Lux vs Shaco
How to Beat Shaco as Lux
based on 13,846 Lux vs Shaco matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lux vs Shaco Matchup Summary
Best Lux vs Shaco Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Shaco as Lux
Tips for Playing as Lux against Shaco
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 Shaco
If Shaco is doing well early-game, it is worth the investment to place Stealth Wards near his Jungle camps.
If Shaco uses Deceive to enter a fight he won't be able to quickly use it again to get away. Work with your team to quickly focus him down.
Lux vs Shaco Counter Stats
How to Counter Shaco with Lux in LoL
The stats provided here feature some significant Lux versus Shaco counter stats that may help us interpret the distinctions between this pair of champs. Lux’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Shaco’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Lux may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Shaco..
Lux often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Shaco. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lux and Shaco
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Who is Better, Lux or Shaco?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Lux usually fairs equally well when taking on Shaco, with a 49.9% win rate. As a result, Lux makes an ok counter to Shaco.
While Lux does have a lower win rate than Shaco, when on opposite teams, Lux also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Lux into Shaco.
Furthermore, Lux also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Shaco. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Lux vs Shaco matchups, Shaco is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Lux is a somewhat poor counter for Shaco. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Lux against Shaco.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Lux in order to counter Shaco during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lux on average picks up more CS compared to Shaco. Champs who typically don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Lux versus Shaco build include Stormsurge, Liandry's Torment, and Luden's Companion. When Lux included at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better vs. Shaco than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Lux boasted an average winrate of 49.9% battling Shaco with these items in her kit.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Shaco as Lux, you should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Coup de Grace, and Presence of Mind runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Lux vs Shaco matchups, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.9% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Shaco as Lux are given for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to scope the statistics and builds to an individual rank, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.