Lucian vs Vladimir
How to Beat Vladimir as Lucian
based on 7,412 Lucian vs Vladimir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lucian vs Vladimir Matchup Summary
Best Lucian vs Vladimir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vladimir as Lucian
Tips for Playing as Lucian against Vladimir
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 Vladimir
Items that counter Health stacking, such as Liandry's Torment and Blade of the Ruined King, are very effective against Vladimir.
Making Vladimir use Sanguine Pool at the start of a fight will maximize the Health cost of the ability to him.
Try to take Vladimir down before Hemoplague detonates, as it will heal him for each afflicted enemy Champion.
Lucian vs Vladimir Counter Stats
How to Counter Vladimir with Lucian in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some critical Lucian versus Vladimir counter stats that may help you distinguish the differences and similarities between this set of champs. As an example, Lucian’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vladimir’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Lucian may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Vladimir..
Lucian usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he receives less damage than Vladimir. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lucian and Vladimir
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Who is Better, Lucian or Vladimir?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Lucian usually loses when taking on Vladimir, with a 48.5% win rate. Thus, Lucian makes a poor counter to Vladimir.
While Lucian does have a lower winrate compared to Vladimir, when facing one another, Lucian also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Lucian into Vladimir.
Furthermore, Lucian has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vladimir. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Lucian vs Vladimir matchups, Vladimir is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Lucian is a somewhat poor counter to Vladimir. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Lucian against Vladimir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Lucian to counter Vladimir during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lucian often picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Vladimir. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Lucian versus Vladimir build include Rapid Firecannon, Maw of Malmortius, and Navori Quickblades. When Lucian included at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs. Vladimir than with many other common item sets. In fact, Lucian boasted an average winrate of 48.5% when countering Vladimir with this build.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Vladimir as Lucian, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Lucian vs Vladimir counters, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.5% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Vladimir as Lucian are displayed for all skill levels combined. To scope the statistics and builds to an individual player tier, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.