Soraka vs Lux
How to Beat Lux as Soraka
based on 9,294 Soraka vs Lux matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Soraka vs Lux Matchup Summary
Best Soraka vs Lux Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lux as Soraka
Tips for Playing as Soraka against Lux
Equinox can be used as a powerful zoning tool to keep enemies at bay.
You can use Wish on your allies from across the map to save them from otherwise fatal events.
Soraka is a powerful ally in battle, using her strong healing to keep the party moving forward.
Advice to Win Against Lux
When retreating with low health, be prepared to dodge Lux's Final Spark, a red targeting beam fires prior to the main beam, so try to move to the side if possible.
Lux has powerful zone control abilities. Try to spread out and attack from different directions so she cannot lock down a specific area.
Soraka vs Lux Counter Stats
How to Counter Lux with Soraka in LoL
The stats shown here show several strategic Soraka versus Lux counter stats that may help us figure out the differences between the pair. For instance, Soraka’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Lux’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Soraka may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Lux. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Soraka typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her foe does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Lux. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Soraka and Lux
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Who is Better, Soraka or Lux?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Soraka usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Lux, with a 49.5% win rate. Therefore, Soraka makes an ok counter for Lux.
While Soraka does have a lower winrate than Lux, when on opposite teams, Soraka also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less complex champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Soraka into Lux.
Moreover, Soraka has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Lux. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Soraka vs Lux matchups, Lux is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Soraka is a somewhat poor counter to Lux. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Soraka against Lux.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Soraka to counter Lux during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Soraka on average accumulates a lot less CS as Lux. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Soraka versus Lux build include Ardent Censer, Moonstone Renewer, and Dawncore. When Soraka used at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better when fighting Lux than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Soraka had an average winrate of 49.5% when countering Lux with this build.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Lux as Soraka, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Soraka vs Lux counter picks, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.5% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Lux as Soraka are given for all ranked divisions combined. To scope the stats and builds to a distinct rank, you should use the selection menu earlier on the page.