How to win lane as Mordekaiser against Lucian · 28.57% win rate (7 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
He kites your slow kit — E-pull the step-up, then drag him into the Realm where he can't run.
Track: Lucian's E — Relentless Pursuit (16–14s cooldown). His dash + reset. Engage when it's down.
Read from Mordekaiser's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Lucian.
This is Mordekaiser's own plan; across 7 pooled games the lane is Lucian-favoured.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Lucian | Level 1 you have only Q and no aura — his Lightslinger double-shot and Piercing Light poke chip you while you can only farm. |
| Level 2 | Mordekaiser | Q + W come online: Obliterate's single-target bonus and an Indestructible shield win the short trade his poke can't sustain. |
| Level 3 | Mordekaiser | With your E-pull and Darkness Rise building, you yank him off his Relentless Pursuit dash and grind him down in melee. |
| Levels 4-5 | Mordekaiser | Darkness Rise ticks in every extended trade and your W recast-heal outlasts his Lightslinger/Piercing Light poke through 4-5. |
| Level 6 | Mordekaiser | Realm of Death banishes him 1v1 — Lucian's kite-and-dash kit collapses with no teammate to peel for him. |
| First item | Mordekaiser | Your first-item spike plus Sorc boots makes the E-pull into Q + aura lethal before he can dash out and reset. |
| Two+ items | Lucian | At 2+ items his crit/lethality and ever-resetting E let him kite your slow Q and reclaim the range war. |
Level 1 is his — you have only Q, no aura yet, and no all-in, while a Lightslinger double-shot off any ability plus Piercing Light out-chips you as you last-hit. Don't step up to throw an Obliterate he can sidestep with Relentless Pursuit and punish. The lane flips at 2 and especially 3: once Q + W are up, Indestructible eats his poke and recast-heals it, and a single-target Q plus your first Darkness Rise stacks win any short trade he tries. Bait his E dash out, then walk him down — he has no sustain to answer your shield.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Mordekaiser's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Mordekaiser 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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Lucian — Mordekaiser wins only 28.57% of 7 games, so Mordekaiser plays this as the disadvantaged side.
Not really — Lucian holds a real statistical advantage (71.43% win rate), so Mordekaiser is the one working uphill.
No — Lucian counters Mordekaiser (Mordekaiser wins only 28.57% of games). Play it as the disadvantaged side and lean on the windows in the plan.
Mordekaiser takes Conqueror on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Haste and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Second Wind and Overgrowth) vs Lucian.
Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion and back for Haunting Guise / Giant's Belt (≈900-1300g). Build Liandry's Torment (burn carries his extended trades) first, then Riftmaker (omnivamp turns the Realm 1v1 unloseable), with Plated Steelcaps (Swiftness into kite comps).
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