation will only appear here.
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Gives health, moar slow, and AP. Not terrible but not the best use of gold either.
Lich Bane



Zhonya's Hourglass

Alternatives
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Even though
Zhonya's Hourglass is awesome there are those unfortunate times when you are getting shredded by enemy mages, or else you can't handle getting CCed. This item is for those times. The spell shield is annoying for the enemy to deal with, the extra health and mana are plenty useful and it gives you a good helping of MR.
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You are VERY afraid of dying and everything is hurting you.
Void Staff

Alternatives
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This is good for when they don't have too much MR or whenever you are feeling the heat from enemy casters and still want some more AP. Solid item overall with good team utility.
Tier 2 Boots







Early Game/Lane Phase
Lulu is a pretty good laner imo. Her passive is quite good at helping you last hit so you ought to have a slight edge on your opponent there, however you don't have the best wave clearing potential until later on so you will likely be a little bit pushed against people who do, as well as those with +harass. Just focus on getting as many creeps as you can. While you are trying to do that you also want to keep some harass of your own up but don't just blow abilities for the hell of it. Your general harass ought to be





NOTE: Lulu works best with a jungler that isn't too blue reliant. She can manage without the buff but is far more lethal with it and should be given it whenever possible.
Mid Game/Lane Phase to Roam Phase
How you proceed in mid game will depend on how you did in lane phase. If you did your job and picked up a couple of kills and maybe your mid tower you'll have a nice item build and can roam around to where trouble spots are, picking off low health foes at your leisure and keep it up until your team groups up to push on some final objectives. Towards the end of this phase you will want to stay the bulk of your team as your enemies are likely in a similar mode as you. You will likely be able to ward more offensively and maybe catch them unawares in their jungle. Just keep up




If your team struggled early game and the enemy has kill and turret advantages and you are underfarmed and the rest you'll have a tough go of it. You may be reduced to turtling and acting as more of a support to whoever's doing best on your team until you can build your damage up, as long as you maintain map awareness you've still got a shot.
Late Game/Objective Taking
If the game reaches this point congratulations you have already had a GG and nothing can take that away from you not even defeat, but you won't lose because you are Lulu and Lulu is a winner. Stick with your team. That is what you do. Coordinate and knock down towers. Ward everywhere, especially



Pix, Faerie Companion
- Looks like a machine gun
- Pretty Decent AA range
- Is an even gianter kite
Whimsy
Whimsy
Whimsy
- And especially
Whimsy
CONS

- No AD scaling on any abilities
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Flash, as per usual, is quite good.
-
This spell is pretty clutch on AD carries. While it is on your target they really can't trade with you due to their reduced damage output and it gives you another slow on top of the three you already have. It helps you get kills or escape.
-
Sometimes you'll want this instead of
Exhaust, sometimes you'll just feel more comfortable with it, especially in a lane without
Soraka,
Taric, or
Sona but it isn't ever a poor choice. If your opponents aren't paying attention to it you can bait them into impaling themselves on a turret trying to get you at low health and it has plenty of team utility, even into late game. The choice between
Heal and
Exhaust is largely based on personal preference and the situation you expect to face.
These aren't bad either
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See explanation from AP section. It hasn't changed.
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Cleanse is an excellent choice on AD carries in general. It allows you to get out of some tight spots that would otherwise result in your death, but it really isn't my favorite. It adds little in the way of team utility which, on the whole, is one of Lulu's strong suits. Take it if you want though.
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It may be unconventional, but
Surge works just fine on AD Carry Lulu. The AS boost is nice for your main source of damage and the AP boost helps you do a bit of damage with your abilities too. It isn't bad imo, there are just things that are better and like
Cleanse it adds little in the way of team utility.
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Ignite has some merit to it, I have a friend who takes it on
Graves a lot. It can help you finish people off early, but you really shouldn't be overly aggressive, you don't have the early burst
Graves does; so while I won't condemn it I won't advocate it either.
Unnecessary
Teleport: Kind of loses it's effectiveness in a duo lane, let somebody else grab it.
Smite: Not yet.
Clairvoyance: See above (comment for
Smite).
How about no?

Glitterlance



WHIMSY!


Help, Pix!

Wild Growth

NOTE: The self-cast keys of G, T, and S for




Seals: Greater Seals of Reslience

Glyphs: Greater Glyphs of Warding

Quints: Greater Quintessences of Strength


- Following either start
If you've got mad moneyz getand
and if for some reason you've never gone back and have like 4500 gold add
If you're playing a more normal game just get anotheror 2 along with
and THEN start working on your
.
At your leisure
Get

Big Ticket Items and Beyond
- First Stop
You are going to want to build yourinto
before too long.
And then get one of your big boy swords, eitheror
- Moving to the close
You ought to pick up afor an eventual
And the fixings for your other big boy sword. If you already havethen get
or vice versa.
For when they begin to quake in fear from your massive crits and build armor

When all of your item slots are full



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