Xerath vs Lux
How to Beat Lux as Xerath
based on 18,633 Xerath vs Lux matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Lux Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs Lux Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lux as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Lux
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
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.
Xerath vs Lux Counter Stats
How to Counter Lux with Xerath in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore several influential Xerath against Lux counter stats that can help you explain the differences and similarities between the pair. Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Lux’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Lux..
Xerath typically has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Lux. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Xerath and Lux
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Who is Better, Xerath or Lux?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Xerath usually wins when trying to fight Lux, with a 51.7% win rate. Thus, Xerath makes a good counter to Lux.
While Xerath does have a higher win rate compared to Lux, when facing one another, Xerath also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Xerath into Luxas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Xerath also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lux. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Xerath vs Lux matchups, Xerath is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Xerath is a decent counter for Lux. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Xerath against Lux.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Xerath to counter Lux during both the lane 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 pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath usually accumulates a similar amount of CS as Lux. Champs who typically don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Xerath versus Lux build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Void Staff, and Horizon Focus. When Xerath included at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better vs. Lux than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Xerath boasted an average winrate of 51.7% when countering Lux with this build.
To have the highest chance of crushing Lux as Xerath, Xerath players should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Xerath vs Lux clashes, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.7% win rate overall.
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