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Lucian combos

the Purifier

3 Lucian combos explained key by key: in which order to cast the abilities, when to use them and what each step does. The main combo is Q › AA › E › AA. Further down: every ability's cooldown, cost and range, and the skill max order measured over ranked games.

Lucian combos

The basic combo

Q › AA AA › E › AA AA

When: An enemy is within range of Piercing Light.

Piercing Light pierces the target, your attack becomes a double shot, Relentless Pursuit repositions you (cooldown reduced by Lightslinger) and sets up the next attack.

Area harassment

W › AA AA › E › AA AA

When: Several enemies are close.

Ardent Blaze explodes in a star shape and marks and reveals enemies; attack them to benefit from the bonus movement speed.

The ultimate

R

When: An enemy is blocked or immobilized.

The Culling fires a hail of bullets with your weapons: fire it at an enemy controlled by your team to hit everything.

Common mistakes

• Attacking without a previous ability: you lose the double shot.
• Using Relentless Pursuit without looking at where you end up.
• Wasting the ultimate on a moving target with no control.

Cooldowns, costs and ranges

A combo only comes back once its abilities are off cooldown: these values (rank 1 to max rank, in seconds) tell how long to wait between two combos. Source: Data Dragon 16.19.1.

Ability	Cooldown (s)	Cost	Range
Q · Piercing Light	9/8/7/6/5	48/56/64/72/80 Mana	500
W · Ardent Blaze	14/13/12/11/10	60 Mana	900
E · Relentless Pursuit	16/15.5/15/14.5/14	32/24/16/8/0 Mana	445
R · The Culling	110/100/90	100 Mana	1400

Official ability descriptions

PassiveLightslinger

Whenever Lucian uses an ability, his next attack becomes a double-shot. When Lucian is healed or shielded by an ally, or when a nearby enemy Champion is immobilized, his next 2 basic attacks will deal bonus magic damage.

QPiercing Light

Lucian shoots a bolt of piercing light through a target.

WArdent Blaze

Lucian shoots a missile that explodes in a star shape, marking and briefly revealing enemies. Lucian gains Move Speed for attacking marked enemies.

ERelentless Pursuit

Lucian quickly dashes a short distance. Lightslinger attacks reduce Relentless Pursuit's cooldown.

RThe Culling

Lucian unleashes a torrent of shots from his weapons.

Skill order

Max order: Q > E > W50.6% · 81 games

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Q	●			●	●		●		●
W			●											●	●
E		●						●		●		●	●
R						●					●

Max order: Q > W > E56.7% · 30 games

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Q			●	●	●		●		●
W	●							●		●		●	●
E		●												●	●
R						●					●

The order shows which abilities reach rank 5 first; the grid shows the most-played level-up sequence with that order (measured over 149 games).

Riot's official tips for playing Lucian

• For optimal burst, try to combine Relentless Pursuit into Piercing Light.
• Ardent Blaze actually explodes in a star pattern. Try to line it up so the spokes hit enemy champions.
• Once you have chosen an angle for The Culling, you cannot change it. Pick your moment well!
• Because of Lightslinger, Lucian benefits more from Attack Damage than he does from Attack Speed.

How to play around Lucian's combos

• Lucian has strong burst, but little sustained damage.
• Lucian cannot change the aim of The Culling. Take advantage of this by avoiding the angle of the bullets.
• Piercing Light does not give Lucian extra Attack Range. He still needs to find a target in range to line up his shot. Avoid Piercing Light by anticipating the angle Lucian will choose.

Frequently asked questions

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