Talk:Lucian/@comment-24073465-20150115085949/@comment-26001789-20150115150042

Infinity Edge and Bloodthirster are a must on him. His passive makes crit worth double the ammount of gold you put into it and since he has low range, he does need the absurd lifesteal + shield that BT gives him. After that, it matter more the playstyle that you want to have with this guy. Both Statikk and TriForce work wonders on Lucian for different reasons: TriForce give more powerful Lightslingers while Statikk makes your dueling and waveclear better. Ghostblade is a good item and it makes his caster side way more efficient but it's also kinda deadweight item after a while. The active is pretty powerful so there is that. You can also try a more AA oriented Lucian with BOTRK and Ghostblade but it makes his Skills kinda weak, you obviously only using the passive for extra damage, but after nerfs, I don't think it's viable anymore.

One thing you have to keep in mind is that all of those items are worth rushing but are not efficient together, so Lucian always ends up weak in some regards to his kit. Either way, I do think all possible items for Rush on Lucian are pretty good, you just gotta make yourself a playstyle with him and work around his weaknesses.