I'm trying to learn Lucian but I cant figure out what I should build on him. There is the BORK build (BORK, Black Cleaver, RFC) and there is the crit build (Essence Reaver, RPF, IE). I know every build is good for different situations but I can't find any guide that explains the strengths and weaknesses of each build.
Any Lucian main here can sort things out me for? Thanks :)
MrFawknSunshine2 votesbork bc is better vs tanky comps
but according to https://lolalytics.com/ranked/worldwide/9.20/platinum/plus/champion/Lucian/ADC/
his most common 3 items are
iiGazeii1 votesBotRK is the standard start, followed by Black Cleaver. Lucian is a lane bully, and can really capitalize on the early game spike these two items provide.
Crit is better when you know you will need to scale. Lucian isn't the best at it, but if the enemy is too safe to all-in or an even better bully than you, you might need to wait for later to pop off.
Generally, I'd default to the BotRK-Cleaver build, then start building crit items in the late game. Starting crit is fine, but you have far less sustain and early-game damage compared to the standard build.
chipndip12 votesBotRK is the standard start, followed by Black Cleaver.
Cleaver is dated.
Pen/shred builds don't outscale crit and never did. Now that Riot slowed the game down a tad from the shake ups that caused pen Lucian to be big in the first place, people are steadily realizing that you get more AD and better scaling if you go crit. Also, with ER, you can still net 20% cdr without having to lock into 40 AD when you could build 70 AD and occasional double damage on AAs.
JackMcCarry1 votesI used to go botrk into black cleaver most of my games, but lately i find BotRK to be a waste, teams are not stacking health/resistances, everyone are squishy trying to 1 shot each other.
Crit : Gives you better burst for squishies (obviously) better lategame transition aswell, and snowballs really hard, your passive makes you crit a lot more even with just ER since you always double tap after every ability.
Botrk: If you are gonna kite a lot, Juggernauts, tanks, Divers - takes Botrk into black cleaver, gives you a lot of CDR and the botrk active is almost like an extra life line against Juggernauts and tanks who get ontop of you, the life steal also helps you duel with low damage targets in long trades, black cleaver helps shred the armor not only for you but for your entire team aswell, and you shred it real fast thanks to your passive.
Not a Lucian main, but i play him a bit, so take it with a grain of salt.
MrFawknSunshine3 voteseverything you say makes sense however in plat + elo his most common core (3 items) with the best win rate is
bork into reaver into rfc
Ragnaveil1 votesCorrect. Since Botrk is current health, you can get a bit of extra damage on squish targets while also having a early tank counter tool.
Ragnaveil1 votesCrit. You can still go Botrk with the crit build, but that requires you being against a decently health stacked team. LDR and Mortal Reminder shore up the % Pen Black Cleaver would give you (and gives you it instantly instead of having to shred it off the target).
