How to play Lulu — Wild Rift guide, combos & tips

How to play Lulu — Wild Rift guide, combos & tips

Lulu, the Fae Sorceress, is a magic-damage enchanter Support in Wild Rift, built around Pix, her ever-present faerie companion who fights and peels alongside her. She spends more time buffing and protecting her ADC than dealing damage herself - shielding, hasting, and, when a fight goes wrong, turning the biggest threat on the enemy team into a harmless critter for a second. She doesn't out-damage real mages, but no other support says 'no' to an engage as cleanly.

Combos

• Q (Glitterlance) -> Auto-Attack -> E (Help, Pix!): the slow lands first, the auto-attack procs Pix's triple bolt for chip damage, then Help, Pix! attaches to reveal the target and land one more burst of magic damage - Lulu's bread-and-butter poke in lane.
• W (Whimsy) -> Q (Glitterlance): drop the Whimsy zone in the enemy's path so it attaches for the 1-second polymorph on contact, then follow with Glitterlance's pierce and slow while they can't fight back, turning a poke into a real punish.
• E (Help, Pix!) -> R (Rampant Growth): shield your carry the instant they're threatened, then use Rampant Growth for the extra health and knock-up if the engage lands anyway - two layers of defense against a dive.
• W (Whimsy) -> E (Help, Pix!): when an assassin dives your backline, polymorph them mid-animation with Whimsy, then swap Pix onto your teammate for the shield that finishes neutralizing the threat.

Skill order: E > Q > W, taking R (Rampant Growth) at every level it's available (5/9/13)

Early game

Poke with Q (Glitterlance)'s piercing slow into an auto-attack to trigger Pix's bolts, then finish the trade with E (Help, Pix!) for extra damage and a reveal. Force all-ins around level 2-3 with W (Whimsy)'s speed buff, before the enemy support has their own cooldowns back, and hold the polymorph in reserve for their engage rather than burning it just to buff your carry. Against a mirror enchanter like Milio, patience wins the lane - baiting his cleanse or heal before you commit your own cooldowns matters more than starting the trade, since the better reaction wins, not the first move. Manage the wave with Glitterlance's pierce so you're not shoved into deep vision, and always keep one peel tool ready before your ADC commits.

Mid & late game — teamfighting

By mid game, Lulu should stay glued to her main carry, weaving E (Help, Pix!)'s shield and W (Whimsy)'s speed to keep them alive and dealing damage rather than hunting kills herself. Save R (Rampant Growth) for the instant a diver locks onto your ADC or main damage source - the bonus health and knock-up can turn a dying teammate into a won fight, or get flipped onto a frontliner to force a fight your team wants. Against heavy chain-CC engage like Leona's, don't save every peel tool for one ally - a full CC train can lock down more targets than one shield and one polymorph can answer in a single rotation. Position on the edge of the fight, out of dash range, and spend the polymorph on whichever enemy threatens to delete your backline first.

Pro tips

• Hold W (Whimsy)'s polymorph for the moment the enemy actually engages instead of spending it on cooldown for the ally speed buff - it's Lulu's only hard disable, so timing beats uptime.
• Shields and bonus health don't stop an execute - against threats like Pyke, peel by slowing or displacing him before he reaches range, since healing can't save an ally who's already below his execute threshold.
• Pre-aim Q (Glitterlance) through the wave to threaten the slow and scout brushes before your ADC decides to commit to a trade.