Zed vs Lux
How to Beat Lux as Zed
based on 13,681 Zed vs Lux matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zed vs Lux Matchup Summary
Best Zed vs Lux Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lux as Zed
Tips for Playing as Zed against Lux
Placing a Living Shadow before using Death Mark can give Zed a safe escape from combat.
Saving energy and spell cooldowns until you use your ultimate will maximize Death Mark's damage.
Quickly double tapping Living Shadow will teleport Zed to his shadow immediately for rapid escapes.
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.
Zed vs Lux Counter Stats
How to Counter Lux with Zed in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several significant Zed versus Lux counter statistics that can help us interpret the differences between this pair of champions. Zed’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Lux’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Zed may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Lux. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Zed typically has a much larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Lux. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Zed and Lux
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Who is Better, Zed or Lux?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Zed usually fairs equally well when taking on Lux, with a 49.2% win rate. Therefore, Zed makes an ok counter for Lux.
While Zed does have a lower winrate compared to Lux, when on opposite teams, Zed also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Zed into Luxas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Zed also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Lux. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Zed vs Lux matchups, Lux is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Zed is a somewhat poor counter for Lux. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Zed against Lux.
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How We Calculated Our Zed vs Lux Build and Stats
Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Zed in order to counter Lux during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zed often accumulates more CS relative to Lux. Champions who typically don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions 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 surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Zed versus Lux build include Hubris, Voltaic Cyclosword, and Opportunity. When Zed included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better countering Lux than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Zed boasted an average win rate of 49.2% when countering Lux with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Lux as Zed, you should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Scorch, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Zed vs Lux counters, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.2% win rate overall.
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