Lucian vs Taric
How to Beat Taric as Lucian
based on 2,283 Lucian vs Taric matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lucian vs Taric Matchup Summary
Best Lucian vs Taric Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Taric as Lucian
Tips for Playing as Lucian against Taric
For optimal burst, try to combine Relentless Pursuit into Piercing Light.
Ardent Blaze actually explodes in a star pattern. Try to line it up so the spokes hit enemy champions.
Because of Lightslinger, Lucian benefits more from Attack Damage than he does from Attack Speed.
Once you have chosen an angle for The Culling, you cannot change it. Pick your moment well!
Advice to Win Against Taric
Taric reduces his spell cooldowns by basic attacking enemies with Bravado. Try to kite him in teamfights and punish him for approaching the minion wave in lane.
Taric's ultimate, Cosmic Radiance, has a long delay before its effect. Try to quickly assess whether to disengage the fight or attempt to kill his allies before it goes off.
Lucian vs Taric Counter Stats
How to Counter Taric with Lucian in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize some strategic Lucian against Taric matchup stats that may help you grasp the differences between this set of champions. Lucian’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Taric’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Lucian may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Taric. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Lucian normally has a much larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Taric. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lucian and Taric
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Who is Better, Lucian or Taric?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Lucian usually loses when playing against Taric, with a 46.6% win rate. Thus, Lucian makes a poor counter to Taric.
While Lucian does have a lower winrate compared to Taric, when facing one another, Lucian also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging character to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Lucian into Taric.
Moreover, Lucian also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Taric. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Lucian vs Taric matchups, Taric is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Lucian is a terribly counter to Taric. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Lucian against Taric.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Lucian to counter Taric during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lucian on average gets much more CS as Taric. Champs who on average don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Lucian versus Taric build consist of Bloodthirster, Kraken Slayer, and Navori Quickblades. When Lucian combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better against Taric than with most other typical builds. In fact, Lucian boasted an average win rate of 46.6% when playing against Taric with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Taric as Lucian, you should use the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Lucian vs Taric LoL games, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 46.6% winrate overall.
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