Lux vs Naafiri
How to Beat Naafiri as Lux
based on 5,379 Lux vs Naafiri matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lux vs Naafiri Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Naafiri as Lux
Tips for Playing as Lux against Naafiri
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.
Lux vs Naafiri Counter Stats
How to Counter Naafiri with Lux in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight several significant Lux versus Naafiri matchup stats that may help you understand the differences between the two. Lux’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Naafiri’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Lux may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Naafiri. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Lux typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her matchup does. On average, she receives less damage than Naafiri. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Lux or Naafiri?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Lux usually loses when playing against Naafiri, with a 47.4% win rate. Thus, Lux makes a poor counter for Naafiri.
While Lux does have a lower winrate compared to Naafiri, when on opposite teams, Lux also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more time consuming character to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Lux into Naafiri.
Furthermore, Lux has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Naafiri. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Lux vs Naafiri matchups, Naafiri is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Lux is a garbage counter to Naafiri. Focus your gameplay on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Lux against Naafiri.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Lux in order to counter Naafiri during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lux most often gets less CS compared to Naafiri. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Lux versus Naafiri build include Malignance, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Shadowflame. When Lux bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better versus Naafiri than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Lux had an average win rate of 47.4% battling Naafiri with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of beating Naafiri as Lux, you should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Lux vs Naafiri face-offs, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.4% winrate overall.
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