Lux vs Taliyah
How to Beat Taliyah as Lux
based on 3,814 Lux vs Taliyah matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lux vs Taliyah Matchup Summary
Best Lux vs Taliyah Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Taliyah as Lux
Tips for Playing as Lux against Taliyah
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 Taliyah
When Taliyah casts Unraveled Earth in the lane, be on the lookout for Seismic Shove. If she throws you into her minefield, the throws and stones will break your bones.
Taliyah's Threaded Volley is locked into a direction. If she's throwing rocks at you, dodge to the side!
Lux vs Taliyah Counter Stats
How to Counter Taliyah with Lux in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize some important Lux against Taliyah matchup stats that may help us explain the distinctions between this pair of champions. As an example, Lux’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Taliyah’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Lux may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Taliyah..
Lux typically has a similar longest kill spree as her counter does. Typically, she takes less damage than Taliyah. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lux and Taliyah
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Who is Better, Lux or Taliyah?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Lux usually wins when facing off against Taliyah, with a 52.4% win rate. Therefore, Lux makes a good counter to Taliyah.
While Lux does have a higher winrate compared to Taliyah, when on opposite teams, Lux also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex character to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Lux into Taliyah.
Furthermore, Lux has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Taliyah. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Lux vs Taliyah matchups, Lux is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Lux is an above average counter to Taliyah. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Lux against Taliyah.
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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 Taliyah during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lux often picks up a similar amount of CS as Taliyah. Champs who on average don't earn much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, 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 surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Lux versus Taliyah build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Lux combined at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better against Taliyah than with most other typical builds. In fact, Lux boasted an average win rate of 52.4% battling Taliyah with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Taliyah as Lux, Lux players should use the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Lux vs Taliyah matchups, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.4% win rate overall.
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