Lux Build Guide : 13.23 Support: Light 'Em Up (I'm on fiyaa): Luxeøn Style!

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I like this guide a lot. Matchups are detailed and ordered (awesome). Just one question: is viable on too? I mean, she has a good poke and damage, can't it work? Thank you and nice work.

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Hi N1!

I appreciate your kind words :) I definitely think dark harvest is a very niche rune! The only issue I have with it is that it can be very stagnant in some games since it really relies on getting the enemy low for a proc and low action oriented games often make dark harvest a wasted rune - where, comet is applicable and will always be useful at all times. However! I think that DH is a good rune if you're in a kill lane or a lane where you know you can be aggressive and have it proc multiple times, so I definitely wouldnt knock it. Also cheap shot + any of the hunter runes are really good on Lux as well! I dont personally have it on my guide as a recommended rune but I have had opportunities to take the rune and if it works for you, please keep doing so!! I also always take this rune on aram since I know its going to be blood bath central lol

Thanks for your question and let me know if you have any further questions!!

Luxeon

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So, is the support shielding build actually viable? I really want to be able to play her as an enchanter type, kind of like how Karma does damage but also shields, but I have NEVER once seen somebody play Lux as an enchanter, and only as an AP mage.

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Hi Nyx!

You definitely can still play her as an enchanter! She is stronger as an AP mage currently because of the durability changes, on top of some changes she got some patches ago. However, her shield is still very strong and viable in a lot of comps and if that build works for you, do it!! Theres many different ways of playing Lux and that's what I love so much about her.

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The Best Build! <3

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Thank you!!! Hopefully you're having fun playing her Mid & Support!!! <3

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Yes. YEEEEEES! Finally a real Lux Support build+runes !
Waited way to long for this !

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YESSSSS I feel like Lux support is just so underrated!!! You can shield up to 4 other people while giving them buffs from your items! Glad you finally found my guide :)

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Nice

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Haha thank you <3

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Gotta say I'm a huge fan of the buff build, been super useful the past few games I've played, even ran a 30.0 KDA. Haven't experimented too much with the other but I look forward to doing so. CHeers mate

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omg thats absolutely incredible!!! im so happy that build is working for you. I feel like people dont realize the full effectiveness of that build because you can't physically see all of the buffing youre doing to allies but its amazing! Thanks for sharing and good luck in your games <3

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many thx, you really help me a lot with the utility lux build <3

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Hi, thank you so much!! Hope you're shining bright like a diamond with Lux <3

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Hello Luxeøn,

Just wanted to let you know that your guide is super helpfull! I started playing League of Legends about 3 years ago and used your guide extensively to get a grasp on Lux support and through Lux's eyes learn how LoL works. And even now I sometimes check back on your guide whenever an update is implemented that affects my Lux somehow.

I'm just a silver newbie champion and I mainly go full AP on Lux support. I know this is not your prefered choice, but I feel like I need it to carry my team. Ideally I'm just throwing out some binds and shields here and there and place wards all over the map, but when my team is bad I take a bit more initiative and become more like a 2nd mid-laner that way.

I have a question! Before preseason I used to go Ludens > Horizon > Rabadons > Void and swap Horizon out whenever I needed something like Chemtech Putrifier, Zhonya's, Banshee's or even Cosmic Drive. With preseason came the new Shadowflame and it kind a became my prefered option over Horizon. Since Horizon now (at least on paper) seems less suitable for Lux. But I'm unsure! Can you give me advice on this? What is the better choice in your opinion? Which one should be my default 2nd item? And in what kind of matchups should I build the other? Or should I (under certain circumstances) replace any of my other items to fit both in?

I'm looking forward to your reply! :)

~Yanaike

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Hi Yanaike,

I'm so happy to hear my guide has been helpful for you!! And haha don't worry, I have that EXACT same mindset! I think and state on my guide that Lux does have the best shield in the game and her support build *should* be optimal, but I go full AP support Lux ALL the time and the buffs to her actually made it a bit better! You can definitely 2v1 a lane as full AP support or even save some games when you can one shot their carry instead of having to rely on a lackluster teammate.

As for your question... This is a REALLY good question! I think this is the issue that a lot of Lux players are having in general right now but here are my thoughts as of now with testing both items: Horizon Focus is a safer item overall and would be better with Lux support having 4 items in most situations (Lux mid is different since you can buy both items!), but tbh Shadowflame is basically just as good and I could even consider them somewhat situational. Let's breakdown the pros and cons for both!

Horizon Focus:
[*] It's very easy to proc the 10% with your Q or E!
[*] It gives you ability haste
[*] VERY good against stealthed targets/players with items like Duskblade - this also counts for keeping vision on Barons + Dragons
[*] If enemies have no magic resist, you may be overcapped and Horizon Focus would be better. For example, Ahri has 34MR at level 9 up to 38 at level 18. 18 from boots, 6 from Ludens, and 5-20 from Luden's Legendary path means you have more than enough pen already (29-44), as enemies can't go below 0MR.

Shadowflame:
[*] It does do a bit more damage within many stages of the game, as well as having a benefit of double magic pen and a bit better stats (more health, more AP). It also makes it to where you can delay Void just a bit longer unless they buy a full MR item and you need it earlier on.
[*] It has a higher AP ratio and Lux does very well with AP scalings.
[*] Gives 50 more health than Horizon, which really isn't that beneficial but just to note.

Hope this little breakdown helps you gage which is better - or in which situations you think the item could be better! Tbh I think they're both pretty suitable and buying one over the other won't be a huge difference.

Hope this helps and let me know if you need any more clarity or have any other questions :)

Luxeon

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Hello Luxeøn,

Thanks for your elaborate response!

Based on what you said, I think I'll switch back to Horizon Focus as my default 2nd item then. I think that the additional damage of Shadowflame rarely matters. On the other hand the vision of Horzion Focus is great. It often happens that an enemy flashes and runs away into unwarded areas after being hit by Q or E. Horizon will give me a chance to snipe them with ult when they are close to natural barriers. If it comes to magic penetration, I'll have Void Staff anyway. Shadowflame might still be a situaltional item in case the enemy has a lot of melee champions or relies havily on shields, or maybe as a 4th item instead of Void, if the enemy doesn't build magic resist at all (which happens quite a lot actually).

Thanks again and good lux in your games!

~Yanaike

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very good

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Shielding lux is actually very fun! Also, full AP Lux has become better with the recent lux buffs.

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Yes I definitely agree! I've been in love with the Lux buffs

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Thank you for the amazing guide, I really appreciate your work.

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aww thank you so much, I appreciate your support <3

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Hi Luxeon. I'm Gold 1 Lux support main, and this is really awesome in-depth guide about Lux support. I was thinking of making a Lux support guide, but there is no point now since you got it covered - good job!
I'd like to share my opinion mainly on matchups, from my 280+ ranked solo games with Lux support. I climbed with her from Silver 3 to Gold 1 this season.
Mostly, I agree with you, Luxanna has the best botlane synergy with Jhin, Ezrael, Cait, ect. but some I dont agree with couple of statements you made.
I dont think Lux is any good with Twitch (you stated that if you land your q after lvl6 on 1 or 2 enemies they should be dead, but thats pretty much the case with any champion). Twitch just wants to survive lanephase, he has great scaling and he needs someone who can peel. Yeah, Lux can peel but I think there are far better options to pick with Twitch and I dont think Lux has any synergy whatsoever when paired with Twitch.
Next, Kogmaw - same thing.

Kalista is another adc which shouldnt be paired with Lux, her ultimate will be useless, as you stated, unless you get too close to enemy - which you shouldnt do whoever you play with. I'm kinda onetrick Lux support and I still pick Alistar when I see my teammate wants to pick Kalista, so that should selfexplain this ''combo''.

But, I think with Vayne, its a pretty good combo, even tho you dont really have a combo. Ok, so let me explain. Vayne wants to survive early and with Lux q and poke she can survive, and in lategame a good Vayne player is used to peel for himself so Vayne dont really expect you to peel for him. Plus, you both have extreme scaling since I pretty much go full AP Lux, ofc with support item and vision wards. Often, I dont even buy 6th item so I can have space for vision wards in deep lategame.

With other adc synergy, I strongly agree, but I must point out that I didnt have much ''luck'' when I play with Jinx, but its probably that things didnt work out for me and my adc since, in theory, it should be a really nice synergy.

As for counter goes, you explained some of the matchups well, but I consider most of the matchups and skill based. So if Morgana is better at landing her Q than you - you'll pretty much lose the lane. If you land it better than her - you should be able to win the lane.
Pure skill matchups, in my opinion, are vs: Bard, Brand, Janna, Morgana, Nami, Rakan, Sona, Soraka, Vel'Koz, Xerath, Zilean, Zyra.

So, as I explained with Morgana example, all you got to do is know how to play vs these champs, with Morgana you can bait her q if you walk out of the minions and be quick enough to dodge it (if anyone is reading this, dont try this unless you think you can dodge it 99%) and then go in and try to make a play. Dont q when her shield is up. And I could do a short review of every ''pure skill matchup'' list I wrote, but I think you get the point. When you get experienced in one lane, you'll have a pretty good idea when Nami mains are going to try to land that bubble, when Morgana will try to land her Q ect, and you can use that in your advantage to dodge their spells and then be aggressive. When playing vs Bard mains, always know that they will try to Q you, if you are near (you should be) when they get out of the tunnel after they are finished roaming, be prepared and make sure you dodge it and then try to land your Q. E should be an easy skillshoot in this case since you just have to place it on the exit hole of his E while he's traveling to that point. It's just another case of skill based matchup.

On the other side, I find Taric and Shen really easy to play vs, because Taric stun and Shen taunt have really small range, range which you should never be in, if you play your Lux right.

With Thresh its all about not getting yourself in his Q, which shouldnt be that hard since it has a long delay time after its casted.

Talking of experience, Zilen mains always try to ult when their adc are at less than 10% hp, which is logical, - dont kill them then. You can see when he ults because glasses (?) appear around a champ he ults, just wait until it goes away, then their adc will be at really low hp and try to finish him, hopefully with your ultimate. It really worked for me couple of times, although I rarely play vs Zilen support. Next thing, his bombs are dodgable, and if you or your adc pick one then you can completely deny its damage with your double shield. If he gets you with double bomb - you are doing something wrong. And when he wants to get his passive to his adc he must stand in place and cant cast spells, perfect for you to sneak your combo if you are in range.

Finally, Leona. The ultimate counter to Lux support. Or is it? Other than trying not to be in her E range, which is kind of logical, there is another really useful tactic. I always use it, and if you do it right, you are in favor of winning the lane vs Leona! But you'll need a help of adc. Tell him to push the wave so you pick lvl2 1st, poke her at lvl1 because she is useless then, and that shouldnt be hard to do because she is going to go for those minions to get her ward quest. Try to poke adc is possible too. By the time she gets lvl2, she or her adc, should have lower hp than you and your adc, and you should already have lvl2, so if she goes all in on you or your adc, you'll gonna make her pay. Couple of games ago, I played vs insane Leona support (I checked his match history after the game, he had like 13-14 winning streak on ranked solo with Leona, and he always played with his adc premade, just like in my game) and me and my adc still won the lane. We got 1 for 1 on 4v2 LVL 2 teamfight on bot, which is great. They did get 1st blood, but when you get 1 for 1 in 4v2 teamfight its just great. We ended up killing them 2 times on bot in 2v2 teamfights which were 2 for 0 in our favor and got 1st blood turret on bot. Their jungle did gank couple of times which ment they had some kills, while our jungle prioritized other lanes. But the point is, Leona doesnt mean you are hard countered, even if you play vs a really good Leona player. However, its a bit risky, because stupid luck like you and your adc leashing while enemy botlane doesnt, could make your lane a living hell.

When you learn how to counter Leona, Alistar shouldnt be a problem, since he's pretty much the same all in concept, but Leona's ultimate will make you more troubles in lane rather than Alistar ultimate.

And as for my build, I go full AP, and its working for me so far, since I have 5.1 / 5.7 / 13.6 KDA out of 129W and 95L with full AP Lux support in this season. I buy AC when I feel like I play with really good 4 teammates, but I rarely feel that. I like full AP build since I like the pressure, I like to engage teamfights if I land a Q on their squishy, following my full combo, and usually we win 5v5 teamfights like this. I really feel great after those plays, since I have a feeling I was the key factor in crucial teamfight of the game which led my team to victory. However I dont recommend this build to unexperienced Lux players. That being said, if I ever get to Diamond, I'm 100% sure I'm not going to play full AP Lux, if I play her on support at all :D

Dont get me wrong, I love your guide, I just wanted to share my opinion based on my experience which I think should be valued because I'm AP Lux support main who plays ranked and climbs, which you probably dont see often, but it probably indicates that I'm doing something right :D
And I know you know all of these things I wrote, but I just wanted to state them if anyone else is reading this, perhaps to help them in mastering Lux support, and who knows, you might like something I wrote and add it in your guide. These are some tips that I was saving to write in my guide but, as I said, I wont be making one since we have in-depth Lux support guide which got it all covered up. Again, fellow Lux main, great job!

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Hey Fawkes,

Thank you for this detailed description of everything! And congrats on the climb, that’s awesome!! I will definitely be adding some things you mentioned onto my guide!! I just wanted to go over some things you said and respond to them! Of course I am just writing my opinion back so I hope you don’t look at this as me judging or discrediting you on anything, it’s all just discussion and I hope you understand!! You do have some very valid points and I will mention them below sooooo here we go!!

Get Ready for TEXT

1. You are 100% right about Twitch. I honestly have no idea why I put him so high in the first place because even I hate playing with Twitch's since they have an awful laning phase and Lux doesn't have the best synergy with him. I'll definitely change that, thank you!! However, with Kog, I still think my number is appropriate. Like I say in my guide, Kog is definitely a lotttt better with someone like Lulu, but he is still pretty decent with Lux. Lux is able to peel a bit for Kog and keep a nice Ardent shield on him constantly while he shreds anyone who goes near him. Lux can also bind two enemy champions who try to jump on Kog/use her zoning and CC abilities and he will def have lifesteal as well as MR from wits end and even maybe armor boots if he needs them for more protection. Of course Lux is able to apply Ardent to any AD champ, but the most important reason why I do think they are decent together is because Lux has more damage in her kit than other enchanters and Kog's causes the enemy to get a magic reduction, making Lux's damage amp up! They also can win both extended fights and burst fights in most cases and Kog's W range mixed with Lux's range can poke out a lot of ADC's who don't have the same range. These are just ideas for why I put Lux as a DECENT synergy for Kog, I know he def is best with someone like Lulu but Lux still isn't bad!!

2. Kalista and Lux def aren't the best, Kal works better with tank supports she can throw in like Ali, Leona, etc, but Kal and Lux do have some good lane aggression and Lux is able to proc Kalista's W on a lot of trades which can take a huge chunk of the enemies health and can even be an all in for a kill when you hit your binding. In a lot of lanes, if you get the ADC behind by this aggression and Kal does a lot of damage, she can easily carry with her mobility and you doing damage/being a utility by her side. Again, not a super good synergy since like I mention in my guide, you don't want to throw a Lux into the enemy team lolol but I do deem the number to be appropriate for her as well!

3. I like the Vayne and Lux combo as well! I think it’s pretty good since Lux is able to poke and zone them out while Vayne scales and in a lot of ganks, what I do is I use my spells to make the enemy either have to dodge my spell and get near a wall for Vayne to condemn, or they get hit by my spells, which means we can all in. The reason Vayne isn’t nearly as high is because ANY aggression lane is going to absolutely destroy Vayne. Yes, you have poke, but if they have a Caitlyn poking Vayne down from far away with an aggressive support like Brand who can both poke her out and even stop Vayne if she tries to all in, your Vayne is going to have a really hard time and will get far behind. Once she is behind, she needs time to scale, and the enemy team SHOULD be trying to take towers and inhibitors since now you guys have half of an ADC until Vayne does scale. I might put Vayne up +1 or two just because of what I mentioned above (and might need to put what I mentioned in my guide too ) but otherwise, I think it is deemed appropriate!

4. For Jinx, they have such a good synergy just because they both have some really nice poke with Jinx’s long ranged rockets and Lux’s E. When Lux hits her Q, Jinx can both use her W which actually does quite a LOT of damage and it won’t miss since they are binded, as well as throw her E traps on top of the binded enemy for even more grounding CC (usually its E>W for Jinx but you get my point). They have a decent/good all in with good synergy ults. Of course the reason they aren’t a little higher is because they are both immobile (unless Jinx gets a kill) and that can be a problem but with Jinx’s and Lux’s range, I don’t have too much trouble unless they have good gap closers and CC, which affects any immobile champion. My best ADC is actually Jinx and I wanted to put her as like a 8 or 9 but I felt I was being too biased so I lowered it a bit lolol

5. I definitely see where you are going with all of this, if it was up to my personal decision, a lot of these matchups would be easy-medium for me! But, you have to look into the writers point of view. A lot of people who view guides usually don’t have experience with lux and her counters, aka why they are viewing the guide. I based this guide and my other guides on who Lux struggles with in general, rather than how I think I play against them. I completely agree with you, I win vs Morgana in most of my games, but that’s normally because I am a much better Lux player than they are a Morgana player. I know how to effectively bait out her black shield and then all in her, and I know I have an immediate ult from far away, where hers requires range and takes 2 different hits of damage that can be escaped from. I have Morgana in the yellow section (5/10) because it really is a skill matchup. However, when looking at someone else in your list like Xerath, I put him on a higher threat because he has much lower cooldowns and much more poke than Lux, with CC as well. Lux has her shield but her shield can only absorb so much, and he is able to use his Q quite a lot. Of course I mostly always beat Xeraths because they’re squishy and have no supporting capabilities, but with an evenly skilled Xerath vs Lux player, Xerath should win unless he makes mistakes that Lux can then punish him for, so he needs to be a little higher on the matchup scale without being a hard counter- he fits perfectly on the higher end of the yellow scale. Another example would be Rakan. Lux is able to ground Rakan and he can be countered quite easily when you know how to play against him, but he is both a healing/shielding support WITH engage. He has the gap closing abilities to hit you and/or your ADC and then the team can follow up. This is why I put him on a higher scale. Same with Thresh. Yes, you can dodge his hook and that’s the key to winning, but if you get caught once by his hook (or your ADC), you are then locked down for quite a while with his flay, ult box, etc. Thresh can also put his lantern down to save the enemy if you catch them out with your binding. There are a lot of other tricks Thresh can do, like hook a minion next to you and then go to it and fling you back and run you into his box, and if you have no flash, you are dead for sure. Of course there is a counterplay, but Thresh also is able to put A LOT of pressure on your lane. He is able to back your ADC and you up to the turret in fear of the hook. I wrote a lot on this one but I’ll stop here hahaha. I hope you understood all that I was saying and tbh, my detailed matchups aren’t nearly as detailed as my mid Lux guide matchups just because I recently published this guide and I’ve had that guide out for a while. If you would want, I would love your input on specific matchup things you think I should add (for example, I need to add that with Vayne, you can zone them into a wall, that’s extremely useful. Or, maybe add to watch out for Thresh hooking a minion instead of you to get in range.) There’s a lot of stuff I DO that I just don’t think about since I play Lux so much, so I know I have more to add in all of the matchup sections, especially the detailed matchup sections. Okay, that was long lol, let’s go to the next topic!

6. Shen: He IS a hard counter to a bot lane in general, especially with Lux. Yes, he doesn’t exactly have the range, but he WILL get in range when you guys trade. His taunt is extremely important and one taunt>flash with the jungler/mid/top TP there especially ensures a kill for them. Shen is also tanky and can take a lot of hits, BUT most importantly, he has the ability to let you and your ADC’s autos against him and his ADC be dodged. Autos are SO important when trading in bot lane, especially with an ADC and Lux because a bit of Lux’s damage comes from her passive (and of course your ADC’s main source of damage is auto attacking). He can also ult the ADC and give them a big shield you guys have to go through, as well as good peel capabilities. Like I mentioned above, he can be countered, but tank supports and Lux do not mesh well, especially tank supports that can shield, block auto attacks, and have peel like Shen does.
As for Taric, this one is hard to say just because Taric is so weak in general. He is able to shield and heal up your poke, but he usually runs out of mana before doing so. Like you said, he does have a smaller range. The only super thing strong about him is that he is able to stun 2+ people, his damage is pretty nice if he is able to get close, and his ultimate is insane for teamfights, especially with certain team comps. I might lower his to the low yellow or even high green.

7. Zilean: I put Zilean only on a 4 because like you said, you shouldn’t be getting hit with both his bombs, and also your shield can usually soak up his bomb damage anyways. He is also SO squishy early on, I actually normally get first blood vs Zileans with the good level 2 ignite tactic. However, the reason he isn’t on the green is because of his E and his R. Zilean is able to use his E to get to you (quite a bit of Zil supports max E first vs Q if they are expecting ganks and want the slow), and then E you for that insane slow. After, he can then double bomb you and you can’t sidestep it since you are slowed. This usually means you either have to flash or just get caught out by it. He also has an ultimate that, yes, you can save your ultimate for after he ults, but a smart Zilean will use his ultimate at the perfect timing- when you are using your full combo. You will then be on all cooldowns and he will speed up his ally or himself in order to get away. With this tactic though, you still get something out of it since him/his ADC will then have to recall and will lose gold and XP, aka why he isn’t a hard counter at all. You said of course you can wait until his ult wears off, but then it depends on the matchup. If you have a scaling Twitch and they have an early game Lucian, you need your ult to be even in trading/all in-ing and without it, you guys are going to lose. But you do need to respect that he is able to save someone with his ult, and that can be really scary if i oit’s a hyper carry in the late game.

8. That is actually a tactic I try to do in 100% of my games and you should too, especially for tank supports. ALWAYS try to get level 2, 3, and 6 first (2 and 6 most important but at 3, I always get my shield so I have all 3 of my abilities and I can win trades with my shield). If Leona/Thresh/Ali, tbh anyone really, even Nami with her bubble gets level 2 before you, they can then exert SO much pressure on your lane since you guys are still level 1 that you and your ADC will automatically get behind or you will have to trade and will lose because they have an extra ability. There are some downfalls to this, though. Yes you want to hit level 2 first but they might have someone like Xayah/Rakan or someone that can PUSH faster than you and your ADC can, meaning that you won’t get level 2 first. It also can be dangerous if you do make it to level 2 before them and push them to their turret, even though it puts you ahead and makes them farm under tower, because then it gives the jungler an incentive to gank early on. Of course this normally won’t happen with junglers like Diana, but high pressure junglers can be scary! So the XP advantage is important but you also have to watch out for it. A lot of games where they have the higher pressure jungle than I do, I leave the last hit for the ADC ofc, but I just try to auto the minions so we hit level 2 at the same time as the enemies. This evens the playing field on both ends with trading and we aren’t in a scary spot for ganks! Wave control is actually incredibly important and it’s something maybe I’ll add to my guide a little later down the road.
Okay onto Leona’s part now: The reason she is a huge counter is because she has some insane lockdown and can take a lot more damage than other tank supports due to her W giving her a lot of Armor/MR early on. This is even more dangerous with someone like Draven, who can chunk a quarter of your HP from one auto (rip Lux having 19 armor at level 1). I beat Leona in quite a bit of my games since you as all tank supports are, they are melee and you can poke them out, but if Leona gets on you, you can be absolutely dead! Her peel is strong and is even stronger in teamfights with other champions CC/damage to follow up her peel. It’s really good to hear you won vs that Leona main though, congrats!! It always feels really good when you beat someone else who mains their champ, especially if they’re already a counter to you!

9. Lastly, that’s so great that it’s working out for you!! I hope my guide didn’t come across as “Lux support AP sucks”, I tried to add AP runes and builds in my guide, I just wanted to emphasize that this is a SUPPORT guide, so a lot of my content is going to be support based. I even tried to put different ideas for why AP Lux can be better than support Lux, like if you have a support in another lane like Karma or have an Ivern jungle that gets support items, if you can't rely on your team and want to go more damage based, or even if you have a team that needs a lot more AP damage, Lux is perfect for that, but she also gives a bit of supporting utilities with it! I play AP lux all the time, especially with my lower elo friends where I need to carry. However, in a lot of my ranked games, a support is really needed. Lux already isn’t the BEST support when it comes to higher elo since her spells can be easily dodged and players with a lot of experience know how to dominate Lux since she does have a lot of weaknesses, as well as her shield not being AS strong. If I go full AP, this gives the other team a little bit of an advantage since the enemy Nami is able to HEAL her allies, shield them with maybe Locket and save them from my burst, or use Redemption to heal the WHOLE team up, where I only have my shield to protect my team if I have no support items. My damage won’t do much anyways if they all know how to dodge my spells or my burst will just get negated. A lot of higher elo ADC mains also are more experienced and you can rely on them a lottt more, so capitalizing on supporting your ADC as much as possible is important because they are going to be able to dish a lot more damage than you are since their autos don’t have cooldowns and are not dodgeable, and ADC’s can buy tank shredding items, which Lux is weaker against as well. With aallll of this being said, keep going if it works for you! That climb is a huge jump and is something you should be proud of, so keep rocking it!!

Again, thank you for this comment, I hope anything I said above didn’t come off as rude or make it seem like im acting like a know-it-all or anything bad like that, I just wanted to discuss back with you but… with detail. This took me like 2 hours to write back LOL so I hope you enjoy my like 3k word response hahaha. I hope everything I said made sense and feel free to comment back if you wish, even if you don’t agree with me, there’s nothing wrong with agreeing to disagree :)
Also thank you for your generous comments about my guide, I really appreciate it!!
Good luck with everything and I hope you keep climbing!!

-Luxeøn <3

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Hey again Luxeøn and thank you so much for answering. I really appreciate it because I couldn't find tips for Lux supporting from higher elo players, and I searched a lot. I'm just a college student and casual league player which didnt spent any money on the game but I was considering paying some higher elo player to give me some advice about Lux support, thats how badly I wanted this kind of comment. I've read your comment couple of times so I was sure I dont miss on something and again thank you so much for answering and making this fantastic guide.
Sorry if I wrote my 1st comment in a confusing way because some of those statements I did address to you so I can read your opinion on them, like adc synergies, and others like tips for laning vs counters I addressed to other players who are interested in Lux supporting, if they come across my comment. Of course I know you know everything about laning vs Leona for example, and you know it much better than me, so dont think I was trying to be a smart*** explaining to you how to lane vs Leona, I was just explaining to others because I think it could help them.

I think our main disagreements are because you're much higher elo and we build Lux support differently.

For example, you rushing Ardent with Kog'maw in lane makes synergy with him decent, while my AP build isn't really that great with Kog'maw.

With Kalista, Lux is kinda okay, not a disaster but surely not a perfect mach and I think we both agree with that. I must admit I rarely see Kalista on my team since she's hard to play and has low winrate considering all ranks a the moment. She is really unique adc and I feel like my adc cant show his best Kalista game if I pick Lux. That being said, Lux and Kalista lane could work out pretty well.

With Vayne, again I agree, she's just the best adc with Lux among all adc who dont synergies with Lux, in my opinion. The best out of bad combos I guess :D

About Jinx she does synergies with Lux pretty well and I know it, its just my personal experience that me and all of my Jinx adc's weren't on the same page in lane.

Now for lane matchups, my opinion is that every champion has couple of hard counters, and couple of champions he hard counters, and all others are skill-based. And on those skill-based there are some easier and some tougher matchups but in the end most of it comes down to skill. It comes down to skill in my elo, and elo lower than me, but in your elo overall game knowledge gets much better and even those slight advantages in lane, like Rakan has vs Lux, do make much difference, because players are aware of that and mistakes being made comes down to a minimum. Making in-depth guide would consider a scale of matchups, which you did, its just that almost everyone in yellow part of the scale I put together in one group - skill-based, because from my elo and my point of view it pretty much is the truth.
You placed Rakan and Thresh perfectly, they can cause much trouble, but if you (whoever is reading this, not addressing to you Luxeøn :D) and your adc play it right it can feel like they arent really countering you.

I faced just 2 Xerath support players while climbing to Gold 1 and I stomped both of them, they probably just got autofilled, and the reason I dont think he's much of a problem is because he gets really slow while casting his Q, you know he'll be aggressive while doing that - going towards you, so Lux can sneak her combo then. He's really squishy and has no escape mechanism so should be an easy target once you bind him. I rarely see him in midlane on my soloQ games and its even harder to find him as a support, and when I do face Xerath support thats probably an autofilled guy which makes your life in lane much easier. I think that even a Xerath midlane main would need at least 100+ games of him in support role to learn all the matchups and to learn how to play him as a support and honestly there aren't many players like that in the world. That's why I put him as an easy lane, but yeah you are right, if its evenly skilled players he can cause you trouble.

As for Shen, I cant remember when I faced Shen support, you probably see them much often because it makes sense in higher elo because of his taunt and ulti, but in lower elo people are more focused on carrying rather than having life-saving ultimate for your teammate, wherever he is. Experienced Shen supports would probably just try to avoid the poke and wait for botlane teamfight to flash + taunt which is really a threat, and which would place him in the yellow part of the scale. In lower elo I guess you can make him use his flash defensively which would make your chances of winning a teamfight much greater since its taunt is almost melee range.

For Leona, we both agree, she is really a hard counter but I found a tactic which works really good and if executed well. About Morgana and Zilean I was just making examples of knowing what to do and knowing when Morgana mains and Zilean mains play their champions and use their spells. But it looks like I didnt face a really skilled Zilean player yet :)

I did forget to mention that I find it hardest to play vs Karma, Lulu and Blitz. Karma and Lulu because they both have shields and MS boost which can sustain my poke or help them or their carry to dodge it, they do have kit to poke me too, and Lulu ultimate makes my ulti do 0 damage. With Blitz it all comes down to dodging his grab, but if me or my adc dont avoid 1 grab, we're dead. He has similar kit like Leona, Thresh or even Alistar, but among all of them I find him the hardest to play against. Again, maybe its just me and maybe I just faced Karma/Lulu/Blitz players who are overall better and more skilled players than me.

Now for the build part, I'm completely aware of why you dont build her the way I do and it just doesnt work in higher elo. While I was getting closer to Gold this season, where I've never been before, I didnt know what to expect in Gold so I signed up to reddit just to ask can I play full AP Lux support in Gold too, like I did in Silver, and climb with her. Honestly, I was expecting comments that I cant and I need to find a new main, which I even started considering, but I got couple of replies and all of them said that I should continue playing Lux this way as far as I can and since it works for me. Those answers really surprised me, and now I'm 30LP away from Platinum promo so I should thank those guys who encouraged me to continue playing AP Lux supp. I'm completely aware that, if I continue climbing, I would either have to change my main or build Lux like you do. Being flamed in lobby for picking Lux support from 3 players, and getting 3 honors after that game just gives me more confidence to continue this way as long as I can.

Again, thank you so much for taking time for answering me, your comment and opinion really helped me out a lot, and I cant wait until you start streaming. I never watched twitch streams of other players before, but you'll be the 1st and probably the only one I would watch :D

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Hey again Fawkes,

Yeah, a lot of people in higher elo don’t play Lux unfortunately. The higher you go up in the ladder, the less popular Lux is played and the lower WR she has as well. However, that doesn’t stop me from still playing her :P I'm currently D2 and I still play her in ranked all the time, so don't let the fear of higher elo stop you!

And no no you didn’t come off as a smart*** or anything, no worries!! Discussions are always okay with me, so no worries about any of it!!

With Xerath, Lux even struggles with him in the mid lane since he has such a long range and especially shorter cooldowns once he gets some CDR, but you are right, he doesn’t have any escapes besides his flash and he is squishy!! Maybe I’ll lower his down -1 just for those reasons.

As for Blitzcrank, he definitely is a harder counter to Lux because you are right, one hook and you might be dead. Plus, his silence makes it to where you can’t use spells or flash to get away. I actually forgot to put him on the top section where the green-red meter is so thank you for that LOL. The thing about Blitz though is once he misses his hook, you have a huge window of opportunity to poke and be aggressive since his hook is on such a high cooldown early on. Also if you or your ADC get hooked, a lot of people just try to run away. Don’t run away! Unless of course the ADC is 2-0 and you guys can’t fight it. If you or your ADC get hooked, immediately turn on their ADC and do damage to them. Blitz can’t stop you from doing so and I usually score a lot of kills this way.

With Lulu, she definitely looks like a hard counter, but what you want to do with her is keep the pressure on. Many Lulu’s with no pressure will be able to E a minion or even you/your ADC and then use her Q to hit both of you. When she does this, you need to then bully her/her ADC. She used her shield already so she can’t protect her ADC from incoming damage. But if you keep pressure on her, she will be forced to use her E on her ally, which also means that she won’t be getting many Frostfang stacks either since she can’t be aggressive. You will then have more gold income than her since you’re keeping that pressure and poking more. With her ult, what you need to do is keep poking them down until she is almost forced to use her ult and then all in. If you land a Q when one of them is full health and try to all in, her shield and ult will save whoever it is. However, if they are half health, her shield and ult won’t be enough with your combo + your ADC’s.

As for Karma, do remember that her Q can’t go through minions but your E can, so you have the upper advantage there. Her E can kinda stop your poke but if you do more of extended trades, she can’t do much since you will be able to proc your Q, E, and two passive auto procs + your ADC’s damage, and her shield can only shield so much. Always watch though since she can R>W and heal herself, aka why I normally just aim for the ADC in this matchup and ignore her. Once you play with them more, they become a lot easier. I’ve been playing Lux mid for years so I’m used to the way Karmas play and even Lulu’s when they were in solo lanes. They do the exact same tricks in bot lane too, you just have to watch out for them. I hope this all helped a bit and I hope these become easier counters for you!!

Grats on being so close to Plat, that’s a huuuge achievement!! If AP Lux is working for you then keep doing it. Don’t feel like you have to go full support like I do just because you’re going to hit Plat. If you play some games in Plat and maybe feel like you need to go more supportive, you can still get items like and . They still give AP, aka damage, but they are also good supportive items as well. On my guide I have a build that is boots>Eye>Ardent>Athenes>Rabadons>Void (in no specific order, get what you need first). You still dish out a ton of damage and can one shot people, but you also can heal your allies with your shield and give your ADC or whoever else attack speed and damage on hit from Ardent too!! Of course this build doesn’t work in all circumstances since it gives no defenses and only 30%CDR (unless you get CDR boots or take Transcendence), but no build will be perfect and this build would be something that might work for you- AP but with some supportive capabilities. It’s just an idea so do what works for you or what you might need to buy depending on each specific game (aka why it’s so hard to make specific builds since every game you will be buying something different). Good luck with everything and I hope you make it to Plat!! And if you’re on the NA server, feel free to add me (Luxeøn)!

Also thank you so much, I’m hoping to start streaming within the next month (it’s so nerve-wracking and I don’t know how to do it so I’m going to learn and face my fear hahaha) so stay tuned <3

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Thank you so much for advices on playing vs Blitz, Karma and Lulu, and about build advice. I'll sure test it out soon. Unfortunately I'm on EUNE server so can't add you. Wish you all of luck, fellow Lux main :)

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