Lux vs Viktor
How to Beat Viktor as Lux
based on 5,367 Lux vs Viktor matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lux vs Viktor Matchup Summary
Best Lux vs Viktor Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Viktor as Lux
Tips for Playing as Lux against Viktor
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 Viktor
Be careful about how close you let Viktor get to you. Viktor's control of the battlefield increases with his proximity to his opponent.
Be aware of how many augments Viktor has upgraded by looking at the color of the light on his staff (purple, yellow, blue, red).
Lux vs Viktor Counter Stats
How to Counter Viktor with Lux in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several critical Lux vs. Viktor matchup stats that may help us understand the differences and similarities between the two. Lux’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Viktor’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Lux may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Viktor..
Lux usually has a similar longest killing spree as her opponent does. On average, she receives less damage than Viktor. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Lux and Viktor
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Who is Better, Lux or Viktor?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Lux usually loses when trying to fight Viktor, with a 48.8% win rate. Therefore, Lux makes a bad counter to Viktor.
While Lux does have a lower win rate than Viktor, when facing one another, Lux also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less time consuming champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Lux into Viktor.
Furthermore, Lux also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Viktor. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Lux vs Viktor matchups, Viktor is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Lux is a somewhat poor counter to Viktor. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Lux against Viktor.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Lux to counter Viktor during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lux on average racks up less CS as Viktor. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The best items to have in your Lux versus Viktor build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Stormsurge. When Lux used at least these three items in her build, she performed much better when facing Viktor than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Lux had an average winrate of 48.8% when playing against Viktor with these items in her kit.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Viktor as Lux, you should use the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Lux vs Viktor counters, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.8% winrate overall.
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