Lucian
Computed from 183,709 ranked Solo/Duo games collected through the Riot API · patch 26.21.
| Role | Win Rate | Pick Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Mid | 43.9% | 0.5% |
| ADC | 49.0% | 6.7% |
Lucian is banned in about 2.3% of games at this tier, one figure for the whole champion since bans happen before roles are picked. What ban rate measures.
Lucian's ADC win rate is 1.0 percentage points below an even 50% — Should I Dodge's win-probability model varies by about 4.8 percentage points of standard deviation from lobby to lobby across all ranks, purely from which champions get drawn, so this gap is smaller than that noise, not solid evidence the champion is unusually strong or weak right now.
Lucian is tracked in 2 roles at this tier scope; the per-tier, threat, and counters reporting below all use its highest-pick-rate role, ADC — its numbers in Mid (0.5% pick rate) stay visible in the table above but aren't carried into the rest of this page.
Lucian's ADC Build
In Emerald+ games on patch 26.21, Lucian's most common ADC setup runs Flash and Barrier with Press the Attack, maxes Q first, and builds Essence Reaver, Infinity Edge, and Navori Flickerblade — 49.6% win rate over 68,299 games.
- Summoner spells
Flash + Barrier
49.5%44,707 games - Runes
Press the Attack + Inspiration
50.2%4,769 games - Skill priority Q > W > E 52.1%9,853 games
- Starter
Doran's Blade + Health Potion
50.4%13,182 games - Boots
Gluttonous Greaves
51.9%27,361 games - First three items
Essence Reaver → Infinity Edge → Navori Flickerblade
57.8%5,231 games
Lucian's ADC Win Rate By Tier
| Tier | Win Rate | Pick Rate | Games | Edge (noise-widths) | Clears 0.5σ? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron | 47.1% | 4.1% | 9,297 | 0.38σ | No |
| Bronze | 48.1% | 5.0% | 14,026 | 0.31σ | No |
| Silver | 48.4% | 5.9% | 20,509 | 0.27σ | No |
| Gold | 48.9% | 6.8% | 26,886 | 0.20σ | No |
| Platinum | 49.6% | 7.7% | 32,279 | 0.08σ | No |
| Emerald | 49.6% | 8.6% | 28,793 | 0.09σ | No |
| Diamond | 49.7% | 8.8% | 26,893 | 0.06σ | No |
| Master | 49.4% | 8.0% | 11,919 | 0.14σ | No |
| Grandmaster | 47.9% | 6.4% | 601 | 0.28σ | No |
Lucian's ADC win rate ranges from 47.1% at Iron to 49.7% at Diamond across the 9 of 10 ranked tiers with at least 200 games in this role — a 2.6-point spread. Measured against each tier's own noise floor, that's 0.06σ at Diamond and 0.38σ at Iron, with neither clearing the 0.5σ bar Should I Dodge itself requires before calling a reading anything but Neutral. 1 tier under 200 games not shown.
- Power curve
- Strong early game
- Threats
- None of the seven we track
Curated reads, not measured: how we judge these
Who Counters Lucian in ADC?
Champions That Counter Lucian
| Champion | Win Rate vs Lucian | Edge (noise-widths) |
|---|---|---|
Ahri |
56.7% | 1.39σ |
Karthus |
56.6% | 1.39σ |
Tahm Kench |
56.5% | 1.35σ |
Rengar |
56.0% | 1.26σ |
Malzahar |
55.7% | 1.19σ |
Champions Lucian Counters
| Champion | Win Rate vs Lucian | Edge (noise-widths) |
|---|---|---|
Sett |
43.7% | 1.31σ |
Orianna |
44.0% | 1.25σ |
Lissandra |
45.8% | 0.87σ |
Ezreal |
45.9% | 0.85σ |
Locke |
46.1% | 0.81σ |
At most five champions are listed in each direction for Lucian: the 5 that counter it here lean burst-heavy, with a tight, 1-point spread — none of them stand out much from the others among them, while 5 favourable matchups round out the picture — most matchups you could actually face simply aren't covered.