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Lucian ARAM Build 26.22

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Lucian thrives in the Abyss brawl where a clumped enemy team has nowhere to scatter, weaving through the endless 5v5 with his double-shot Lightslinger and darting off on Relentless Pursuit. When the teams collide on the bridge he channels The Culling straight down the choke, hosing the packed front-to-back line with a barrage that has no room to miss.

#45 of 122 champions this patch · 136 games
Win rate51.5%+0.9Games136Pick rate10.3%Last 8 patches+0.5 since 26.15Damage profilei
AD
AP 11%AD 87%True 3%
DifficultyiModerateRewards fundamentals
ClassicModernARAMCounter
ARAM BalanceDamage dealt+5%Damage taken-5%Tenacity+20%Ability haste+10Details ↓

Lucian Item Build

Lucian's damage arrives two bullets at a time, since every ability primes a Lightslinger pair, so each point of attack damage and crit is paying out on both shots rather than one. Attack speed shortens the gap between those casts, and a bridge fight that refuses to end keeps the rhythm spinning until a short-ranged target has soaked more paired volleys than it can afford.

Standard loadout · Lucian The consensus path — reliable spikes, no dead time.
Starting items 1400g Long Sword×1Refillable Potion×1Sheen×1 Core path · click an item for its recipe ››› Boots Berserker's Greaves65% · 53.1%Gluttonous Greaves35% · 53.8%
Situational items
vs AP threatsbuy this gameTheir damage is mostly magic — stack magic resist before their second item.MMercurial Scimitar1030.0%
vs stacked resistsbuy this gameWhen resists stack, penetration beats raw stats — swap a damage slot.MMortal Reminder1154.5%LLord Dominik's Regards4951.0%TThe Collector6549.2%

Best Lucian Runes

Press the Attack rewards exactly the rapid-fire pattern Lucian's kit is built on, since the longer he keeps weaving abilities and autos into the clumped team, the more his passive double shots add up. There is no safe corner on the bridge, so the page supports staying mobile with Relentless Pursuit and firing without pause. Play for the sustained barrage, not a single all-in.

The pre-game page Press the Attack · Precision + Domination · keystone + 5 runes + 3 shards
Precision Primary Press the AttackHitting an enemy champion 3 consecutive times deals bonus damage and amplifies your damage until you leave combat with champions. Presence of Mind83% · 50.4%Legend: Alacrity58% · 48.1%Coup de Grace74% · 47.0% Keystone plus three minors from Precision, two from Domination, then three shards — no runebook, no masteries.
Domination Secondary Taste of Blood51% · 47.8%Treasure Hunter53% · 48.6%
Stat shards OffenseAttack Speed+10% Attack SpeedFlexAdaptive Force+9 Adaptive ForceDefenseHealth Scaling+10–180 Health (by level)
Shards give +10%Attack Speed+9Adaptive Force+10–180 Health (by level)
Stack toward Essence Reaver into Navori Flickerblade so Lucian's double-shot rhythm ramps the moment the fight opens. Every Piercing Light and Ardent Blaze feeds his Lightslinger passive, and on the Abyss the fight never stops, so he is weaving abilities into autos on the clump without a break. Relentless Pursuit keeps him dancing in and out of the pile while the damage piles up.

Lucian Skill Order

Relentless Pursuit collects everything from 8 to 13, shortening the dash cooldown while Ardent Blaze sits untouched. Ten extra ability haste on the Abyss compounds that, and the tenacity bonus means the dash is spent repositioning rather than escaping a stun chain.

Skill order · Lucian R at 6 / 11 / 16 — always
PriorityRR›QQ›EE›WW›Max Q first; E at level 3.
Lv 123456789101112131415161718
Q14579max 9
W214151718max 18
E38101213max 13
R61116max 16
Put your early points into Q to sharpen the poke and burst that let Lucian chip a stacked team from range, leaving E and W for later. His Lightslinger passive means every cast is really two shots, so the ability you level doubles its value into the clump. Save The Culling for when the fight commits and channel it through the pile.

Lucian ARAM Abilities

Lightslinger has a second half the combo talk skips: a heal or shield from a support, or any nearby immobilized enemy, turns his next two shots into bonus magic damage. Relentless Pursuit feeds off that too, since every double-tap shaves its cooldown and keeps the dash almost always up.

Abilities on the Abyss · Lucianpatch 26.22 · Abyss-tuned numbers · click an ability · all ranks shown
LightslingerPassivePPiercing LightMax 1stQArdent BlazeMax lastWRelentless PursuitMax 2ndEThe CullingUltRRank-up levels here match the skill order below.
Piercing LightPhysical damageMax 1stStatLV 1rank 1LV 4rank 2LV 5rank 3LV 7rank 4LV 9MAXDamage+42 per rank+100% bonus ADlv 19590lv 4137130lv 5179170lv 7221210lv 9263250Cost+8 per ranklv 148lv 456lv 564lv 772lv 980Cooldown-1 per ranklv 19slv 48slv 57slv 76slv 95s
Abyss changeloghow the Abyss re-balances Lucian: entries touching the selected ability light upDamage dealt+5%champion tuningDamage taken−5%champion tuningTenacity+20%champion tuningAbility haste+10champion tuning

Lucian Base Stats

Base stats · LucianPatch 26.22
Base statslevel 1 · +per levelAD60+2.9AS0.638+2.5%MS335Range500HP641+100HP53.75+0.65Armor28+4.2MR33+1.1MP320+43MP57+0.8
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