Everything for Lucian ADC on patch 16.11, pulled from real Emerald+ ranked games — the build path, rune pages, the counters worth banning, the strongest teammates, and Lucian's win conditions.
Lucian is an AD carry in the adc, and on patch 16.11 they grade out as a solid mid-tier pick — a 50.6% win rate, 9.2% pick rate, 107,375 ranked games sampled. On the power curve, Lucian is front-loaded: at peak strength early and falling off the longer the game runs, so the win condition is to convert early pressure into objectives and leads before the 25-minute mark.
How Lucian wins: play to leads and avoid coin-flip fights — no single dimension carries the kit, so Lucian leans on the draft and the team around them. Lucian grades low on engage and disengage (2/10, 2/10), so don't take fights that turn on those dimensions.
The most-played core build is Essence Reaver, Navori Flickerblade, Infinity Edge, which holds a 50.6% win rate across 17,121 games this patch. Item order and defensive swaps update against whichever enemy comp you select.
The matchup to respect is Cassiopeia, where Lucian sits at just 41.9%, the lane swings the other way into Ezreal (62.1%), and on the team side, Lucian gains the most from a Zilean (+11.7% pair win rate).
Most-played core build and runes for Lucian ADC this patch, from Emerald+ ranked games. Pick the enemy team at the top of the page for a comp-specific build.
The picks Lucian ADC struggles into most this patch, sorted by your in-matchup win rate. These are your priority bans.
Who Lucian ADC wants on the team: partners with the biggest positive swing on Lucian's win rate this patch.
Drafting a whole team? The Team Builder coaches all 10 picks at once. Want Lucian's current standing? Open the Tier List.