Syndra vs Lux
How to Beat Lux as Syndra
based on 8,859 Syndra vs Lux matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Syndra vs Lux Matchup Summary
Best Syndra vs Lux Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lux as Syndra
Tips for Playing as Syndra against Lux
To maximize your ultimate's damage use it when there are many spheres on the battlefield.
After you hit an enemy champion with Force of Will follow up with Dark Sphere, they'll be slowed and have a hard time avoiding it.
Get one of your spells to rank 5 as quickly as possible, they gain powerful bonus effects at max rank.
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.
Syndra vs Lux Counter Stats
How to Counter Lux with Syndra in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature several vital Syndra versus Lux matchup statistics that can help you appreciate the differences between the two. As an example, Syndra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Lux’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Syndra may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Lux..
Syndra often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her counter does. Typically, she takes more damage than Lux. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Syndra and Lux
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Who is Better, Syndra or Lux?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Syndra usually fairs equally well when playing against Lux, with a 49.7% win rate. Therefore, Syndra makes an ok counter to Lux.
While Syndra does have a lower winrate than Lux, when on opposite teams, Syndra also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Syndra into Luxas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Syndra has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lux. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Syndra vs Lux matchups, Lux is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Syndra is a somewhat poor counter for Lux. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Syndra against Lux.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Syndra to counter Lux during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Syndra typically racks up more CS compared to Lux. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions 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, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Syndra versus Lux build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Banshee's Veil, and Stormsurge. When Syndra bought at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better countering Lux than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Syndra boasted an average win rate of 49.7% battling Lux with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Lux as Syndra, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Syndra vs Lux battles, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.7% win rate overall.
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