ADC Matchup

Lucian vs Smolder

Patch: 15.18 (25.18)
League: Platinum+
Lucian

Lucian

the Purifier
ADC
Lucian ADC Overall Win Rate
50.12%

Matchup Win Rate

45.9%
Lucian vs Smolder Wins
54.1%
Smolder vs Lucian Wins
Smolder

Smolder

the Fiery Fledgling
ADC
Smolder ADC Overall Win Rate
51.76%

Lucian vs Smolder - ADC Matchup Guide Patch 15.18 (25.18)

Lucian ADC vs Smolder ADC - Who is stronger?

Smolder ADC counters Lucian hard (45.9% win rate) based on 3220 games. This matchup is really difficult for Lucian players.

View detailed statistics below: items, runes, and counter builds for Lucian ADC vs Smolder ADC in patch 15.18 (25.18), including win rates and pick rates. With proper study, this can improve your chances of victory up to 63.9% in this matchup.

Statistical Matchup Analysis

Current meta showdown: Lucian (10.8% pick rate, 6th most popular out of 32 ADC champions) versus Smolder (9.0%, 9th place). These two bot lane titans clash constantly, making matchup mastery a decisive factor in your climb. Every edge matters: In this tough matchup, the proven Press the Attack + Presence of Mind combination (54.5% win rate) plus optimal itemization Essence Reaver, Infinity Edge, Rapid Firecannon, and Ionian Boots of Lucidity boosts your chances from 45.9% to 63.9% - potentially game-changing.

Survive and scale: Lucian faces both matchup (45.91%) and farming disadvantages (7.07 vs 7.32/min). With a 0.25 CS/min deficit, prioritize safe farming and jungle assistance. Outclassed across the board: Smolder leads in both matchup win rate (54.1%) and damage (1001 vs 932/min). Lucian must seek alternative win conditions through macro play and team coordination. Complete dominance by Smolder: leads in both matchup win rate (54.1%) and KDA (2.50 vs 2.40, 10th vs 14th place). Lucian players need exceptional preparation to overcome this counter-pick.

Lucian vs Smolder - ADC Stats Comparison

Lucian ADC
Lucian ADC
Versus
Smolder ADC
Smolder ADC
ATierA+
45.9%Matchup Winrate54.1%
50.12%Role Winrate51.76%
#18Winrate Rank#10
10.8%Pickrate9.0%
2.4Average KDA2.5
461Gold per Minute446
7.07CS/Min7.32
0.28Wards per Minute0.27
932Damage per Minute1001

How to Beat Smolder as Lucian (ADC)

Difficult matchup requiring deep understanding of game mechanics and flawless execution. Patience and proper macro play are the keys to victory in this confrontation.

Except for rare builds, Lucian deals physical damage. Focus on eliminating enemy carries. Smolder deals mainly physical damage (71.60%), additional items against this damage type may be required against snowballing or aggressive play.

Consider the farming superiority demonstrated by Smolder, ranking 6th (versus 15th for Lucian) in farming efficiency among champions in this role. This means the opponent can build gold advantages more quickly. Meanwhile, their higher KDA (2.5 versus 2.4) suggests they participate more effectively in team fights.

Key aspects of the Lucian ADC versus Smolder ADC matchup

In this difficult confrontation, it is critically important for the Lucian player to avoid attempts to force trades and all-ins with the Smolder player, as the matchup requires a patient and calculated approach. Extended trades without clear tactical advantage often lead to unfavorable consequences, and ignoring opportunities to receive team support can be a fatal mistake for game progression.

Lucian vs Smolder: ADC Summoner Spells

Most Popular

Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Barrier
Barrier Gain a brief Shield.
48.4% Win Rate88.1% Pick Rate

Highest Win Rate

Exhaust
Exhaust Slows target enemy champion and reduces their damage dealt.
Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
52.5% Win Rate2.2% Pick Rate

Lucian vs Smolder: ADC Runes

Most Frequent Runes

Primary Path
Precision
Press the Attack
Press the Attack Hitting an enemy champion with 3 consecutive basic attacks deals 40 - 160 bonus adaptive damage (based on level) and amplifies your damage dealt by 8% until you leave combat with champions.

Press the Attack

Hitting an enemy champion with 3 consecutive basic attacks deals 40 - 160 bonus adaptive …

Presence of Mind
Presence of Mind Damaging an enemy champion restores 6-50 (80% for ranged) mana or 6 energy.

Takedowns restore 15% of your maximum mana or energy.

Cooldown for damage restoration: 8s

Presence of Mind

Damaging an enemy champion restores 6-50 (80% for ranged) mana or 6 energy.Take…

Legend: Bloodline
Legend: Bloodline Gain 0.35% Life Steal for every Legend stack (max 15 stacks). At maximum Legend stacks, gain 85 max health.

Earn progress toward Legend stacks for every champion takedown, epic monster takedown, large monster kill, and minion kill.

Legend: Bloodline

Gain 0.35% Life Steal for every Legend stack (max 15 stacks). At maximum Legend…

Coup de Grace
Coup de Grace Deal 8% more damage to champions who have less than 40% health.

Coup de Grace

Deal 8% more damage to champions who have less than 40% health.

Secondary Path
Inspiration
Magical Footwear
Magical Footwear You get free Slightly Magical Footwear at 12 min, but you cannot buy boots before then. For each takedown you acquire the boots 45s sooner.

Slightly Magical Footwear grants you an additional 10 Move Speed.

Magical Footwear

You get free Slightly Magical Footwear at 12 min, but you cannot buy boots befo…

Biscuit Delivery
Biscuit Delivery Biscuit Delivery: Gain a Total Biscuit of Everlasting Will every 2 mins, until 6 min.

Biscuits restore 12% of your missing health. Consuming or selling a Biscuit permanently increases your max health by 30.

Biscuit Delivery

Biscuit Delivery: Gain a Total Biscuit of Everlasting Will every 2 mins, until …

Adaptive
Attack Speed
Attack Speed Increases attack speed by 10%

Attack Speed

Increases attack speed by 10%

Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Scaling Health
Scaling Health Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

Scaling Health

Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

48.4% Win Rate85.0% Pick Rate

Best Win Rate Runes

Primary Path
Precision
Press the Attack
Press the Attack Hitting an enemy champion with 3 consecutive basic attacks deals 40 - 160 bonus adaptive damage (based on level) and amplifies your damage dealt by 8% until you leave combat with champions.

Press the Attack

Hitting an enemy champion with 3 consecutive basic attacks deals 40 - 160 bonus adaptive …

Presence of Mind
Presence of Mind Damaging an enemy champion restores 6-50 (80% for ranged) mana or 6 energy.

Takedowns restore 15% of your maximum mana or energy.

Cooldown for damage restoration: 8s

Presence of Mind

Damaging an enemy champion restores 6-50 (80% for ranged) mana or 6 energy.Take…

Legend: Bloodline
Legend: Bloodline Gain 0.35% Life Steal for every Legend stack (max 15 stacks). At maximum Legend stacks, gain 85 max health.

Earn progress toward Legend stacks for every champion takedown, epic monster takedown, large monster kill, and minion kill.

Legend: Bloodline

Gain 0.35% Life Steal for every Legend stack (max 15 stacks). At maximum Legend…

Coup de Grace
Coup de Grace Deal 8% more damage to champions who have less than 40% health.

Coup de Grace

Deal 8% more damage to champions who have less than 40% health.

Secondary Path
Domination
Sudden Impact
Sudden Impact Damaging basic attacks and abilities deal a bonus 20 - 80 True Damage based on level to enemy champions after using a dash, leap, blink, teleport, or when leaving stealth for 4s.

Cooldown: 10s

Sudden Impact

Damaging basic attacks and abilities deal a bonus 20 - 80 True Damage based on …

Treasure Hunter
Treasure Hunter Gain an additional 50 gold the next time you collect a Bounty Hunter stack. Increase the gold gained by 20 gold for each Bounty Hunter stack, up to 130 gold.

Bounty Hunter stacks are earned the first time you get a takedown on each enemy champion.

Treasure Hunter

Gain an additional 50 gold the next time you collect a Bounty Hunter stack. Inc…

Adaptive
Attack Speed
Attack Speed Increases attack speed by 10%

Attack Speed

Increases attack speed by 10%

Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Scaling Health
Scaling Health Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

Scaling Health

Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

54.5% Win Rate2.7% Pick Rate

Lucian vs Smolder: ADC Item Builds

Most Popular Build

Starting Items
Stealth Ward
Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
Doran's Blade
Doran's Blade (450 gold) 10 Attack Damage
80 Health
3% Life Steal

Health Potion
Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
47.7% Win Rate97.4% Pick Rate
Popular Boots
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity (900 gold) 10 Ability Haste
45 Move Speed

Ionian Insight
Gain 10 Summoner Spell Haste.
49.2% Win Rate47.5% Pick Rate
Berserker's Greaves
Berserker's Greaves (1100 gold) 25% Attack Speed
45 Move Speed

46.6% Win Rate23.2% Pick Rate
Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps (1200 gold) 25 Armor
45 Move Speed

Plating
Reduces incoming damage from Attacks by 10%.
44.6% Win Rate13.3% Pick Rate
Core Build
Pickaxe
Pickaxe (875 gold) 25 Attack Damage
->
Essence Reaver
Essence Reaver (2900 gold) 60 Attack Damage
15 Ability Haste
25% Critical Strike Chance

Essence Drain
Attacks grant ManaOn-Hit.
Infinity Edge
Infinity Edge (3450 gold) 65 Attack Damage
25% Critical Strike Chance
40% Critical Strike Damage

Navori Flickerblade
Navori Flickerblade (2650 gold) 40% Attack Speed
25% Critical Strike Chance
4% Move Speed

Transcendence
Attacks reduce Basic Ability cooldowns by 15% of their remaining cooldown.
53.4% Win Rate18.1% Pick Rate
Final Build
Bloodthirster
Bloodthirster (3400 gold) 80 Attack Damage
15% Life Steal

Ichorshield
Convert excess healing from your Lifesteal to a Shield.
59.4% Win Rate28.3% Pick Rate

Best Win Rate Build

Starting Items
Stealth Ward
Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
Long Sword
Long Sword (350 gold) 10 Attack Damage
Refillable Potion
Refillable Potion (150 gold) Active (2 charges)
Restores 100 Health over 12 seconds.
Refills upon visiting the shop.
49.8% Win Rate0.2% Pick Rate
Highest Winrate Boots
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads (1250 gold) 20 Magic Resist
45 Move Speed
30% Tenacity

56.1% Win Rate5.1% Pick Rate
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
Fleetfooted
Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
51.9% Win Rate1.1% Pick Rate
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity (900 gold) 10 Ability Haste
45 Move Speed

Ionian Insight
Gain 10 Summoner Spell Haste.
49.2% Win Rate47.5% Pick Rate
Core Build
Pickaxe
Pickaxe (875 gold) 25 Attack Damage
->
Essence Reaver
Essence Reaver (2900 gold) 60 Attack Damage
15 Ability Haste
25% Critical Strike Chance

Essence Drain
Attacks grant ManaOn-Hit.
Infinity Edge
Infinity Edge (3450 gold) 65 Attack Damage
25% Critical Strike Chance
40% Critical Strike Damage

Rapid Firecannon
Rapid Firecannon (2650 gold) 35% Attack Speed
25% Critical Strike Chance
4% Move Speed

Sharpshooter
Your Energized Attack deals 40 bonus magic damage and gains 35% bonus Attack Range.
63.9% Win Rate2.6% Pick Rate
Final Build
Mercurial Scimitar
Mercurial Scimitar (3200 gold) 40 Attack Damage
40 Magic Resist
10% Life Steal


ACTIVE
Quicksilver
Removes all crowd control debuffs (excluding Airborne) and grants Move Speed.
69.8% Win Rate4.2% Pick Rate
Other Items
Guardian Angel
Guardian Angel (3200 gold) 55 Attack Damage
45 Armor

Rebirth
Upon taking lethal damage, restores 50% base Health and 100% max Mana after 4 seconds of Stasis.
59.6% Win Rate22.7% Pick Rate
Lord Dominik's Regards
Lord Dominik's Regards (3100 gold) 35 Attack Damage
40% Armor Penetration
25% Critical Strike Chance

69.8% Win Rate8.2% Pick Rate
Rapid Firecannon
Rapid Firecannon (2650 gold) 35% Attack Speed
25% Critical Strike Chance
4% Move Speed

Sharpshooter
Your Energized Attack deals 40 bonus magic damage and gains 35% bonus Attack Range.
60.2% Win Rate7.1% Pick Rate
Mercurial Scimitar
Mercurial Scimitar (3200 gold) 40 Attack Damage
40 Magic Resist
10% Life Steal


ACTIVE
Quicksilver
Removes all crowd control debuffs (excluding Airborne) and grants Move Speed.
69.8% Win Rate4.2% Pick Rate
Maw of Malmortius
Maw of Malmortius (3100 gold) 60 Attack Damage
15 Ability Haste
40 Magic Resist

Lifeline
Taking magic damage that would reduce your Health below 30% grants a magic damage Shield for 3 seconds and 10% Omnivamp until end of combat.
35.7% Win Rate3.5% Pick Rate
The Collector
The Collector (3000 gold) 50 Attack Damage
10 Lethality
25% Critical Strike Chance

Death
Your damage executes champions that are below 5% Health.
Taxes
Champion kills grant 25 bonus gold.
49.7% Win Rate3.0% Pick Rate
Immortal Shieldbow
Immortal Shieldbow (3000 gold) 55 Attack Damage
25% Critical Strike Chance

Lifeline
Taking damage that would reduce your Health below 30% grants a Shield for 3 seconds.
53.9% Win Rate2.8% Pick Rate

Lucian vs Smolder: ADC Skill (abilities) Orders

Most Frequent Skill Order

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Piercing Light Lucian shoots a bolt of piercing light through a target.
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Q
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Q
W
W
Ardent Blaze Lucian shoots a missile that explodes in a star shape, marking and briefly revealing enemies. Lucian gains Move Speed for attacking marked enemies.
W
W
W
W
W
E
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Relentless Pursuit Lucian quickly dashes a short distance. Lightslinger attacks reduce Relentless Pursuit's cooldown.
E
E
E
E
E
R
R
The Culling Lucian unleashes a torrent of shots from his weapons.
R
R
R
Max Order: Q > E > W
44.9% Win Rate68.5% Pick Rate

Highest Win % Skill Order

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Piercing Light Lucian shoots a bolt of piercing light through a target.
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Ardent Blaze Lucian shoots a missile that explodes in a star shape, marking and briefly revealing enemies. Lucian gains Move Speed for attacking marked enemies.
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Relentless Pursuit Lucian quickly dashes a short distance. Lightslinger attacks reduce Relentless Pursuit's cooldown.
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The Culling Lucian unleashes a torrent of shots from his weapons.
R
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Max Order: Q > E > W
63.5% Win Rate1.9% Pick Rate

Lucian tips:

  • 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.

Playing Against Smolder

  • Smolder relies on his team for safety. Attack him when his team can't save him.
  • Don't group up when facing Smolder!
  • Smolder is very vulnerable in the early stages. Try to take advantage of his weakness before he can learn how to be a dragon!
  • Smolders flight can be interrupted by hard CC and impacted by slows.