Lux vs Vex
How to Beat Vex as Lux
based on 8,151 Lux vs Vex matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lux vs Vex Matchup Summary
Best Lux vs Vex Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vex as Lux
Tips for Playing as Lux against Vex
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 Vex Counter Stats
How to Counter Vex with Lux in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify some vital Lux vs. Vex matchup statistics that can help us grasp the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Lux’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vex’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Lux may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Vex..
Lux typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her opponent does. Typically, she receives less damage than Vex. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lux and Vex
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Who is Better, Lux or Vex?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Lux usually wins when playing against Vex, with a 51.2% win rate. Therefore, Lux makes a good counter for Vex.
While Lux does have a higher winrate than Vex, when they face off with one another, Lux also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more complex champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Lux into Vex.
Moreover, Lux also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vex. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Lux vs Vex matchups, Lux is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Lux is a decent counter for Vex. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Lux against Vex.
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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 Vex during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lux on average accumulates less CS as Vex. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions 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, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Lux versus Vex build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Horizon Focus, and Luden's Companion. When Lux included at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better against Vex than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Lux boasted an average win rate of 51.2% when playing against Vex with this counter build.
To have the best probability of beating Vex as Lux, Lux players should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Lux vs Vex LoL games, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.2% win rate overall.
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