How to win lane as Gwen against Lucian · 52.48% win rate over 848 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Lucian | Lucian's Lightslinger double-shot and Piercing Light laser punish your last-hits while you have no W or E to answer. |
| Level 2 | Lucian | He still out-stats you at range — his double-shot and Piercing Light chip you faster than your slow cone Q can trade back. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | With Q poke and an E reset you can finally trade, but his auto range and E dash keep the lane a genuine coinflip until you spike. |
| Levels 4-5 | Lucian | Pre-W and pre-item you're a melee eating his poke with no untargetability — his best relative window to chip you out. |
| Level 6 | Gwen | Needlework plus Hallowed Mist lets you bait his E, go untargetable as he commits, and slow-chase a flashless Lucian to a kill. |
| First item | Gwen | Riftmaker/Nashor's plus your refunding E, on-hits, and Q burst end a squishy Lucian the moment you close inside mist. |
| Two+ items | Gwen | You out-scale a no-escape ADC — your untargetability and stick beat his kite as long as you fight near walls with W up. |
Lucian owns levels 1-3 outright — his Lightslinger passive double-shots and Piercing Light laser chip you every time you step up to CS, and you have no W untargetability or E reset yet to trade back. Don't walk into his auto range to last-hit; soak the wave with your back to the bounce and farm safe. The one comfort is he can't actually all-in and kill you here without an ult — it's chip, not a kill threat, so eat the poke and get to your spike.
The full Gwen vs Lucian report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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