How to win lane as Illaoi against Lucian · 52.85% win rate over 2,212 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Lucian | Level 1 Lucian bullies you with passive double-tap and Q poke while you have no gap-closer. |
| Level 2 | Lucian | Level 2 still favours Lucian as his burst combo out-trades your bare auto-swings. |
| Level 3 | Illaoi | Level 3 hands you W and E, letting you dash, grab, and punish his squishy frame. |
| Levels 4-5 | Illaoi | Through Levels 4-5 stacked tentacles and W resets overwhelm his short-dash escape. |
| Level 6 | Illaoi | At Level 6 your R tentacle field is a death sentence for a champion he can't kite out of. |
| First item | Illaoi | At first item your bruiser scaling buries his falling lane-bully damage. |
| Two+ items | Illaoi | Into 2+ items one E grab or R commit deletes the fragile Lucian, keeping you ahead. |
Levels 1-2 belong to Lucian: his passive double-shot and Q let him chunk you before you own W, and you have no dash to answer, so soak minions and avoid extended trades.
The full Illaoi 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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