Lux vs Gnar
How to Beat Gnar as Lux
based on 3,992 Lux vs Gnar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lux vs Gnar Matchup Summary
Best Lux vs Gnar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gnar as Lux
Tips for Playing as Lux against Gnar
If you have trouble landing Prismatic Barrier, remember that it returns to you after it reaches max range. Try positioning yourself to hit your allies with its return trip.
Lux has great zone control abilities. Try to set up Lucent Singularity to prevent an enemy's advance or escape.
Lucent Singularity is a great scouting tool. Try throwing it into brush before walking into it to check for ambushes.
Advice to Win Against Gnar
Gnar's ultimate stuns if he hits you into a wall. Be careful when fighting him near one.
Gnar's animations and resource bar change as he gets closer to transforming.
Gnar can't gain Rage for 15 seconds after he turns from big to little. Use this chance to engage on his team.
Lux vs Gnar Counter Stats
How to Counter Gnar with Lux in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore several important Lux vs. Gnar counter stats that can help us appreciate the differences between these two champions. As an example, Lux’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Gnar’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Lux may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Gnar. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Lux typically has a similar longest killing spree as her enemy does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Gnar. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Lux and Gnar
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Who is Better, Lux or Gnar?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Lux usually wins when trying to fight Gnar, with a 52.4% win rate. As a result, Lux makes a good counter to Gnar.
While Lux does have a higher win rate compared to Gnar, when facing one another, Lux also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less time consuming champ to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Lux into Gnar.
Moreover, Lux also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gnar. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Lux vs Gnar matchups, Lux is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Lux is an above average counter for Gnar. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Lux against Gnar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Lux to counter Gnar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lux usually accumulates less CS compared to Gnar. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Lux versus Gnar build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Lux bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better when fighting Gnar than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Lux had an average winrate of 52.4% when playing against Gnar with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Gnar as Lux, Lux players should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Lux vs Gnar counters, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 52.4% winrate overall.
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