Champion Guide

Lucian Guide

By LoLSuggest

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Lucian is an aggressive caster-style marksman: burst enemies with ability-plus-double-shot combos, snowball through early skirmishes, and use mid-game priority and vision to pick off targets — he gets outscaled late, so close games out early.

Recommended Setup

Our recommended Lucian build

Our recommended runes, summoner spells and items. Compare build win rates on the stats page.

Items

Starting Items

Core Items

Situational Items

Press the Attack with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Cut Down, plus Cash Back and Triple Tonic, is the standard page; a First Strike page is the one-shot alternative with Milio or Nami. Take Flash with Exhaust, Cleanse or Barrier. Start Doran's Blade against engage lanes or Doran's Bow into poke. The all-purpose core is Essence Reaver, Infinity Edge, Gluttonous Greaves and Navori Flickerblade, which keeps Relentless Pursuit almost permanently available. Into squishy teams go The Collector, Infinity Edge and Rapid Firecannon; into tanks add Lord Dominik's Regards. Guardian Angel or Death's Dance answer AD threats, Maw of Malmortius or Mercurial Scimitar answer magic damage, and Bloodthirster helps against poke.

Runes

Primary Tree

Secondary Tree

Summoner Spells

Strengths

High early damage and burst; one of the strongest single-target marksmen.
Mobile and slippery, easily avoiding jungle ganks.
Excellent in 2v2, 3v3 and 4v4 skirmishes with strong snowball potential.

Weaknesses

Very low range, so he's often out-ranged in lane and teamfights.
Very difficult to play from behind and outscaled by most marksmen.
Struggles in front-to-back teamfights and isn't beginner friendly.

Laning Phase

Start Q unless you're cheesing a level 1 fight. Weave abilities between double shots and cancel the second shot's animation with your next ability. Trade as a caster: commit to a quick auto–Q–auto, then back off while your cooldowns recover. Don't waste Relentless Pursuit going in when enemy CC is ready — often it's better to walk up, damage with Q and W, and save E to escape. At level 2, always look for an E plus Piercing Light combo if you're in range.

Mid & Late Game

Lucian is strongest in the early and mid game, so push your advantage: get priority, roam for vision, invades and objectives, and fight even-numbered skirmishes. Use Control Wards to create vision pockets, catch squishies who walk up to the wave and burst them with W, E, Q and The Culling, especially before Dragon or Baron. Late game, avoid straight 5v5 fights where possible; play for picks, use The Culling to poke a priority carry, and dive with your crowd control or kite tanks with Navori.

Key Tips

Trickshot Piercing Light through a minion to hit enemies behind it.
A short Relentless Pursuit in place gives a faster 'double double' shot.
Bait the jungler with regular movement and keep E to dodge the gank.
Don't draft Lucian into a team already lacking sustained damage.

Matchups

Matchups and synergies

Our picks for difficult opponents, favorable lanes and strong allies. Compare matchup win rates on the stats page.