Enchanter · Enchanter · Support
Prepare for battle with Lulu — master their strengths and exploit their weaknesses before the game starts.
Playstyle Profile
Lulu is a protector — defends carries by neutralizing incoming threats
- Teamfight Role
- Backline Protector
- Power Spike
- Mid game
- Split Threat
- None
- Backline Access
- Low
Lulu's Strengths
- Keeps carries alive through burst — Lulu's peel makes hyper-carries nearly unkillable in teamfights
How to Play Lulu
Champion-specific pre-match tips
Lane Phase
Walk past the minion wave when trading basic attacks so enemy minions do not intercept your passive damage.
Lane Phase
Cast E on an enemy minion to extend your threat range, then immediately fire Q from the new angle to poke safely.
Lane Phase
Hold W during short trades until the enemy commits to a full engage, then cast it on them to deny their damage window.
Mid Game
Cast E on your primary engage ally as they dive to attach Pix, allowing you to follow up with an extending Q slow onto the enemy backline.
Mid Game
Save W to polymorph flanking enemies when your backline is threatened instead of defaulting to using it as an attack speed buff.
Mid Game
Cast your ult on a frontline ally the exact moment enemies collapse into their melee range to guarantee a multi-target knockup.
Late Game
Position directly behind your highest damage carry during Elder or Baron fights so you can instantly cast E or W the moment an enemy flashes onto them.
Late Game
Cast E on elusive enemies before they enter stealth or brush to maintain vision and prevent them from dropping your team's target aggro.
Late Game
Chain your ult's knockup with an immediate W onto an engaging threat as they land to keep them permanently disabled.
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Core Build
Ranked from real ranked-match itemization
We look at ranked games after each item was bought. If the player or team gained ground in gold, we rate that item higher.
- Ardent Censer — 2,200
- Ionian Boots of Lucidity (Boots) — 900
- Shurelya's Battlesong — 2,200
- Moonstone Renewer — 2,200
- Mikael's Blessing — 2,300
- Echoes of Helia — 2,200
total: 12,000
How to Counter Lulu
Counter strategies and draft context
apply grievous wounds, dive past the frontline, or burst through their shields before they stack
- Struggles against multi-angle pressure — Lulu can't peel multiple threats at once
- All-in engage supports that outpressure in lane
- Champions with anti-heal in their kit or builds
- Assassins that delete carries before shields apply
Lulu's Weaknesses
- Multiple dive threats at once — Lulu can only peel one target, and coordinated dives overwhelm the backline
Best Synergies with Lulu
Team synergies and draft context
- Hyper-carry ADCs that thrive behind Lulu's protection — the longer fights last, the more value you get
- Hyper-carry ADCs that scale with your shields and heals
- Bruisers and fighters that become unkillable with your buffs
- Late-game compositions that benefit from your scaling support
Draft Context
- Drafts only squishies — Lulu can peel, but there's nothing to absorb damage in the frontline
Learning Curve
Based on 1.2M+ matches across all ranked elos, showing how Lulu's win rate changes with mastery level
Lulu rewards dedicated play — meaningful improvement continues well beyond the basics, with a straightforward learning process. Steady improvement comes over a moderate number of games.
- Skill Cap
- High
- Cost of Learning
- Medium
| Mastery Level | Win Rate |
|---|---|
| 1-2 | 40.2% |
| 3-4 | 46.9% |
| 5-6 | 49.5% |
| 7-8 * | 51.2% |
| 9-12 | 51.2% |
| 13-16 | 51.2% |
| 17+ | 51.2% |
