[26.5] [CHALLENGER] Comprehensive Lucian Guide by 𝐋𝐋𝐓𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖌𝖊𝖗

Seraphine matchup: Seraphine is a simpler matchup, but not when paired with another long range poking sustain champ. Stand clear of the creep wave because she has plenty of AoE damage. Only E onto her when her snare or shield is down and try to poke her down with [[piercing light]] trickshots. Seraphine scales super well into the late game. When teamfighting, be sure to avoid standing behind teammates recently hit by her ultimate because it extends and may charm you too.

Aphelios matchup: Laning early against aphelios could feel bad because of his sniper range. Essentially its like laning vs [[caitlyn]]. If youre laning with a nami, you can take [[relentless pursuit]] first in this matchup to combo with her E and chunk him to provide you some health pressure to hit some cs. When he has his red and white guns be sure not to [[relentless pursuit]] him because of the damage and healing he could put out with his turret and red gun. The one advantage you have against aphelios is that he is immobile, and jumping on him with loads of damage often catches him out.

Hwei matchup: hwei is generally an easier matchup for lucian because you can use your [[relentless pursuit]] to dodge his abilities and take favourable trades. Be careful using relentless pursuit when he has his fear and ultimate available, as he can fear and crowd control you for up to 3-5 seconds. It is advised to focus hwei in lane if he is vulnerable because he lacks mobility. In the late game, be careful facechecking his fear because it is very impairing and certain death.

Senna matchup: Senna is a difficult matchup for Lucian because of her long range poke, sustain, and snare. The best way to deal with Senna in lane is to land your [[piercing light]] trickshots and dodge hers. Do not walk up and trade her when her Q is available because it heals and shields her. When it is down however, you may E auto [[piercing light]] her for a quick trade. You must also keep a creep in front of you when you do trade, to avoid her snare and follow up damage. If her snare kills a creep it will snare you. Her untargetable and MS buff spell is also very buggy and doesn't truly show how many or locations of champions while they're in the mist. If you avoid poke and trade her this way the lane is playable. Senna is also a large threat in the late game as support. You should almost think of her has a high priority target in the fight such as an ADC.

Lux matchup: Lux is another annoying matchup for lucian because of her high range poke, damage, and snare. You should not E onto lux unless her snare has been used. To avoid her E, enter and exit her zone of influence (E range) and quickly exit to dodge her poke. You should have several seconds after to actually CS and lane. In the mid-game, be sure to not position in spots that can be reached from fog since her snare is almost guaranteed death. Keep in mind that you may use creeps to block her snare, but there MUST be TWO creeps between you and Lux to successfully shield her snare using creeps.

Ziggs matchup: Ziggs is another difficult matchup for Lucian because of his long range poke and easy disengage. Freezing on Ziggs doesnt work because of his range. When laning against Ziggs, position yourself away from your creeps so he doesnt get easy splash damage on you off the creeps using his Q. Make him choose whether he will try to poke you, or pushing the lane. You can try using your E + Q combo on him when his Q is down immediately, but remember he can disengage and reposition you with his E. In the midgame, look for picks on him with your culling, or look to flash on the other side of his E so you can finish him off when catching him offguard.

Draven matchup: It is not advised to relentless pursuit onto draven unless he uses his stand aside, gets crowd controlled, or drops his axes. Exhuast is a must in this lane and its better to play defensive. Instead of using [[relentless pursuit]] in, you can use [[ardent blaze]], walk up to him with your double shot, bait him in and then double shot [[relentless pursuit]] backwards and possible double shot [[piercing light]] if he continues being aggressive to retreat and end the trade. Eventually, when you get the culling, be sure to only use it at max range when his stand aside is down. You cannot relentless pursuit in and expect to out damage draven with an even score.

Ashe matchup: Ashe is a very difficult matchup for Lucian due to her long range and chilling basic attacks. Manipulate bushes, allow her to push your wave in and cs safely under your turret while using creeps as shields to protect you from her volley of arrows. With Ashe, if you all in, you must commit otherwise she can chase you with her slowing basic attacks.

Brand matchup: Brand can be an annoying matchup, but can still be won as long as you don't get stunned by him. You may e auto [[piercing light]] him as long as there is a creep infront of you. To avoid getting poked by his flame pillar, you may enter his zone of influence (range for his pillar) and tease him with that range essentially entering and exiting that range. 7/10 below masters the brand will use his pillar and you may easily dodge it while expecting it. Once its down, you may trade while avoiding stuns with creeps.

Zyra matchup: Zyra is an annoying matchup for Lucian because of her poke, DOT damage, and prevents you from engaging with her root. Do not E onto zyra if she has her root available or if she has more than one plant near her. Try your best to avoid her poke, taking autos from her plants is fine, but getting damaged by her abilities is not. Press the Attack is strongly advised into zyra lanes because [[first strike]] is almost impossible to actually use. Try to trickshot her with q, and look for engaging angles on her when her snare is on CD and she doesn't have many plants around her.

Heimerdinger matchup: Press the Attack is highly recommended into heimerdinger. This is a very difficult matchup for [[lucian]] since he has high poke, good push, and good all in. Do not E onto heimer if he has his stun up. Do not dash in if he has turrets. Only if his stun is down and he has one turret, you may try to trade. If you can manage to all in him once early, try your best to establish a push and play for CS. This is a really adaptive way of reducing your weakness against heimer.

Ezreal matchup: Ezreal is a fairly easy matchup for lucian early on. As long as youre standing behind creeps the whole time, he can not hit you with his q. Even when you want to relentless pursuit on him, make sure you get in range to damage him but still have a creep in front of you. Additionally, pushing the lane with [[piercing light]] disables ezreal from ever being able to pressure and poke you because there are so many creeps around. You can hunt ezreal down even if he arcane shifts with your relentless pursuit and the culling after he flashes away. Ezreal can outscale you easily and kite you with his armor builds.

Sivir matchup: Sivir is one of the easier matchups, and first strike should not be played because she ruins it very effortlessly with ricochet. Once her q is down, you can dash on her but dont use your traditional e auto piercing light combo. Instead, E auto then use ardent blaze to disrupt her spell sheild, then auto piercing light to deal your piercing light damage. Sivir cannot out damage you in full on trades.

Varus matchup: Varus is a good matchup for lucian because he is immobile and get out his burst as fast as him. If varus is paired with a crowd controlling champion, such as leona or nautilus; cleanse is preferred because his ultimate is a long range snare. Be sure to keep your distance when youre abilities are down and avoid taking poke with good distancing and dodging.

Smolder matchup: Smolder is a fairly easy matchup for lucian generally after level three. Early on, be sure to keep your distance because of her fireball. If he uses this, be sure to use that time to take a short trade. You will always be able to 1v1 [[smolder]] in laning phase at full life because he deals lower damage over time and has longer cooldowns early on. Do not underestimate [[smolder]] even if you do slay him in lane; he is the highest scaling champ and recieves much more AoE firepower in the late game.

Samira matchup: Samira is an even matchup. You should look to poke her down with Q, which is slightly easier because she has lower range than traditional marksmans. Do not ever dash onto samira especially when she has her projectile blocking spell. She will beat you if you dash on her and she has everything up. You can walk up with a doubleshot procced from your W, but only dash away once you give her no option other than to take your burst damage or try to trade health by dashing on you.

Xayah matchup: Xayah isnt really a problem for Lucian because she is immobile and needs time to ramp up. When you dash in to burst xayah however. you must step and commit to one side before retreating because she could potentially line up her feathers for a snare. Don't ever dash in on Xayah and commit yourself for a kill when her ultimate is up. Instead, fake an all in and bait out her ultimate before going for kills. As long as you dont get snared by Xayah you should win this lane.

Miss Fortune matchup: Miss fortune could be a difficult matchup but to win this matchup press the attack is advised with exhaust. Her E spam could be detrimental for you but you can take trades on your own terms. Miss Fortune only has burst and falls off heavily in damage after. Long trades could be effective against her. Avoid standing in her E for its full duration and avoid standing behind creeps that she could bounce Q's off. Avoid dashing on her until she uses her E because you dont want to get slowed and kited after youve used your only mobile ability.

Kai'Sa matchup: This is an even matchup but could be won by lucian with experience. You should always wait for Kaisa to use her icathian rain before jumping on her with relentless pursuit. Exhaust is really good into Kaisa because she is also lower range and effective, especially when she ults in on you. Kaisa has slightly less damage than you with an enchanter, but can certainly burst you down with a crowd controlling support such as nautilus or leona. Don't let kaisa scale into late game otherwise she will be more useful than you in teamfights. Its probably best to hold exhaust incase Kaisa ults deep into fights to one shot her.

Nilah matchup: Nilah is a good matchup for lucian because for once you have longer range, and have more burst. Do not all in nilah from full HP and be mindful of her W that allows her to be invulnerable towards basic attacks. Instead, strategically burst her down taking quicker trades, and once low enough, finish her off with the culling while she tries to activate this ability. Save your relentless pursuit for when nilah tries to ultimate you.

Twitch matchup: Twitch is fairly easy to lane into, and first strike is not advised because of his w with long range aoe that cancels it very easily. You may dash onto him to combo him at any point but must be sure to burst him hard. If you get ahead, you can one shot twitch before he kills you if he tries to stealth cheese you. Exhaust is good into twitch so that if he does try his stealth mechanic you may counter him and kill him instead. If he is ahead, be sure to keep your relentless pursuit up incase he does stealth on you to evade him.

Zeri matchup: Zeri is another fairly easy matchup for Lucian because she is weaker early on. You can dash and burst Zeri in lane, but must be careful when she gets her ultimate because she can outrange and tether you easily with her movement speed buff. Be cautious when she is not showing in lane as she can hop over walls and catch you by surprise.

Tristana matchup: Lucian does fairly good in Tristana because you can outburst Tristana in a quick trade and if she tries rocket jumping on you, then you can relentless pursuit away having her commit fully. Exhaust is needed against Tristana because her all in is very strong. Trickshot q's to contest her range and kite her when she tries to all in with your relentless pursuit.

Jhin matchup: Jhin is a fairly simple matchup because he is immobile, and must reload on fourth shot. Each time he takes his fourth shot you should relentless pursuit on him and burst him. You can take fights on your own terms with him and have more burst. Be sure to not position near creeps especially when theyre low to avoid his bouncing grenade. He does out range you by a considerable amount so also avoid getting poked down for last hits, but rather play aggressive on him to reduce his poking pressure.

Kog'Maw matchup: Kog'maw is an easy matchup very similar to Jinx. Try to avoid using relentless pursuit on Kog'maw unless his W is down. If it is down, all in and you should win. If the enemy does not use W, then you can try to trickshot your piercing light and weaken him before you aggress onto him even when he has W. If this is the case, do not take an extended trade but rather get your burst out (e auto [[piercing light]] auto) then retreat.

Kalista matchup: Kalista is a difficult matchup but it can still be won if you have good timings on your [[piercing light]]. Do not taking extended trades with kalista, unless she is lethal health because it gives her time to stack her rend. I would avoiding using [[relentless pursuit]] aggressively unless she dashes to dodge your [[piercing light]] and chases you down with rend.

Vayne matchup: Vayne and Lucian are opposites in that Lucian is very strong early and gets less effective later and Vayne is very weak early and scales later. You should always outburst vayne early on and are able to beat her in all ins. Do not stand near walls in the lane or terrain, avoid her condem crowd control and all in her when [[first strike]] is up. Exhaust is very important to deal with late game Vayne. Make sure your first dash in is paired with [[ardent blaze]], allowing her to tumble in time for your next double auto [[piercing light]] combo. Only experienced vayne players will hold her tumble to dodge your [[piercing light]]

Jinx matchup: Jinx is one of the easiest matchups because she is a scaling champion and has no ability and low damage early. With your strong early game you can jump on her and burst her until she dies in lane.