AD Carry

Lucian Build 26.21

Lucian's whole game is the weave: fire an ability, let the passive double shot land, then dash and do it again. That rhythm front-loads more damage than most marksmen can match in the first few levels, so he wins short trades and snowballs early leads. He is a lane bully who wants the game decided before the scaling carries catch up. A below-curve pick at 48.5% and climbing this patch.

#69 of 91 ad carry this patch · 11.9k games

Win rate48.5%+0.2Games11.9kPick rate8.2%Ban rate2.3%Last 8 patches−0.7 since 26.14Damage profilei

AP 9%AD 89%True 2%DifficultyiModerateRewards fundamentals

The 10-second answer standard · 48.5% WR

Spells

Flash + Barrier Start

Gluttonous Greaves SkillsQ›E›W Runes

Shards

ClassicModernARAM Counter

173 champions

AatroxTopB49.4%AhriMidA50.9%AkaliMidC49.0%AkshanMidA51.2%AlistarSupportS52.7%AmbessaTopD46.8%AmumuJungleA51.2%AniviaMidB50.2%AnnieMidA51.9%ApheliosAD CarryB50.0%AsheAD CarryB49.8%Aurelion SolMidB50.6%AuroraMidB50.3%AzirMidD46.8%BardSupportC48.9%Bel'VethJungleA51.7%BlitzcrankSupportA51.7%BrandSupportB50.0%BraumSupportB50.0%BriarJungleA51.9%CaitlynAD CarryC48.2%CamilleTopB50.7%CassiopeiaMidC49.1%Cho'GathJungleS52.5%CorkiAD CarryB49.4%DariusTopB50.7%DianaJungleC49.2%Dr. MundoTopA51.1%DravenAD CarryB50.5%EkkoMidA51.7%EliseJungleA51.5%EvelynnJungleB50.5%EzrealAD CarryD47.3%FiddlesticksJungleA51.3%FioraTopA51.9%FizzMidS52.5%GalioMidC49.3%GangplankTopB50.7%GarenTopA52.3%GnarTopC49.2%GragasTopB49.8%GravesJungleC49.0%GwenTopB50.2%HecarimJungleB50.1%HeimerdingerTopB50.2%HweiMidA51.1%IllaoiTopA51.0%IreliaTopB50.4%IvernJungleA52.5%JannaSupportA51.4%Jarvan IVJungleC49.3%JaxTopB50.0%JayceTopC48.5%JhinAD CarryB49.3%JinxAD CarryB50.4%K'SanteTopD46.7%Kai'SaAD CarryB50.7%KalistaAD CarryB49.7%KarmaSupportC48.3%KarthusJungleB50.7%KassadinMidC48.7%KatarinaMidA52.1%KayleTopA51.9%KaynJungleA51.0%KennenTopB50.5%Kha'ZixJungleB50.1%KindredJungleA52.0%KledTopB50.5%Kog'MawAD CarryA50.9%LeBlancMidB50.4%Lee SinJungleC48.0%LeonaSupportA51.7%LilliaJungleA51.5%LissandraMidA51.2%LockeMidB49.2%LucianAD CarryC48.5%LuluSupportB49.4%LuxSupportB49.4%MalphiteTopA51.2%MalzaharMidB50.2%MaokaiSupportB49.6%Master YiJungleB50.2%MelMidD46.2%MilioSupportB49.6%Miss FortuneAD CarryA51.1%MordekaiserTopA50.9%MorganaSupportB50.5%NaafiriJungleC48.4%NamiSupportB50.2%NasusTopB50.5%NautilusSupportB50.0%NeekoSupportC48.1%NidaleeJungleA51.3%NilahAD CarryB50.2%NocturneJungleC48.0%Nunu & WillumpJungleB50.3%OlafTopA51.1%OriannaMidD47.7%OrnnTopA51.1%PantheonTopB49.6%PoppySupportA51.7%PykeSupportB50.0%QiyanaJungleD47.1%QuinnJungleB49.5%RakanSupportB50.8%RammusJungleC48.8%Rek'SaiJungleB50.7%RellSupportS53.1%Renata GlascSupportC48.3%RenektonTopB50.0%RengarJungleB49.3%RivenTopB49.5%RumbleTopD46.0%RyzeMidD46.4%SamiraAD CarryB50.2%SejuaniJungleA51.4%SennaSupportB50.8%SeraphineSupportB49.9%SettTopA51.5%ShacoJungleA52.3%ShenTopA51.4%ShyvanaJungleB50.1%SingedTopA51.1%SionTopB50.3%SivirAD CarryA51.2%SkarnerJungleS53.2%SmolderAD CarryB49.8%SonaSupportA51.8%SorakaSupportB50.1%SwainSupportC48.9%SylasMidB49.3%SyndraMidB50.4%Tahm KenchSupportB50.2%TaliyahJungleS+54.4%TalonJungleB49.6%TaricSupportA51.9%TeemoTopA50.8%ThreshSupportA51.8%TristanaAD CarryB50.6%TrundleTopB50.2%TryndamereTopA51.3%Twisted FateMidA51.8%TwitchAD CarryA52.0%UdyrJungleA51.7%UrgotTopB50.6%VarusAD CarryB49.7%VayneAD CarryC48.1%VeigarMidB50.5%Vel'KozSupportB50.2%VexMidS52.7%ViJungleC49.3%ViegoJungleB49.3%ViktorMidD47.5%VladimirMidB50.1%VolibearTopD47.7%WarwickJungleA52.2%WukongJungleB50.2%XayahAD CarryB50.8%XerathMidA51.2%Xin ZhaoJungleA52.3%YasuoMidA50.9%YoneMidB49.4%YorickTopC49.3%YunaraAD CarryB49.5%YuumiSupportC49.0%ZaahenTopA51.1%ZacJungleB49.7%ZedMidC48.5%ZeriAD CarryA51.8%ZiggsAD CarryB50.8%ZileanSupportA51.7%ZoeMidA51.6%ZyraSupportA52.0%

LoL ClassicSee how Lucian was built in the classic eraLucian Classic Build

When Is Lucian Strongest?

The early game is the peak, before the enemy team comes online, and games at this rank average around 28 minutes. Lucian wants to convert that early strength into a lead, bullying his lane and grouping for skirmishes while his combos still out-trade enemies who have not yet reached their scaling power.

Game timeline · Lucian drag or hover to scrub · space plays · ←/→ step

your power minute by minute · gold = item spikes · small = components · dashed = objectives

Camps1:30Drake / Grubs5:00Herald14:00Baron20:00Avg end27:59

Ambush zone5:24–6:54 Power spike 22:25

~5:26

11:08

18:07

22:25

0:00 10:00 20:00 30:00 40:00

At 12:00

Power 63/100 · Even

Core 1/3 items

Gold ~5.9k

Phase Lvl-6 window

Next spike Navori Flickerblade · 18:07

Lucian Item Build

Lucian is a lane-bully marksman who weaves abilities between attacks to fire off double-shots and burst a target down early. The build blends attack damage, attack speed, and crit so his passive double-taps hit hard and his dash-heavy trades stay safe.

Standard loadout · Lucian The consensus path — reliable spikes, no dead time.

Starting items 500g

Doran's Bow×1

Health Potion×2

Stealth Ward×1 Core path · click an item for its recipe ›› Boots

Gluttonous Greaves65% · 51.5%

Plated Steelcaps35% · 50.2%

Situational items pick an opponent in the bar above — the right swaps light up

vs AP threatsTheir damage is mostly magic — stack magic resist before their second item.M

Maw of Malmortius35155.3%

vs AD threatsPhysical threats spike with lethality — armor answers buy the mid game back.G

Guardian Angel99163.2%

vs stacked resistsWhen resists stack, penetration beats raw stats — swap a damage slot.L

Lord Dominik's Regards3.6k55.4%T

The Collector1.9k50.8%B

Black Cleaver1.0k50.4%

vision controlFights are decided a minute earlier by the team that sees first.F

Farsight Alteration9.2k50.4%O

Oracle Lens22648.2%S

Stealth Ward2.4k41.1%

Best Lucian Runes

Press the Attack plays into his fast, repeated trades, since the double shot from his passive stacks the proc almost instantly. He wants a keystone that rewards touching a target over and over rather than one big hit, which is exactly how his auto-weave works. Fill the rest with attack speed and early aggression.

The pre-game page Press the Attack · Precision + Inspiration · 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 Mind86% · 48.7%

Legend: Bloodline86% · 48.7%

Coup de Grace55% · 48.1%

Keystone plus three minors from Precision, two from Inspiration, then three shards — no runebook, no masteries.

Inspiration Secondary

Biscuit Delivery47% · 48.4%

Magical Footwear48% · 48.7%

Stat shards Offense

Attack Speed+10% Attack Speed

Flex

Adaptive Force+9 Adaptive Force

Defense

Health Scaling+10–180 Health (by level)

Shards give +10%Attack Speed+9Adaptive Force+10–180 Health (by level)

Build toward Essence Reaver into Navori Flickerblade to keep that ability-into-double-shot pattern flowing. You want an early lead here, so punish your winning matchups fast. Navori Flickerblade comes online around 18 minutes, and it is the point where his weaved trades turn into outright kills in lane. Rush it and use the tempo to bully before anyone out-scales you.

Lucian Skill Order

Ardent Blaze gets one point at 3 and then waits until 14, so the mark and its move speed sit flat through the whole midgame. Piercing Light claims 1, 4, 5, 7 and 9, with Relentless Pursuit slotting in at 8 and then 10, 12 and 13.

Skill order · Lucian R at 6 / 11 / 16 — always

PriorityR

R›Q

Q›E

E›W

WMax Q first; E at level 2.

Lv 123456789101112131415161718

Q14579max 9

W31415max 15

E28101213max 13

R611max 11

Lucian 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 · Lucianpatch 26.22 base numbers · click an ability · all ranks shown

LightslingerPassiveP

Piercing LightMax 1stQ

Ardent BlazeMax lastW

Relentless PursuitMax 2ndE

The CullingUltRRank-up levels here match the skill order below.

Piercing LightPhysical damageMax 1stStatLV 1rank 1LV 4rank 2LV 5rank 3LV 7rank 4LV 9MAXDamage+40 per rank+100% bonus ADlv 190lv 4130lv 5170lv 7210lv 9250Cost+8 per ranklv 148lv 456lv 564lv 772lv 980Cooldown-1 per ranklv 19slv 48slv 57slv 76slv 95s

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

Lucian Matchups

Lucian fights at close range, so long-range poke that chips him before he closes and lockdown that catches his dash make his aggression risky. Immobile, short-ranged lanes he can dance around and burst with his double-shots are where he dominates.

Lane matchups · Lucian click any opponent to retune the console

Hardest lanes · click to tune

Best hunting

How to lane vs AP mages 01Sidestep their skillshots with E, then burst with Q and Lightslinger02Ward flanks and respect their roam timers after they shove the wave03Build magic resist and dash past their key spell before committing Win rate by game lengthLucian overall · all matchupsUnder 20 min51.7%20–28 min46.5%28–35 min48.7%Over 35 min49.7%

Watch for Vel'Koz, Swain, and Karthus, who can sit back and outrange his short trades or blow him up once his dash is down. Bait the dash out of them before committing, since without it he has no escape. Into Nilah, Viktor, and Vladimir his early tempo simply runs them over, so trade on cooldown and shove for the lead while your damage beats theirs.

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