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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 B among Support champions (#21 of 38, 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).
Updated Oct 10 2026 · Patch 26.22
Averages measured over 569 Support games played with Lux, from our ranked Solo/Duo data collection.
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.
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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.
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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.
See all 3 Lux combos: key order, when to cast them, cooldowns →
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.
The most-played core build is Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Echo (34 games, 58.8% win rate).
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The order shows which abilities reach rank 5 first; the grid shows the most-played level-up sequence with that order (measured over 93 games).
At 10 min: 2982 gold, 15 CS, 2779 XP. At 15 min: 4784 gold, 25 CS, 4506 XP.
Flash + Heal52.1% · 336 games
Flash + Ignite58.0% · 162 games
Exhaust + Flash53.7% · 67 games
Manaflow Band96%
Transcendence97%
Scorch94%
Cheap Shot97%
Ultimate Hunter94%
Manaflow Band86%Transcendence78%Scorch98%
Cosmic Insight94%
Biscuit Delivery63%
Cheap Shot100%
Grisly Mementos89%Ultimate Hunter100%Transcendence93%Manaflow Band85%For each row, the most picked rune among the games played with this page (share of games in brackets).
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.
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.
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.
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.
Nami
Lux: 42.1%19 games
Nami has the edge in 58% of the 19 Support duels against Lux. See the Nami guide.
Thresh
Lux: 52.6%19 games
Thresh has the edge in 47% of the 19 Support duels against Lux. See the Thresh guide.
Lulu
Lux: 52.9%17 games
Lulu has the edge in 47% of the 17 Support duels against Lux. See the Lulu guide.
Nautilus
Lux: 52.9%17 games
Nautilus has the edge in 47% of the 17 Support duels against Lux. See the Nautilus guide.
Morgana
Lux: 53.3%15 games
Morgana has the edge in 47% of the 15 Support duels against Lux. See the Morgana guide.
Seraphine55.6% · 18 games
Karma54.5% · 22 gamesMorgana53.3% · 15 gamesLulu52.9% · 17 gamesNautilus52.9% · 17 gamesWin rates measured over direct same-role duels; only matchups with more than 15 games are listed. See all of Lux's matchups.
| Measure | Lux | Support average | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold at 10 min | 2982 | 2918 | +64 |
| CS at 10 min | 15 | 14 | +1 |
| XP at 10 min | 2779 | 2711 | +68 |
| Gold at 15 min | 4784 | 4507 | +277 |
| CS at 15 min | 25 | 20 | +5 |
| XP at 15 min | 4506 | 4325 | +182 |
Measured over 93 Lux games with a timeline; the average covers 51 champions played Support in our ranked games.
Best result: short (under 25 min). Only groups of at least 30 games are shown. A gap of several points shows the phase where the champion is the most reliable.
| Role | Games | Win rate | CS/min | Gold/min | Most-built items |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | 506 | 53.0 % | 7.2 | 415 | |
| ADC | 225 | 51.6 % | 7.5 | 460 | |
Roles where we have at least 40 Lux games.
The most-played core build is Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Echo (34 games, 58.8% win rate).
Lux's toughest matchups as Support are Nami (42.1% win rate over 19 games), Thresh (52.6% win rate over 19 games), and Lulu (52.9% win rate over 17 games).
Lux posts its best win rates against Seraphine (55.6%), Karma (54.5%), and Morgana (53.3%).
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).
The most-played rune page uses Arcane Comet with the Domination secondary tree (300 games, 59.0% win rate).
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