Elise vs Lux
How to Beat Lux as Elise
based on 2,684 Elise vs Lux matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Elise vs Lux Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Lux as Elise
Tips for Playing as Elise against Lux
Spider Form is most effective at finishing off enemies with low health; Human Form's Neurotoxin does more damage to healthy foes.
Elise's Spider Form and Spider Form abilities do not cost mana and can be prioritized when you are trying to conserve mana.
When in Spider Form, Spiderlings will attack the target that Elise uses Venomous Bite on.
Advice to Win Against Lux
When retreating with low health, be prepared to dodge Lux's Final Spark, a red targeting beam fires prior to the main beam, so try to move to the side if possible.
Lux has powerful zone control abilities. Try to spread out and attack from different directions so she cannot lock down a specific area.
Elise vs Lux Counter Stats
How to Counter Lux with Elise in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify some critical Elise vs. Lux matchup stats that can help you understand the differences and similarities between these two champs. For instance, Elise’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Lux’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Elise may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Lux..
Elise typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her opponent does. Commonly, she takes more damage than Lux. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Elise or Lux?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Elise usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Lux, with a 49.4% win rate. As a result, Elise makes an ok counter to Lux.
While Elise does have a lower win rate than Lux, when on opposite teams, Elise also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex character to learn. You should be careful when picking Elise into Luxas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Elise has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lux. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Elise vs Lux matchups, Lux is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Elise is a somewhat poor counter for Lux. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Elise against Lux.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Elise to counter Lux during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Elise most often gets less CS as Lux. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Elise versus Lux build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Elise combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better vs. Lux than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Elise boasted an average win rate of 49.4% when playing against Lux with this build.
To have the highest chance of defeating Lux as Elise, Elise players should use the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Nimbus Cloak, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Elise vs Lux matchups, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.4% win rate overall.
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