Lucian
Hardest matchups for Lucian in Bot (Emerald, patch 16.20): 
Zed, 
Vel'Koz, 
Veigar. Easiest: 
Ezreal, 
Cassiopeia, 
Mel.
Try it in a draftCountersPower curvesIn the tier listWho wins into LucianOn the pro tier list
Lucian on patch 16.22
- Bot49.0%#46 of 51C21,104 games
- Mid42.4%#91 of 91D1,003 games
- steady since 16.21
Lucian’s main role on patch 16.22 is Bot: a 49.0% win rate across 21,104 Emerald games, #46 of 51 Bot champions on the tier list (grade C), picked in 8.3% of games. Lucian is also played Mid: a 42.4% win rate across 1,003 games, #91 of 91. Since patch 16.21, Lucian Bot has not moved by more than chance explains: 0.1 points across 115,811 games in 8 ranks.
Emerald games from every region, as of Nov 9, 2026. The tables below load current numbers. Patch 16.22 tier list
Solo queue
Open in the tier listPatch 16.20, the current one
| Lane | Grade | Win rate | Games | Picked | Mains |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bot90% of its games | B | 49.2%49.2% raw ±0.4 | 57,697 | 8.1%2.9% banned | 49.7%49.4% first time |
| Mid7% of its games | D | 44.0%42.8% raw ±1.4 | 4,695 | 0.7%2.9% banned | 47.1%46.3% first time |
| Top2% of its games | C | 47.1%45.3% raw ±2.5 | 1,536 | 0.2%2.9% banned | 51.0%47.1% first time |
| Support0% of its games | too few games | 49.0%30.8% raw ±13.6 | 52 | 0.0%2.9% banned | 51.2%47.2% first time |
| Jungle0% of its games | too few games | 49.6%25.0% raw ±24.5 | 16 | 0.0%3.0% banned | 51.4%47.0% first time |
Matchups
Every matchupHow to read this
Lucian’s win rate against each champion picked into it in the lane opposite: its hardest matchups, then its easiest. The small number is the matchup’s own effect on Lucian, the part not explained by either champion’s strength.
Hardest for Lucian
Lane leads and team bans
What Lucian’s team bans
Champions a team bans more often when it has Lucian than the other team does in the same games (354,831 games). The other team banned before Lucian was picked, so the gap is the ban spent because Lucian was coming — a sign players see these as counters. Riot does not say which player cast a ban, so this is the team’s choice.
Builds
Every buildHow to read this
How Lucian is built in this lane, most common first, with the items those builds finish and how they win.
- Crit
50.3%57,712 games - Lethality
51.8%717 games - Mana stack
49.6%55 games - On-hit
50.5%49 games - AD bruiser
50.4%5 games
Runes and summoner spells
How to read this
How Lucian does with each summoner-spell pair, keystone and minor rune in this lane, at the rank and region above. These are the win rates of the players who made each choice, not the choice’s own effect: a page is recommended only when a real share of players runs it.
61,762 games · patches 16.20, 16.21 · Sep 10 – Oct 21
Flash + Barrier49.4% · 43,927 games
Press the AttackPrecision + Inspiration · 49.2%
Presence of Mind · Legend: Bloodline · Cut Down · Cash Back · Triple TonicShards: Attack Speed · Adaptive Force · Health
Start: Doran's Blade + Health Potion · 51.1%
Key items: Essence Reaver → Infinity Edge · 52.6%
Boots: Gluttonous Greaves · 52.2%Every option, with its numbers
Summoner spells
- Flash + Barrier49.4%43,927 games · 71% pick rate · the usual choiceRecommended
Exhaust + Flash48.6%12,435 games · 20% pick rate · same players: −2.3 pts vs the usual
Cleanse + Flash49.0%4,699 games · 7.6% pick rate · same players: −2.6 pts vs the usualRare: not recommended
Keystones
- Press the Attack + Inspiration49.2%53,736 games · 87% pick rate · the usual choiceRecommended
First Strike + Precision48.2%1,370 games · 2.2% pick rate · same players: −1.0 pts vs the usualRare: not recommended
Press the Attack + Sorcery50.1%1,406 games · 2.3% pick rate · same players: −1.8 pts vs the usualRare: not recommended
Press the Attack + Resolve51.9%2,162 games · 3.5% pick rate · same players: −1.8 pts vs the usualRare: not recommended
Minor runes with Press the Attack
- Presence of Mind49.1%90% take it
Triumph52.0%10.0% take it
- Legend: Bloodline49.3%90% take it
Legend: Alacrity50.0%8.7% take it
- Cut Down50.2%34% take it
Coup de Grace48.9%66% take it
- Cash Back50.0%35% take it
- Triple Tonic49.8%22% take it
Magical Footwear48.9%61% take it
Biscuit Delivery48.9%61% take it
Cosmic Insight49.2%20% take it
- Attack Speed49.2%94% take it
- Adaptive Force49.6%6.1% take it
- Adaptive Force49.2%100% take it
- Health49.8%35% take it
- Health Scaling48.8%65% take it
These numbers describe, they do not prove. Each rate is Lucian’s record when its player chose that option, pulled toward Lucian’s own rate by 100 games of prior so a small sample cannot look like a discovery. An uncommon page often wins more because experts run it, and they would win on any page, so only a choice taken in at least 10% of games can be recommended, and spells and keystones are ranked by how the SAME players do with them against the usual choice, not by the raw rate; rarer ones are listed with their numbers and labeled. The build line (opening buy, the two key items in the order they are finished, boots or the support upgrade) is advice in the same sense: how Lucian does when built that way.
The learning curve
Champion pool
On a first game Lucian wins 46.9%; in the hands of players with the most mastery on it, 49.5%. That gap ranks it 154 of 173 for how much practice pays. Even its most practiced players stay under 50%.
Pro play
On the pro tier list
Lucian in the major leagues and international events this season, across 3,434 games: its record, how often it is picked or banned, whether it is taken blind or saved as a counter, its lane at 15 minutes, and the best pro on it.
| Lane | Win rate | Priority | Blind / counter | Lane @15 | Best pro |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bot | 47.8%239W 275L | 34%34% in any lane | 31% counter | +86 gold | — |
How much knowing Lucian pays
Players on their Mastery band win 2.6 points more on Lucian than first-timers do: #154 of 173 champions for how much mastery pays.
At 300k+ mastery points, Lucian players win 49.5%: #171 of 173 champions for where mastery ends up. The curve is still rising there: its fitted ceiling of about 55.4% lies beyond the data and is an estimate, not a measurement.
LucianDots are the six mastery bands, placed at their mastery points. The line is the best-fitting curve that rises and levels off.
This is not a promise about your next game. Players do not reach a mastery band in a random order, and a champion someone loses on tends to get dropped before it reaches the high bands — so the right-hand side of every curve is partly survivors, not only practice.
Text summary of this page as it stood on Nov 9, 2026. The live tables on this page are current.
Lucian ranked-play summary
Most similar champions: Ezreal, Sivir, Ashe.
Anonymous public figures recorded on Nov 9, 2026, when this page was built. The interactive tables on this page load current data.