Lux vs Nocturne
How to Beat Nocturne as Lux
based on 21,745 Lux vs Nocturne matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lux vs Nocturne Matchup Summary
Best Lux vs Nocturne Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nocturne as Lux
Tips for Playing as Lux against Nocturne
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 Nocturne
Nocturne's Unspeakable Horror is broken with range, so try to save your movement abilities for when he casts it.
Stay close to your allies when Paranoia is cast - there is strength in numbers!
Lux vs Nocturne Counter Stats
How to Counter Nocturne with Lux in LoL
The stats provided here clarify several important Lux against Nocturne counter stats that may help us explain the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Lux’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nocturne’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Lux may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Nocturne..
Lux usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her foe does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Nocturne. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lux and Nocturne
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Who is Better, Lux or Nocturne?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Lux usually loses when facing off against Nocturne, with a 47.3% win rate. As a result, Lux makes a poor counter for Nocturne.
While Lux does have a lower win rate compared to Nocturne, when on opposite teams, Lux also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Lux into Nocturne.
Furthermore, Lux also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nocturne. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Lux vs Nocturne matchups, Nocturne 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 trash counter to Nocturne. Focus your play on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Lux against Nocturne.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Lux in order to counter Nocturne during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lux usually gets more CS as Nocturne. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Lux versus Nocturne build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Malignance, and Shadowflame. When Lux used at least these three items in her build, she did much better when fighting Nocturne than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Lux had an average winrate of 47.3% battling Nocturne with this counter build.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Nocturne as Lux, Lux players should equip the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Transcendence, and Gathering Storm runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Lux vs Nocturne face-offs, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.3% winrate overall.
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