Lucian/Trivia

General

• Lucian's is the first login screen to start with an animated sequence (his shows his wife Senna's soul being dragged into Thresh's lantern).
• The Culling used to be the first ability in the game to directly scale with attack speed (until V5.22) and is the first that allows firing backwards while moving.
• Lucian's recalling references Equilibrium.
  • A side by side comparison can be seen here.
  • The sloped front of Lucian's guns is also very reminiscent of the weapons wielded by the Clerics in Equilibrium.
• Lucian's dance references Revolver Ocelot's gun spinning from Metal Gear.
  • A side by side comparison can be seen here.
• Lucian was the first champion to ever get a Chroma Pack for his Classic skin.
• Of Lucian's guns the less ornate one is his (an L is engraved on its side) and the more intricate one was Senna's (an S instead); the letters were at first thought to mean Light and Shadow.
  • Lucian's name derives from Latin praenomen Lucius, from lux (cognate with English light), sharing one same PIE root *leuk- as Luxanna.
  • Senna comes from Arabic سناء Sanāʼ "brightness, sublimity", from root s-n-y (> Sin "moon" & seneh "burning bush").
• Lucian and Zed perform the 'airplane arms' run when having very high movement speed.

Development

• Lucian is voiced by Patrick Seitz.
  • Kog'Maw and Renekton are also voiced by the same voice actor.
• Lucian's theme 'The Purifier's Resolve' was composed and performed by The Crystal Method (live at the Season 3 World Championship finals).
• Lucian's title during production was 'the Gun Templar' (was called such in Polish localization and his teaser 'Shadows and Reflections').

Quotes

• ▶️  <span class="skin-play-button skinloading-icon" data-champion=""Death at the door? Hmph, no, I am the one who knocks"" data-skin="Original" data-variant="" style="position:relative; height:20px; width:20px; display:inline">[[File:"Death at the door? Hmph, no, I am the one who knocks" OriginalCircle.png|20px|link=]] references Breaking Bad.
  • A side-by-side comparison can be seen here.
• ▶️  <span class="skin-play-button skinloading-icon" data-champion=""Everybody deserves a second shot"" data-skin="Original" data-variant="" style="position:relative; height:20px; width:20px; display:inline">[[File:"Everybody deserves 20xpx|border|link=LucianLoL#Lightslinger|a second shot a second shot" OriginalCircle.png|20px|link=]] might be referencing the double tap.

High Noon Lucian

• ▶️  <span class="skin-play-button skinloading-icon" data-champion=""Reach for the sky"" data-skin="Original" data-variant="" style="position:relative; height:20px; width:20px; display:inline">[[File:"Reach for the sky" OriginalCircle.png|20px|link=]] might references Woody , a Toy Story movie character.
• "I'm a cowboy. On a steel horse I-oh. Um..." references the song Wanted Dead or Alive by Bon Jovi.
• "Hang 'em high" references the movie of the same name.

Skins

Original Lucian
Chromas: Blue, Red, Yellow

• He was the first champion to get a Chroma Pack for his classic skin.

Hired Gun Lucian

• Prior to his release he was hinted to have 'four eyes' (sunglasses).
• His recalling references Morpheus while he himself references the Twins (both from The Matrix).
  • A side-by-side comparison can be seen here.
• His critical strikes fire custom-animated 'exploding' bolts.
• He shares this theme with:
  • Hired Gun Graves

Striker Lucian

• He was released in celebration of the 2014 FIFA World Cup along with:
  • Sweeper Alistar
  • Superfan Gragas
  • Goalkeeper Maokai
  • Red Card Twisted Fate
• He is a soccer player in the striker position.
• He resembles Edgar Davids.
• He shares this theme with:
  • Sweeper Alistar
  • Goalkeeper Blitzcrank
  • Striker Ezreal
  • Superfan Gragas
  • Red Card Katarina
  • Playmaker Lee Sin
  • Goalkeeper Maokai
  • Sweeper Rammus
  • Red Card Twisted Fate

PROJECT: Lucian

• He is from an alternate future in which he was cibernetically augmented as part of the PROJECT Initiative.
• PROJECT: Yi describes him as:
  • "Piercing flame, he, cast in light. I see his vision, free from shadow, a blazing melody. Beyond the light, nothing, purity bound in fury... his aim remains true."
• If one tells PROJECT: Ashe they fight for 'vengeance' she'll say the following:
  • "Our enemies require corrective action."
• His gear includes:
  • Ion Caster Core Ion Caster Core
  • Fixed Energy Rails
  • L-21 Cluster Chamber
  • MC-X Firing Piston
  • Unknown
• He shares this theme with:
  • PROJECT: Ashe
  • PROJECT: Ekko
  • PROJECT: Fiora
  • PROJECT: Jhin
  • PROJECT: Katarina
  • PROJECT: Leona
  • PROJECT: Yi
  • PROJECT: Vayne
  • PROJECT: Vi
  • PROJECT: Yasuo
  • PROJECT: Zed
    • He is firing at PROJECT: Zed's Living Shadow.

Heartseeker Lucian

• He was released in celebration of Valentine's Day 2017 along with:
  • Heartseeker Quinn
• He shares this theme with:
  • Heartseeker Ashe
  • Heartseeker Orianna
  • Heartseeker Quinn
  • Heartseeker Varus
  • Heartseeker Vayne

High Noon Lucian

• He was released along with:
  • High Noon Thresh
  • High Noon Urgot
• His appearance resembles that of Alexei Stukov from the Starcraft series.
• When he uses his ultimate, he transforms into his full demon form, which resembles High Noon Thresh.
• He shares this theme with:
  • Longhorn Alistar
  • Sheriff Caitlyn
  • Desperada Cassiopeia
  • Bandito Fiddlesticks
  • High Noon Jhin
  • Sonoran Kog'Maw
  • Cowgirl Miss Fortune
  • Sandscourge Skarner
  • High Noon Thresh
  • High Noon Twisted Fate
  • High Noon Urgot
  • High Noon Yasuo

Relations

• During Shadow and Fortune Lucian traveled to Bilgewater in pursuit of the Harrowing to locate Thresh. It was then he found out Senna's soul is trapped inside the Chain Warden's lantern.
  • Lucian is trying to find passage into the Shadow Isles in order to find Thresh and free Senna's soul.
• The order Lucian and Senna belong to may be the remnants of the Blessed Isles' inhabitants who somehow survived the Ruination.