Irelia vs Lux
How to Beat Lux as Irelia
based on 9,918 Irelia vs Lux matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Irelia vs Lux Matchup Summary
Best Irelia vs Lux Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lux as Irelia
Tips for Playing as Irelia against Lux
Defiant Dance is not interrupted by crowd control, try timing it for incoming disables.
Flawless Duet does not have a maximum travel distance, try using it in creative ways.
Use Bladesurge to cover great distances by targeting low life minions on your way to champion targets.
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.
Irelia vs Lux Counter Stats
How to Counter Lux with Irelia in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several vital Irelia against Lux matchup statistics that may help us figure out the differences between this set of champs. For instance, Irelia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Lux’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Irelia may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Lux..
Irelia typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her counter does. On average, she takes more damage than Lux. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Irelia and Lux
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Who is Better, Irelia or Lux?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Irelia usually fairs equally well when playing against Lux, with a 50.5% win rate. Thus, Irelia makes an ok counter to Lux.
While Irelia does have a higher win rate compared to Lux, when on opposite teams, Irelia also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Irelia into Lux.
Moreover, Irelia also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Lux. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Irelia vs Lux matchups, Irelia is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Irelia is a decent counter to Lux. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Irelia against Lux.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Irelia to counter Lux during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Irelia on average gets more CS relative to Lux. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly 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 surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Irelia versus Lux build include Sterak's Gage, Wit's End, and Sundered Sky. When Irelia combined at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better versus Lux than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Irelia had an average winrate of 50.5% when countering Lux with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Lux as Irelia, Irelia players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Irelia vs Lux counters, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.5% winrate overall.
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