Cu Chulainn

How to play Cu Chulainn

Cu Chulainn is a melee warrior from the Celtic pantheon who deals physical damage. Top players play Cu Chulainn in the Solo lane.

In your kit, Salmon's Leap (leap slam) is your way in and out of fights. Barbed Spear (line damage, anti-heal) and Vent Anger (area damage, movement speed) add damage and pressure. Your ultimate is Spear of Mortal Pain (area knock-up), on a long cooldown (about 105s at rank 1), so save it for fights that matter. Your passive is Berserk: rage builds berserk form.

Community guides level Barbed Spear / Ground Slam, Salmon's Leap / Furious Charge and Barbed Spear / Ground Slam first. Max Barbed Spear / Ground Slam first, then Salmon's Leap / Furious Charge, then Vent Anger, then Spear of Mortal Pain / War Cry.

You are a front line fighter who deals damage and takes it. Walk into the fight first, start it with your crowd control, and stay on the enemy your team is focusing. Barbed Spear keeps you in the fight longer than they expect. In the solo lane you will often fight one on one, so attack when their key ability is on cooldown.

Start with Bluestone Brooch, then buy Devourer's Gauntlet. Buy it early so it finishes stacking. Your core is Shifter's Shield and Mystical Mail, and you finish with Sanguine Lash, Kinetic Cuirass and Freya's Tears. A good relic is Blink Rune. If the enemy team heals a lot or you keep dying, open the full tool and enter the enemy gods for the exact swaps.

If you own Aspect of the Warped, it reworks Berserk (rage builds berserk form), Barbed Spear (line damage, anti-heal), Spear of Mortal Pain (area knockup) and Vent Anger (area damage, movement speed). It changes what to build, so turn on Aspect in the tool when you play it.

Top players win most often against Nox, Chaac and Osiris, and struggle against Amaterasu, Zeus or Kukulkan. Against those, play safer and consider a defensive item earlier.