Lux vs Lucian
How to Beat Lucian as Lux
based on 21,354 Lux vs Lucian matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lux vs Lucian Matchup Summary
Best Lux vs Lucian Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lucian as Lux
Tips for Playing as Lux against Lucian
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 Lucian
Lucian cannot change the aim of The Culling. Take advantage of this by avoiding the angle of the bullets.
Lucian has strong burst, but little sustained damage.
Piercing Light does not give Lucian extra Attack Range. He still needs to find a target in range to line up his shot. Avoid Piercing Light by anticipating the angle Lucian will choose.
Lux vs Lucian Counter Stats
How to Counter Lucian with Lux in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature some strategic Lux vs. Lucian matchup statistics that may help you appreciate the differences between the two. Lux’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Lucian’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Lux may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Lucian. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Lux typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her matchup does. Typically, she receives less damage than Lucian. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Lux and Lucian
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Who is Better, Lux or Lucian?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Lux usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Lucian, with a 50.6% win rate. Thus, Lux makes an ok counter to Lucian.
While Lux does have a higher winrate than Lucian, when they face off with one another, Lux also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less challenging champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Lux into Lucian.
Additionally, Lux has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lucian. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Lux vs Lucian matchups, Lux is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Lux is a decent counter for Lucian. Focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Lux against Lucian.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Lux to counter Lucian during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lux usually racks up less CS compared to Lucian. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Lux versus Lucian build include Seraph's Embrace, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Stormsurge. When Lux incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better when facing Lucian than with many other common item sets. In fact, Lux boasted an average winrate of 50.6% when playing against Lucian with this counter build.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Lucian as Lux, Lux players should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Presence of Mind, and Coup de Grace runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Lux vs Lucian clashes, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.6% winrate overall.
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