Lulu, Support / Mage
Lulu, the Fae Sorceress, is a Support and Mage champion in League of Legends. Everything below comes from Riot's Data Dragon for patch 16.21.1: ability text, base stats and Riot's tips. Counters and matchups by class are worked out from that text, and each one shows its reason.
Playing as Lulu
Riot's own tips
Glitterlance can be fired at odd angles depending on where your cursor is - Moving your cursor closer to Pix and Lulu will change your area of effect size considerably.
Consider casting Help, Pix! on ranged attackers for the Pix boost and Wild Growth on Tanks or Fighters for the added initiation power.
Playing against Lulu
Riot's own tips
The shots from Lulu's faerie can be intercepted - hide behind your minions to avoid the additional Faerie attacks.
Lulu excels when opponents heavily commit. Don't give her this chance! Use heavy harass tactics instead to force Lulu and her partner out of lane.
What the kit does
Analysis read from Riot's ability text. Each line shows the words it rests on.
RHard crowd controlWild Growth: "knocking nearby enemies"
QSoft crowd control (slow, silence, blind)Glitterlance: "and heavily slows all enemies"
- RKnock-up, knock-back or pull
Wild Growth: "knocking nearby enemies"
EDash, leap or blinkHelp, Pix!: "Pix to jump to an"
- EShield
Help, Pix!: "ally and shield them"
- RHeals allies
Wild Growth: "granting the ally a large amount of bonus health"
- QArea damage
Glitterlance: "heavily slows all enemies it hits"
Lulu's abilities
Riot's own text and preview clip for each ability, from Riot's Data Dragon, patch 16.21.1. Pick an ability and its clip plays here, muted.
PPassive
Pix, Faerie Companion
Pix fires magical bolts of energy whenever the champion he's following attacks another enemy unit. These bolts are homing, but can be intercepted by other units.
Effects in the text
Glitterlance
Pix and Lulu each fire a bolt of magical energy that damages and heavily slows all enemies it hits.
Effects in the text
WW
Whimsy
If cast on an ally, grants them Attack Speed and Move Speed for a short time. If cast on an enemy, turns them into an adorable critter that can't attack or cast spells.
EE
Help, Pix!
If cast on an ally, commands Pix to jump to an ally and shield them. He then follows them and aids their attacks. If cast on an enemy, commands Pix to jump to an enemy and damage them. He then follows them and grants you vision of that enemy.
Effects in the text
RR
Wild Growth
Lulu enlarges an ally, knocking nearby enemies into the air and granting the ally a large amount of bonus health. For the next few seconds, that ally gains an aura that slows nearby enemies.
Effects in the text
Items and runes that fit Lulu
Riot publishes no builds and this page invents none. Below: completed items ranked by how many of the stats Lulu's kit uses they give (ability power (AP) first), the runes whose official text matches the kit, and picks for each enemy type. A fit, not a strength ranking. No win rates.
Closest stat fit
Editorial estimateCompleted items ranked by how many of the stats Lulu's kit uses they give. A fit, not a verdict: Riot publishes no builds and no win rates.
Cryptbloom3,000- +75 Ability PowerLulu scales with it
- +30% Magic Penetrationits damage is magic
- +20 Ability Hastecasts abilities often
Actualizer2,800- +90 Ability PowerLulu scales with it
- +300 Manaits resource is mana
- +10 Ability Hastecasts abilities often
Archangel's Staff2,900- +70 Ability PowerLulu scales with it
- +600 Manaits resource is mana
- +25 Ability Hastecasts abilities often
Blackfire Torch2,800- +80 Ability PowerLulu scales with it
- +600 Manaits resource is mana
- +20 Ability Hastecasts abilities often
Luden's Echo2,750- +100 Ability PowerLulu scales with it
- +600 Manaits resource is mana
- +10 Ability Hastecasts abilities often
Malignance2,700- +90 Ability PowerLulu scales with it
- +600 Manaits resource is mana
- +15 Ability Hastecasts abilities often
More items with the same stat 29
Redemption2,300 gold
Staff of Flowing Water2,250 gold
Bloodletter's Curse2,900 gold
Cosmic Drive3,000 gold
Dusk and Dawn3,100 gold
Echoes of Helia2,200 gold
Hextech Rocketbelt2,650 gold
Horizon Focus2,700 gold
Imperial Mandate2,400 gold
Lich Bane2,900 gold
Moonstone Renewer2,200 gold
Morellonomicon2,850 gold
Nashor's Tooth2,900 gold
Riftmaker3,100 gold
Shadowflame3,200 gold
Shurelya's Battlesong2,200 gold
Stormsurge2,800 gold
Void Staff3,000 gold
Ardent Censer2,200 gold
Dawncore2,500 gold
Rod of Ages2,600 gold
Banshee's Veil3,000 gold
Guinsoo's Rageblade3,000 gold
Hextech Gunblade3,000 gold
Liandry's Torment3,000 gold
Rabadon's Deathcap3,500 gold
Rylai's Crystal Scepter2,600 gold
Statikk Shiv3,000 gold
Zhonya's Hourglass3,250 goldBoots
Rune fits
Editorial estimateRunes whose official text matches the most things Lulu's kit does. Each line shows the words it rests on.
Summon AerySorcery, Keystone · Matches: 2- It deals damage with abilities: Pix, Faerie Companion: "Pix fires magical bolts"
- It brings shields: Help, Pix!: "ally and shield them"
AftershockResolve, Keystone · Matches: 1- It can immobilize, slow or impair enemies: Wild Growth: "knocking nearby enemies"
Arcane CometSorcery, Keystone · Matches: 1- It deals damage with abilities: Pix, Faerie Companion: "Pix fires magical bolts"
Manaflow BandSorcery · Matches: 2- It deals damage with abilities: Pix, Faerie Companion: "Pix fires magical bolts"
- It uses mana: Mana
Sudden ImpactDomination · Matches: 2- It deals damage with abilities: Pix, Faerie Companion: "Pix fires magical bolts"
- It has a dash, leap or blink: Help, Pix!: "Pix to jump to an"
Approach VelocityInspiration · Matches: 1- It can immobilize, slow or impair enemies: Wild Growth: "knocking nearby enemies"
Against each enemy type
Editorial estimateSituational picks, counted from what the champions of each class do in Riot's Data Dragon. Swap a slot when the enemy team has several of that class.
Tanks
Anti-heal 25 of 46 heal or sustain
Cleanse or tenacity 20 of 46 have two or more hard CC abilities
To cut through them Tanks stack armor and magic resist; these items give magic penetration.
Fighters
Anti-heal 40 of 60 heal or sustain
Armor 38 of 60 deal physical damage only
Assassins
Anti-heal 24 of 46 heal or sustain
Armor 23 of 46 deal physical damage only
Mages
Magic resist 52 of 74 deal magic damage only
Anti-heal 30 of 74 heal or sustain
Marksmen
Armor 14 of 33 deal physical damage only
Supports
Magic resist 35 of 42 deal magic damage only
Anti-heal 19 of 42 heal or sustain
Counted from the official ability text, League of Legends patch 16.21.1. These are counts of champions, not win rates.
Rune trees
Lit runes: their official text matches something Lulu's kit does (Analysis). Select a rune to read why.
Precision2 lit
Domination3 lit
Sorcery8 lit
Resolve5 lit
Inspiration4 lit
Matchups by class
Lulu against each class of champion, counted from the official ability text. Choose a class or a lane to narrow it down.
Against all 172 champions: 88 ahead, 44 even, 40 behind. Each class is read against that, so check the best and toughest tags too.
Against Tanks
WeakToughest class
7 ahead · 8 even · 31 behind of 46
- Your damage is magic only, so they can stack magic resist against you.
- Their healing or shields outlast your poke.
What to do: A risky pick into tanks. Wait for the enemy draft before you lock it, or pick it with a team that covers the gap.
Against Fighters
Even23 ahead · 18 even · 19 behind of 60
- You out-range them and can poke from a distance.
- Their healing or shields outlast your poke.
What to do: Neither side has a clear edge over fighters. Execution and the team around you decide it.
Against Assassins
StrongBest class
34 ahead · 11 even · 1 behind of 46
- Your hard crowd control stops their dashes.
- You out-range them and they have no healing to recover.
What to do: A good pick when the enemy has several assassins. Play for the fights where your edge shows.
Against Mages
Strong43 ahead · 25 even · 6 behind of 74
- You can lock down squishy targets that have few escapes.
- You clear waves faster and can push the lane.
What to do: A good pick when the enemy has several mages. Play for the fights where your edge shows.
Against Marksmen
Strong26 ahead · 4 even · 3 behind of 33
- You have early pressure while they need time to scale.
- You can lock down squishy targets that have few escapes.
What to do: A good pick when the enemy has several marksmen. Play for the fights where your edge shows.
Against Supports
Even16 ahead · 14 even · 12 behind of 42
- You can lock down squishy targets that have few escapes.
- Your damage is magic only, so they can stack magic resist against you.
What to do: Neither side has a clear edge over supports. Execution and the team around you decide it.
Source: Nexus Lab rules over the official ability text, League of Legends patch 16.21.1. Each champion of the class is compared with Lulu one by one; the counts come from those rules, not from match results, so they are not win rates. Strong, even and weak compare the number of champions ahead and behind. Lanes are the lanes each class usually plays (Riot ships no lane data per champion), not play rates.
Building against Lulu
Analysis: answers to what Lulu's own kit does.
Lulu deals magic damage only, so magic resist pays off. Mage role
Lulu brings shields, so a shield-breaking item is worth a look. Help, Pix!: "ally and shield them"
Picks that can punish Lulu
Analysis: rules over Riot's ability text.
Maokai
Counters youMaokai has hard CC (Bramble Smash: "Maokai knocks back nearby") to catch Lulu, a squishy champion with few escapes (Support role).
2 more reasons
Lulu deals only magic damage (Mage role), so Maokai can stack magic resist (Tank role) against it.
Maokai can outlast poke with healing or shields (Sap Magic: "attack also heals him and") against Lulu's ranged skillshots (Pix, Faerie Companion: "Pix fires magical bolts").
Watch out: Lulu is ranged (Mage role) and can poke Maokai, a melee champion (Tank role).
Thresh
Counters youThresh has hard CC (Death Sentence: "Thresh binds an enemy") to catch Lulu, a squishy champion with few escapes (Support role).
2 more reasons
Lulu deals only magic damage (Mage role), so Thresh can stack magic resist (Damnation: "permanently granting him Armor and Ability") against it.
Thresh can outlast poke with healing or shields (Dark Passage: "lantern that shields nearby allied") against Lulu's ranged skillshots (Pix, Faerie Companion: "Pix fires magical bolts").
Watch out: Lulu is ranged (Mage role) and can poke Thresh, a melee champion (Support role) with no sustain to recover.
Alistar
Counters youAlistar has hard CC (Triumphant Roar: "roar by stunning or displacing") to catch Lulu, a squishy champion with few escapes (Support role).
2 more reasons
Lulu deals only magic damage (Mage role), so Alistar can stack magic resist (Tank role) against it.
Alistar can outlast poke with healing or shields (Triumphant Roar: "charged he heals himself all") against Lulu's ranged skillshots (Pix, Faerie Companion: "Pix fires magical bolts").
Watch out: Lulu is ranged (Mage role) and can poke Alistar, a melee champion (Tank role).
Leona
Counters youLeona has hard CC (Shield of Daybreak: "damage and stunning the target") to catch Lulu, a squishy champion with few escapes (Support role).
1 more reason
Lulu deals only magic damage (Mage role), so Leona can stack magic resist (Eclipse: "shield to gain Damage Reduction, Armor, and Magic Resist") against it.
Watch out: Lulu is ranged (Mage role) and can poke Leona, a melee champion (Tank role) with no sustain to recover.
Sion
Counters youSion has hard CC (Decimating Smash: "up and stunned") to catch Lulu, a squishy champion with few escapes (Support role).
2 more reasons
Lulu deals only magic damage (Mage role), so Sion can stack magic resist (Tank role) against it.
Sion can outlast poke with healing or shields (Glory in Death: "heal him") against Lulu's ranged skillshots (Pix, Faerie Companion: "Pix fires magical bolts").
Watch out: Lulu is ranged (Mage role) and can poke Sion, a melee champion (Tank role).
Braum
Counters youBraum has hard CC (Concussive Blows: "target is stunned and takes") to catch Lulu, a squishy champion with few escapes (Support role).
1 more reason
Lulu deals only magic damage (Mage role), so Braum can stack magic resist (Stand Behind Me: "the ally gain Armor and Magic Resist for a") against it.
Watch out: Lulu is ranged (Mage role) and can poke Braum, a melee champion (Tank role) with no sustain to recover.
Who Lulu is good against
The same rules, read the other way.
Kassadin
You pressureLulu has hard CC (Wild Growth: "knocking nearby enemies") that can stop Kassadin's dashes (Riftwalk: "Kassadin teleports to a").
Locke
You pressureLulu has hard CC (Wild Growth: "knocking nearby enemies") that can stop Locke's dashes (Ashen Pursuit: "location before dashing to attack").
Quinn
You pressureLulu has hard CC (Wild Growth: "knocking nearby enemies") that can stop Quinn's dashes (Vault: "Quinn dashes to an").
Akali
You pressureLulu has hard CC (Wild Growth: "knocking nearby enemies") that can stop Akali's dashes (Shuriken Flip: "Re-cast to dash to the").
Diana
You pressureLulu has hard CC (Wild Growth: "knocking nearby enemies") that can stop Diana's dashes (Lunar Rush: "dashing to an").
Counter picks are Analysis: rules over Riot's ability text, each with the words it rests on. They are not win rates, and no League of Legends matchup list has been reviewed by hand yet.
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Measured numbers
Numbers published or counted by a named source. Each row names the source and the patch.
| Stat | Level 1 | Per level | Level 18 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health | 565 | +92 | 2129 |
| Mana | 350 | +55 | 1285 |
| Armor | 26 | +4.6 | 104.2 |
| Magic resist | 30 | +1.3 | 52.1 |
| Attack damage | 47 | - | 47 |
| Attack speed | 0.625 | +2.25% | 0.864 |
| Attack range | 550 | - | 550 |
| Move speed | 330 | - | 330 |
| Health regen per 5 seconds | 6 | +0.6 | 16.2 |
| Mana regen per 5 seconds | 11 | +0.6 | 21.2 |
Riot data Riot's Data Dragon, patch 16.21.1. Level 18 is calculated from Riot's growth formula on the same numbers.
Editorial estimates
Our reading of the data. These are not measured rates and they change when the rules or the data change.
- Counter picks
- 6 Editorial estimateNexus Lab rules over Riot's ability text, patch 16.21.1
- Good against
- 5 Editorial estimateNexus Lab rules over Riot's ability text, patch 16.21.1
- Typical lanes
- Mid, Support Editorial estimateLanes of the class; Riot ships no lane data per champion
- Best class (relative)
- Assassins Editorial estimateWins minus losses over the class, compared with the other classes; counts of champions, patch 16.21.1
- Toughest class (relative)
- Tanks Editorial estimateWins minus losses over the class, compared with the other classes; counts of champions, patch 16.21.1
What no source gives us
- Win rate, pick rate and ban rate. Riot publishes none we may print (the Riot API cards are switched off) and no third-party statistics site is read, so none is shown.
- Popular builds. Riot publishes no builds: the items and runes in Build & Runes are a fit to the kit, not a popularity ranking.
Sources
- Riot Games Data DragonOpen
Names, ratings, base stats, ability text, cooldowns, costs, range, items, runes and art.
Patch 16.21.1, file generated 2026-10-26 - Riot ability preview clips
Played from Riot's own server when you press play; never copied here.
Each clip checked with a request before it is offered - League of Legends WikiOpen
Release dates and skin prices in RP (CC BY-SA).
Committed data, see the skins page - Nexus Lab rules
Counters, matchups by class, item and rune fit: rules over Riot's ability text, each with the words it rests on.
Patch 16.21.1 - Riot UniverseOpen
The official story of Lulu (a link, nothing copied).
