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Lux Guide

the Lady of Luminosity

Mage

Support

Tier S Support

Lux, the Lady of Luminosity, is a mage and support champion of medium difficulty. Across our 1300 analysed ranked games, Lux is mostly played as Support (44% of its games), and more rarely in Mid (39%) and as ADC (17%), with a 53.6% win rate in that role: tier S among Support champions (#3 of 39, ranked by win rate). Lux's damage is mostly magic (89%): magic resistance items are therefore effective against this champion. Win rate varies with game length: 57.5% in short games (under 25 min, 141 games) versus 52.0% in long games (over 35 min).

Average KDA

3.9 / 6.8 / 13.3

ratio 2.5

Damage / min

620

CS / min

1.8

Gold / min

335

Kill participation

52%

Vision / min

2.54

Averages measured over 569 Support games played with Lux, from our ranked Solo/Duo data collection.

Combos and how to play

Written guide · based on the official ability texts

Lux is a long-range mage who controls with Light Binding and Lucent Singularity, protects with Prismatic Barrier and finishes with Final Spark. Her abilities charge the target with energy, and her next attack ignites that energy for bonus magic damage.

The root combo

E AA AA

When: An enemy is within range of the binding.

Light Binding roots and damages, Lucent Singularity slows then explodes, and your basic attack ignites the Illumination energy.

The finishing ultimate

R AA AA

When: Enemies are lined up or weakened.

Final Spark fires a beam that deals damage in its area and triggers your passive: Illumination is refreshed on the targets hit. Finish with an attack.

Protection

When: Your team is engaged.

Prismatic Barrier shields the allies it touches from damage, Lucent Singularity slows the chasers.

Laning phase

Light Binding roots up to two enemies: cast it from long range and follow up. Prismatic Barrier shields allies it touches on the way out and on the way back: place it to hit your carry.

Common mistakes

Casting Light Binding without checking the minions: it stops after two units.
Triggering Lucent Singularity too early: the explosion deals the damage, so let it slow first.
Using the ultimate without checking the trajectory.

Riot's official tips for playing Lux

Lux has great zone control abilities. Try to set up Lucent Singularity to prevent an enemy's advance or escape.
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.
Lucent Singularity is a great scouting tool. Try throwing it into brush before walking into it to check for ambushes.

Build, runes and summoner spells

The most-played core build is Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Echo (34 games, 58.8% win rate).

34 games · 58.8%

20 games · 50.0%

14 games · 28.6%

Summoner spells

Flash + Heal52.1% · 336 games

Flash + Ignite58.0% · 162 games

Exhaust + Flash53.7% · 67 games

Most-played runes

Arcane Comet + Domination

59.0% · 300 games

Primary tree · Sorcery

Manaflow Band96%

Transcendence97%

Scorch94%

Secondary tree · Domination

Cheap Shot97%

Ultimate Hunter94%

Shards

Adaptive force94%

Adaptive force98%

Health scaling83%

Arcane Comet + Inspiration

53.2% · 124 games

Primary tree · Sorcery

Manaflow Band86%

Transcendence78%

Scorch98%

Secondary tree · Inspiration

Cosmic Insight94%

Biscuit Delivery63%

Shards

Adaptive force97%

Adaptive force96%

Health scaling65%

Dark Harvest + Sorcery

40.7% · 54 games

Primary tree · Domination

Cheap Shot100%

Grisly Mementos89%

Ultimate Hunter100%

Secondary tree · Sorcery

Transcendence93%

Manaflow Band85%

Shards

Adaptive force96%

Health scaling91%

For each row, the most picked rune among the games played with this page (share of games in brackets).

Which items to build against the enemy team?

We sort every game by the enemy team's damage. These are Lux's completed items and their win rate in each situation; "▲" marks an item that does at least 3 points better than its usual win rate.

Mostly magic-damage enemy team60.0% · 175 games

At least 50% of their damage is magic

Luden's Echo 61.7% ▲

Stormsurge 62.1% ▲

Shadowflame 64.3% ▲

Malignance 64.9% ▲

Shurelya's Battlesong 56.0% ▲

Zhonya's Hourglass 64.7%

The item that stands out most is Shadowflame: 64.3% win rate, +11 points versus its usual win rate.

Mostly physical-damage enemy team50.3% · 171 games

Less than 35% of their damage is magic

Luden's Echo 53.3%

Stormsurge 58.8%

Shadowflame 55.9%

Malignance 47.1% ▼

Zhonya's Hourglass 42.9%

Rabadon's Deathcap 71.4%

No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.

Balanced enemy team51.1% · 223 games

Mixed physical and magic damage

Luden's Echo 51.4% ▼

Stormsurge 50.6% ▼

Shadowflame 43.1% ▼

Malignance 58.5%

Shurelya's Battlesong 50.0%

Zhonya's Hourglass 40.7% ▼

No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.

Counters and matchups

Who counters Lux as Support

Nautilus Lux: 34.8%23 games

Nautilus has the edge in 65% of the 23 Support duels against Lux. See the Nautilus guide.

Karma Lux: 43.5%23 games

Karma has the edge in 57% of the 23 Support duels against Lux. See the Karma guide.

Blitzcrank Lux: 47.4%19 games

Blitzcrank has the edge in 53% of the 19 Support duels against Lux. See the Blitzcrank guide.

Seraphine Lux: 52.6%19 games

Seraphine has the edge in 47% of the 19 Support duels against Lux. See the Seraphine guide.

Nami Lux: 55.6%27 games

Nami has the edge in 44% of the 27 Support duels against Lux. See the Nami guide.

Who Lux is strong against

Thresh70.6% · 17 games

Lulu60.7% · 28 games

Nami55.6% · 27 games

Seraphine52.6% · 19 games

Blitzcrank47.4% · 19 games

How to play against Lux

Lux has powerful zone control abilities. Try to spread out and attack from different directions so she cannot lock down a specific area.
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.

Riot's official tips.

Win rates measured over direct same-role duels; only matchups with more than 15 games are listed. See all of Lux's matchups.

Abilities

PassiveIllumination

Lux's damaging spells charge the target with energy for a few seconds. Lux's next attack ignites the energy, dealing bonus magic damage (depending on Lux's level) to the target.

QLight Binding

Lux releases a sphere of light that binds and deals damage to up to two enemy units.

WPrismatic Barrier

Lux throws her wand and bends the light around any friendly target it touches, protecting them from enemy damage.

ELucent Singularity

Fires an anomaly of twisted light to an area, which slows nearby enemies. Lux can detonate it to damage enemies in the area of effect.

RFinal Spark

After gathering energy, Lux fires a beam of light that deals damage to all targets in the area. In addition, triggers Lux's passive ability and refreshes the Illumination debuff duration.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best build for Lux?

The most-played core build is Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Echo (34 games, 58.8% win rate).

Who counters Lux?

Lux's toughest matchups as Support are Nautilus (34.8% win rate over 23 games), Karma (43.5% win rate over 23 games), and Blitzcrank (47.4% win rate over 19 games).

What are Lux's best matchups?

Lux posts its best win rates against Thresh (70.6%), Lulu (60.7%), and Nami (55.6%).

What game length suits Lux best?

Win rate varies with game length: 57.5% in short games (under 25 min, 141 games) versus 52.0% in long games (over 35 min).

Which runes should I play on Lux?

The most-played rune page uses Arcane Comet with the Domination secondary tree (300 games, 59.0% win rate).

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