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[2.0.0] Ultimate Lulu Guide - by Excoundrel

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Ultimate Lulu Guide - by Excoundrel

I've basically been a Lulu OTP since release and having hit Diamond on the EU server I've been playing her in a lot of high elo matches. Lulu is an S+ Tier support (as of patch 2.0a, will update if she changes) and she is REALLY good when paired certain ADCs!

Lulu Build

Best Build Guide for Lulu

Starting Items
Boots of Speed
Core Items
Locket Enchant
Ardent Censer
Harmonic Echo
Athene's Unholy Grail
Late Game Items
Rabadon's Deathcap
Morellonomicon
Situational Support Items
Protector's Vow
Help Zed keeps one-shotting me
Guardian Angel
Stasis Enchant

Item Build Description

Additional information on the items

GAME START

So we ALWAYS start with Boots of SpeedBoots of Speed . By the first dragon you want to have a usable item and one of the most cost-efficient items in the game is the [Locket Enchant] for boots. You only need 1000 gold from when the game starts to finish [Locket Enchant] and it's usually going to be the first thing you buy when you head back to base. This is important as it gives us an item that has team-wide impact for the first dragon, and it handily helps negate damage from Kennen who is currently present in almost every game.


CORE ITEMS

Your first item will be dependent on the ADC you are paired with;

If you are with an attack-speed dependent ADC such as JinxJinx , VayneVayne , [kaisa] or even Miss FortuneMiss Fortune you will want to pick up Ardent CenserArdent Censer as your first tier 3 item. This gives your ADC a significant boost in their DPS output. In general, I go Ardent first when I'm paired with every single ADC with the exception of JhinJhin . Even DravenDraven benefits from an Ardent Censer so I will usually keep this build path for most ADC pairings.

When I am paired with JhinJhin I usually skip Ardent altogether and pick up Harmonic EchoHarmonic Echo as my first item. This is because Attack Speed is not as effective on Jhin, especially early game. I may consider an Ardent Censer later into the game.

Otherwise, my standard build will always be Ardent CenserArdent Censer -> Harmonic EchoHarmonic Echo -> Athene's Unholy GrailAthene's Unholy Grail .


LATE GAME

This is situational, Lulu gets a lot of utility with AP scaling and therefore I often go Rabadon's DeathcapRabadon's Deathcap as the AP increase boosts the health gain from [lulu:ult], her shield value on Help, Pix!Help, Pix! , Pix's damage from Pix, Faerie CompanionPix, Faerie Companion and the movement speed boost that WhimsyWhimsy provides. I almost never get to finish Deathcap in the majority of games that I play but even a Needlessly Large RodNeedlessly Large Rod will help boost Lulu's utility output significantly.

I don't often pick up things like Protector's VowProtector's Vow or Zeke's ConvergenceZeke's Convergence mostly because Lulu has such a low base HP value that she doesn't make use of these items particularly well. Zeke's is never usually a good idea as you need to be in the middle of the enemy team for this to be effective and you usually want to be close to or behind your ADC. Protectors vow is a better choice for a situational defensive item as you are often shadowing your ADC and the extra resistances can be of use.

I have seen some high elo Lulu's legitimately go Guardian AngelGuardian Angel because the item is still really good. I've never personally picked it up but if you are being focused at the beginning of the fight by an assassin and you can't cast any spells to buff your ADC then you can consider this or a [stasis enchant] to help keep you safer in teamfight situations.


Lulu Runes

Best Runes for Lulu

Keystone
Summon Aery
Summon Aery
Domination
Brutal
Brutal
Resolve
Loyalty
Loyalty
Inspiration
Hunter Genius
Hunter Genius

RUNE CHOICES

Summon Aery is the only choice for the majority of enchanter supports right now.

I pair this with Brutal most of the time for early lane dominance however Weakness is perfectly fine also.

Loyalty is the best rune in the resolve tree and Hunter Genius following that.


I don't think many other rune setups beat this, however, runes are situational and I would encourage you to understand when and where they are useful.

Skill Order

How to distribute skill points

Pix, Faerie Companion
Pix, Faerie Companion - Passive
Glitterlance
Glitterlance
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Whimsy
Whimsy
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Help, Pix!
Help, Pix!
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Wild Growth
Wild Growth
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Summoner Spells

When to take which summoners

Flash
We always take flash.
Exhaust
Take vs. high damage output ADCs like Draven or MF. You can consider this vs. high damage assassins like Yasuo/Zed or vs. high damage AoE mages such as Kennen.
Ignite
Good lane match ups where you want to poke/win lane.
Heal

Lulu Matchups & Counters

Detailed information on how to play matchups and counters

Alistar
Easy
Alistar
Braum
Easy
Braum
Vayne
Easy
Vayne
Jinx
Easy
Jinx
Kai'sa
Easy
Kai'sa
Blitzcrank
Medium
Blitzcrank
Malphite
Medium
Malphite
Ashe
Medium
Ashe
Ezreal
Medium
Ezreal
Miss Fortune
Medium
Miss Fortune
Nami
Medium
Nami
Soraka
Medium
Soraka
Jhin
Medium
Jhin
Tristana
Medium
Tristana
Varus
Medium
Varus
Sona
Hard
Sona
Draven
Hard
Draven
Seraphine
Skill
Seraphine
Lux
Skill
Lux
Janna
Skill
Janna

Poke level 1 with GlitterlanceGlitterlance or Help, Pix!Help, Pix! depending on your choice of first ability.

When he looks for a HeadbuttHeadbutt + PulverizePulverize combo you can just use WhimsyWhimsy to polymorph him or his ADC and negate the trade.

Be careful level 5+ as he can look to set up a tower dive.

Lulu

Where to find me!

Cheers for reading my LuluLulu guide, I am a Diamond support main on the EU servers but I also have a relatively large YouTube channel:

https://youtube.com/excoundrel

Feel free to pop over and check out my other videos :)

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jpemboiv
3 years ago
So I wish there was a place here to explain the ability upgrade decisions. Would love to hear thoughts on this.
AdityaPune
3 years ago
Why max whimsy first then glitterlance?? Is that poke not good enough mid game??
RiAnnLiVE
3 years ago
Good guide for starter and advanced thx.
lattenwald
3 years ago
Switched my first item to locket and had a blast. Great guide, very helpful for a newbie (me).
DrCurvy
3 years ago
Aside from Janna, Lulu is that yordle. She can make an ADC go ham and crazy.