What Not to Pair with Lightning Strikes

Avoid Lightning Strikes + Slow and Steady: Avoid this pairing because Slow and Steady completely nullifies Lightning Strikes' core mechanic. Slow and Steady sets your base attack speed to a static value and prevents all attack speed bonuses from functioning, which means the 20% increased bonus attack speed from Lightning Strikes provides zero benefit, and you cannot reach the 1.75 threshold for the on-hit damage. Avoid Lightning Strikes + Purist - Caster: Avoid this pairing because Purist - Caster converts all bonus attack speed into ability haste, directly conflicting with Lightning Strikes' purpose. Lightning Strikes amplifies attack speed gains and rewards reaching 1.75 attack speed with bonus on-hit damage, but Purist - Caster removes the attack speed entirely, wasting both the multiplier effect and the threshold trigger. Avoid Lightning Strikes + Back to Basics: Avoid this pairing because Back to Basics permanently seals your ultimate ability, which severely limits synergy potential for attack speed builds. While Lightning Strikes provides attack speed scaling and on-hit damage, losing your ultimate removes a significant power source, and many attack speed champions rely on their ultimate for crowd control or damage amplification. Avoid Lightning Strikes + ADAPt: Avoid this pairing because ADAPt converts all bonus attack damage into ability power, which creates a stat mismatch for Lightning Strikes. Attack speed builds typically scale with attack damage for basic attack damage, and converting AD to AP wastes the on-hit magic damage synergy that Lightning Strikes provides for auto-attack focused champions.