
Lucian Bot Guide: Build, Runes, and Matchups 14.23
Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, and Coup de Grace form Lucian's primary rune path. Take Biscuit Delivery and Magical Footwear as secondary runes. For shards, choose Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling.
Core Items:
- First Item: Essence Reaver
- Boots: Ionian Boots of Lucidity
- Second Item: Navori Flickerblade
- Third Item: Infinity Edge
- Fourth Item: Lord Dominik's Regards
- Final Item: Guardian Angel
Skill Order: Q > E > W
Key Tips:
- Use your passive effectively by auto-attacking between abilities
- Save E (dash) when enemies have CC abilities
- Secure level 2 advantage from first wave + 3 melee minions
- Trade aggressively with double-shot passive
Strong Against:
- Tristana (54.6% WR)
- Twitch (54.1% WR)
- Aphelios (53.6% WR)
- Zeri (52.9% WR)
Weak Against:
- Swain (43.0% WR)
- Nilah (44.6% WR)
- Sivir (45.1% WR)
- Miss Fortune (45.1% WR)
Best Support Synergies:
- Nautilus (53.3% WR)
- Yuumi (53.3% WR)
- Tahm Kench (52.2% WR)
- Milio (52.1% WR)
Alternative Build: For an off-meta approach with 54.6% winrate, use First Strike as keystone with Essence Reaver > Navori Flickerblade > Infinity Edge core build path.
This build maintains a 51.0% overall winrate across 5,122 matches in the current patch.
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