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Lucian Build & Runes

If you're looking for the best rune build for Lucian we've got you covered. Below you can find the best items and runes to build for Lucian, as determined by LeagueSpy's calculations of thousands of Plat+ League of Legends games. If you are already familiar with how to play Lucian this is a great resource to quickly get a good rune selection for Patch 12.1. However, if you are a new Lucian player we highly recommend reading through some of the guides above to learn why this build is strong on Lucian!

Patch 11.20: 494917 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Precision

Inspiration

Second Best

47%

Win Rate 11588 Games

Precision

Domination

Third Best

48%

Win Rate 6831 Games

Precision

Domination

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Second Best

48%

Win Rate 61288 Games

Third Best

46%

Win Rate 3520 Games

Second Best

46%

Win Rate 904 Games

Second Best

44%

Win Rate 28313 Games

Third Best

46%

Win Rate 2052 Games

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Patch 12.1: 492258 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Precision

Inspiration

Second Best

53%

Win Rate 459 Games

Precision

Inspiration

Third Best

55%

Win Rate 159 Games

Precision

Domination

More Lucian Runes

Second Best

48%

Win Rate 5156 Games

Third Best

47%

Win Rate 3364 Games

Second Best

49%

Win Rate 1743 Games

Third Best

49%

Win Rate 1087 Games

Second Best

44%

Win Rate 7576 Games

Third Best

46%

Win Rate 1152 Games

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Second Best

62%

Win Rate 305 Games

Passive Ability

Third Best

63%

Win Rate 128 Games

Passive Ability

Lucian Counters

Learn 's counters and discover matchups where they have an advantage! When you're starting a game of League of Legends you should always keep in mind if you'll be at an advantage or disadvantage against your opponent, so you can know whether to bully them or play safe. You can find detailed breakdowns of each matchup on CounterStats, and you can also check out some Lucian guides to see how to build and play against other champions you may find yourself up against!

This counter data is for Lucian ADC in Plat+ games. The percent shown is the enemy champion's counter rating against Lucian. Counter rating is our own statistic that factors in counter kills, overall kills, early lead ratio, comeback ratio, and win percent to give the whole picture of that champion's effectiveness as a counter pick.

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Lucian Skins

Find Lucian's skins and when they were last on sale. Never miss a sale for your favorite skin by using our Wish List feature! You can also find all Lucian skins and chromas on Lucian's skins page.

Skin Release Wishlist Popularity Cost

Arcana Lucian

May 11, 2021

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Victorious Lucian

Special Events

November 11, 2020

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Pulsefire Lucian Prestige Edition

Limited Edition

May 14, 2020

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Pulsefire Lucian

May 14, 2020

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Demacia Vice Lucian

July 18, 2019

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High Noon Lucian

Legendary

August 30, 2018

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1820

Heartseeker Lucian

January 24, 2017

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PROJECT: Lucian

September 8, 2015

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Striker Lucian

Special Events

June 18, 2014

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750

Hired Gun Lucian

August 22, 2013

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975

Classic Lucian

Original

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Lucian's Abilities

Lightslinger Lucian's Passive

Self

After casting an ability, Lucian's next basic attack on-attack within 3.5 seconds fires an additional shot after 0.25 seconds, which deals 50 / 55 / 60% AD physical damage (depending on level), increased to 100% AD against minions.

The second shot applies on-hit and on-attack effects at 100% effectiveness and is affected by critical strike modifiers.

If Lucian's primary target is killed before the second shot can go off, he automatically shoots another enemy in range.

Whenever Lucian is healed, shielded or granted a buff by an ally, his next two basic attacks within 6 seconds are empowered to deal 14 (+0.1 attack damage) bonus magic damage on-hit. The empowered attacks can stack up to 4 times.

Piercing Light Lucian's Q Ability

1000

50 / 60 / 70 / 80 / 90

9 / 8 / 7 / 6 / 5

After a 0.4-0.25 second delay (based on level), Lucian fires a laser in the direction of the target enemy, dealing 95 / 130 / 165 / 200 / 235 (+0.6 / 0.75 / 0.9 / 1.05 / 1.2 per bonus attack damage) physical damage to all enemies in a line.

Ardent Blaze Lucian's W Ability

900

14 / 13 / 12 / 11 / 10

ACTIVE: Lucian fires a shot in the target direction that explodes in a cross pattern upon hitting an enemy or reaching the end of its path, dealing 75 / 110 / 145 / 180 / 215 (+90% of ability power) magic damage to enemies struck and granting sight of the area for 1 second.

Enemies hit are marked for 6 seconds.

Lucian gains 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80 bonus movement speed for 1 second if he or allied champions damage a marked target. Allied champions triggering this effect grant Lucian Vigilance.

Relentless Pursuit Lucian's E Ability

425

22 / 20 / 18 / 16 / 14

Lucian dashes a short distance. Relentless Pursuit's cooldown is reduced by 1 second per Lightslinger (passive) hit, doubles against enemy champions (2 second reduction per hit, 4 seconds total for a full passive proc).

The Culling Lucian's Ultimate (R) Ability

1200

100

110 / 100 / 90 / 90 / 90

ACTIVE: Lucian channels for up to 3 seconds, rapidly firing up to 22 (+1 per 4% critical strike chance) shots in the target direction. Each shot deals 15 / 30 / 45 (+0.25 attack damage) (+15% of ability power) physical damage to the first enemy hit, doubled to 30 / 60 / 90 (+0.5 attack damage) (+30% of ability power) against minions. The Culling can be recast after 0.75 seconds during the channel, and does so automatically when the channel ends.

While channeling, Lucian is ghosted and may still move and cast Relentless Pursuit.

RECAST: Lucian ends The Culling.

Questions About Lucian

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Crits on wierd ADC's

Asked by BlackRoseGirl on May 14, 2020

So, for these champions how do crits work? How do Infinity Edge Crits work? I figure for something like a Jinx Rocket Launcher or Senna Relic Cannon Crit, It would take the AD ratio (110 or 120) and just double it (220 or 240). I don't know tho....

Lucian runes and build

Asked by Jvier7 on July 29, 2018

Which are the best runes, and best build for Lucian, and carry all the games? <3

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How viable are these champions for climbing low elo?

Asked on June 1, 2018

Hi, sorry if this is a bad question or anything. I've just started league and I'm ok at it, not that good though. I'm close to being able to play ranked (level 28 now) and I was wondering what the best champions to climb low elo are as of right...

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Lucian Main??

Asked by Luminousk on March 27, 2017

Hi, I'm a silver V player and now is interest in lucian adc or mid lane. It is just a few guide for lucian and it is not accually good cuz it is juz a few people play lucian. So I'm now searching for some pro lucian players and... just teach me!...

Lvl 1 Pressure as an ADC

Asked by Epic Fail Guy on October 24, 2016

Hey, I am a Plat 2 ADC and I am recently finding it hard to not get stomped at lvl 1. Ive recently started playing Ezreal (but the issue is still on every adc) and its really been hard for me to not get poked down completely at lvl 1 when I go...

Why does Lucians Piercing Light act like a point-click

Asked by DJMurphster on May 15, 2016

I just don't understand why Lucian's q can't just work like Ezreal's q or other skillshots, it's really annoying when i'm trying to harrass my enemy and instead of using my q, i walk forward because i'm so used to using skillshots that i put my...

Witch Campion should I Buy?

Asked by TheAndyGaming on March 28, 2016

Hello, I dont know what Champion I should buy. I cant decide bewtween Lulu and Lucian. I often play Top or Botlane but sometimes Midlane too. When I Play Botlane I play ADC. I dont play Aram and I just play on the "normal" map...

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Lucian Build?

Asked by I want to be a Blitzball on December 5, 2015

So I'm confused. I've seen people build a lot of different things on [[Lucian]] and heard a lot of people say different things. If you look at probuilds, most builds include [[Rapid Firecannon]] and not [[Statikk Shiv]]. Even saw an [[Infinity...

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Preseason 6 ADC Itemization

Asked by Janitsu on November 13, 2015

Hey guys! As season 5 "ADC Main", I've given a lot of thought to ADC itemization. I have absolutely no idea how to build them, but here are my thoughts thus far: [[Tristana]]/[[Caitlyn]]: [[infinity edge]] and [[rapid...