Lucian Counters Classic 26.22

Lucian closes with Relentless Pursuit and arrives with a double-shot ready, because Lightslinger loads one after any ability he uses. Condemn knocks him back. Silver Bolts adds its true damage on your third consecutive attack or ability against him, and Condemn counts toward that.

Ardent Blaze marks you for six seconds, and damaging a marked target gives him a short burst of Move Speed. If you trade into that poke before level six, your Final Hour fights start with you already low.

Use Final Hour to run him down. It adds bonus Attack Damage for up to twelve seconds and lifts Night Hunter's speed to ninety. Relentless Pursuit carries him only a short distance out of that chase. Follow him after the dash, since Night Hunter adds speed while you move toward him at close range.

Right after you Vault onto him, Lucian can wipe the slow with Relentless Pursuit, which removes all Slow effects. Your jump still deals its damage. The slow, though, is gone. His next attack after the dash is a Lightslinger double-shot, and your engage is already used.

This lane is fought from long range, even right after a Vault. Valor marks him Vulnerable as you leap off. Harrier adds damage to your first attack on that mark. Heightened Senses then grants attack speed and movement speed. Keep the next swings on him while it lasts.

Start Tag Team once Relentless Pursuit is on cooldown, so Valor can stay on him as a fast melee attacker. Finish with Skystrike when he is low, because it does its most damage to a target missing health.

In a drawn-out trade, Lucian needs a fresh ability before each Lightslinger double-shot, and all of those abilities run on cooldowns. Rapid Fire speeds up your attacks for seven seconds on a twenty second cooldown, so open the longer trades with it already running.

Relentless Pursuit clears the slow Rocket Jump leaves under your landing, since that dash removes all Slow effects. If the dash is still on cooldown when you land, the slow holds. Buster Shot knocks him back if he reaches you anyway.

Lucian's poke matters most before your levels have added range. Buster Shot fires from exactly as far as Piercing Light, and Explosive Shot starts there too. If his early poke keeps you from farming, you lose the late threat that makes you dangerous to him.