I just permaban this champ, his entire kit counters you in lane : wall, dashes, tornado. I don't really have advices against him. Dodge or good luck!
Yone
Flash - TP - Scaling HP. COMET with bone plating /FIRST STRIKE / (ELECTROCUTE?)
Going for barrier would be a bait IMO, because if he can reach you it doesn't matter whether you have a barrier or not : he has too much dps to kill you anyway. If I could ban an other champion, it would probably be Yone. The good thing is, his E is very telegraphed and his 3rd Q commits him way more than yasuo. His ulti is a threat, so be ready to dodge it or flash it out. Depending on how good your laning phase went, you can go even with him. The sad truth is, that he will always outscales you once he reaches his items. Play with your team!
Irelia
Flash - TP (barrier can work) - Flat HP. COMET with bone plating / (ELECTROCUTE?)
Q start.
Same thing with yone, if she reaches you, usually she will have enough dps to cut through your barrier no matter what. Try not to walk too far in lane or she will catch you with minions. The only window to shut her down is before her BRK, so call your jungler if she pushes too much. After that she will just go for magic resist and you won't ever be able to one shot her.
Play with your team since you are more useful in teamfights : if you land a good q on her she will get down easily!
Sylas
Flash - TP (ignite or barrier can work) - Scaling HP. COMET with bone plating
Q start if he starts E.
Sylas is a tricky matchup depending on the player you're facing. if they're good, they will make your laning phase a nightmare. Your Q is just too slow, he can just use his E to dodge it and gap-close you at the same time and land his chain. I would actually recommend to play super safe in this lane because if you both go 0-0-0, it is to your advantage. If he doesn't go for zhonyas, he's a pretty easy target to one shot from afar in fights. If the sylas player is bad, this match up turns into easy since you will just be able to one shot him with your combo.
Fizz
Flash - TP (Barrier can work) - Flat HP. COMET with bone plating
Q start if he starts E.
I like to go zhonyas 2nd or 3rd item vs Fizz : it denies his R > E combo very well.
Pre-level 6, try to poke him as much as you can without losing HPs, so you can be full health and not him when you both reach level 6. At that time, he won't be able to 100-0% you with barrier up.
If you don't panic, have right items and don't waste your spells on his E, this matchup is not so horrible as people think it is. Play with your team!
Akali
Flash - TP (Barrier can work) - Flat HP. COMET with bone plating
You win early but can't really kill her due to dshield + second wind. Play for first strike golds and prio, after lvl 6 don't step too far on the lane or she'll just run you down. Overall play for prio and help your team. If you can get decent chunks on her from afar it's good, but don't get greedy and come too close or she'll kill you.
Katarina
Flash - Barrier/(exhaust?) - Flat HP. COMET with bone plating
I like to go barrier against katarina because usually that will allow me to deny her burst and deny her a reset. It will most likely screw up her fight, so that's nice.
You easily get prio, be sure to not step onto her daggers and she will never kill you. It is possible for you to kill her in laning phase, but usually good kata players will just survive laning phase and wait for roams to get fed. Play with your team later on!
Viktor
Flash - TP - Scaling HP. COMET/(electrocute?)
I think Viktor is the hardest mage matchup for Lux midlane, because he out trades you in every scenario : his E has more range than yours and if you try to get close, his Q shield + dmg will out trade you aswell. His damages are undodgable while yours require to actually hit your spells, that's why this matchup's so hard. He scales hard but you scale decently as well, play for picks cause he's still an easy target to one shot later on!
Qiyana
Flash - TP (barrier can work) - Flat HP. COMET with bone plating / (ELECTROCUTE?)
As long as you don't stand near walls, you probably won't get one shot with barrier.
You can easily poke her out of lane. Be careful if you drop under 50%HP because she can one shot you without ulti very easily.
When you have items, you can one shot her. Be careful thought if she buys Edge of Night and Serpent's Feng. (That's why barrier isn't necessary that good vs her)
Ahri
Flash - TP (barrier can work) - Scaling HP. COMET with bone plating
If you can land Qs and chunk her, you will win and have pressure in lane. If she gets a charm on you then it's the opposite. Once lvl 6 don't try to trade as much, she can simply gap close with ulti to get a good charm. Play for long range Qs to chunk her with your ult and the matchup's shouldn't be hard. Usually poking her in lane makes you win this matchup.
Akshan
Flash - TP - Scaling HP. COMET with bone plating/Electrocute?
Play safe early game since he might take ignite and he wins trades hard lvl 1, 2, 3. He will probably get prio the first two waves. Try to land Qs from afar to chunk him down, and force short trades. Once you have your items, he's just a regular adc you can one shot.
I have to try to go ignite + electrocute + stormsurge 1st item to see how it goes vs him.
Annie
Flash - TP - Flat HP. COMET with bone plating
Go for banshee's if enemy AP jungler.
Annie pre-level 6 is easy to deal with, don't go for passive procs though, unless she uses her spells on the wave. When you reach level 6, you should be super wary about her flash + R combo. Always try to predict her flash in so you can flash out. Once you get banshees she shouldn't be a problem for you anymore.
Aurelion Sol
Flash - TP - Scaling HP. FIRST STRIKE
I place this matchup in even because you should win lane and have prio (if you don't fk up lvl 1 and get chunked). However, later in the game he scales way harder than you, and will often outimpact you because he has such large AoEs.
Azir isn't that much of a threat for Lux, only be careful about his E Q R combo, but you can flash it.
He's very easy to catch and one shot once you get your items.
Cassiopeia
Flash - TP - Scaling HP. FIRST STRIKE / (ELECTROCUTE?)
If she has good movement, this matchup is super hard. Play from far away and she won't kill you. Just look for very very short trades/pokes with q+e or ulti just to chunk her. You will never 100%- 0% her because of RoA and Archangel
Get prio and play with your team!
Corki
Flash - TP - Scaling HP.
Corki isn't that much of a threat, but keep in mind that he still has decent damage early on with his E. You should always dodge his Q to avoid free damage. He'll probably be hard to kill because of hexdrinker, but he can't really kill you either if you just poke him.
Diana
Flash - TP (barrier can work) - Flat HP. COMET with bone plating / (ELECTROCUTE?)
Go for banshee's if enemy AP jungler.
Diana is a Lux favored matchup if you dodge her Qs, if you don't, the matchup turns to hell. You have the tools early on to poke her out of lane.
Be very careful level 3 if she has ignite and electrocute she can 80% to 0% you.
Again, play from afar and try to look for long range Qs in order to chunk her with ulti. Usually she will buy full AP so she remains one shottable for you.
Ekko
Flash - TP (Barrier can work) - Flat HP. FIRST STRIKE / (ELECTROCUTE?)
Start Q. Be careful of his runes : if he took hail of blade, he will most likely start E and try to chunk you lvl 1. His damage can be surprisingly high early on if he reaches you with his E. Be prepared.
Later in the game he has a very fast waveclear with his Q, which is bad for you until you get 5 points in E. After 6, if you ever hit a Q on him, don't hesitate to ult to chunk him, if he ults to regen, you're winning because your ulti has a lower cd than his.
The thing VS ekko is that he can't use his ultimate for 2 seconds when you Q him (unless he has mercs). So that's the window you have to be able to DPS him as much as you can to get the kill, otherwise he will survive.
That's why I think maybe going for electrocute, ludens + stormsurge can be good.
Galio
Flash - TP - Scaling HP. FIRST STRIKE
Galio can't really kill you but you can't kill him either. You can poke him easily and have lane prio.
He will most likely try to push the whole game in order to find good ultis for his team, try to perma push the waves in order to prevent it.
Play with your jungler.
Maybe you look for the black torch liandry build if the rest of his team are tanks.
Hwei
Flash - TP - Scaling HP. COMET or FIRST STRIKE (if good movements)
You have range advantage 50% of the time depending on what spells he uses.
He's lowkey a mirror matchup for you as Lux. Obviously he has more spells than you which makes him more versatile. After 2 items, he'll be kinda hard to one shot due to his Archangel's shield. Matchup is relying on who will dodge the spells of the other.
Jayce
Flash - TP - Scaling HP. FIRST STRIKE
If you dodge Jayce's E+Q, then he can't really do anything to you.
Be careful as he is stronger than you in skirmishes. After level 6, if he doesn't build hexdrinker, you can have kill pressure on him anytime you land some Qs.
Karma
Flash - TP - Scaling HP.
Karma midlane is strong depending the patch, one thing for sure is that all your spells have more range than hers. Later if you ever hit a Q on her and she can't mantra W, she is most likely dead. She also downscales super hard, you scale way better.
You want to avoid to have too many AP champs in your team against kassadin, however if he locked it that's probably the reason why.
You can bully him early on (pre-level 6). However if he's smart he will just run dshield + second wind and go into gigascaling mode. The best you can do as Lux is to farm gold from first strike off of him, and use your early prio to help your jungler. You will never be able to kill him or even be near him in lategame. I would recommend to go for scaling runes so at least you can one shot his botlane later on.
Play with your team to get a lead!
LeBlanc
Flash - TP (barrier can work) - Flat HP. COMET with bone plating
Q start, since most of LBs will start W to trade you lvl 1.
Go for banshee's if ennemy AP jungler.
In people's mind, this matchup is LeBlanc favoured, but IMO it's pretty Lux favoured if both are the same elo.
Let me explain to you how it works : in lane everytime you sense she wants to W you, don't hesitate to instantly throw your Q and W on yourself to root her and negate most of her damage, like this, your Q should always hit. Then usually, you will have time to passive proc + E + passive proc, and there you won the trade. Post level 6, it is even easier because you have kill pressure. LeBlanc is really threatening when she's full health, but she's not that much of a threat once you chunked her. The way for her to outplay you, is to take short trades onto you with Ws just to get close to you and trading with sigil + chain. But most LBs won't do that.
Lissandra
Flash - TP - Flat HP. FIRST STRIKE
Go for banshee's if enemy AP jungler.
You have a big range advantage! You can usually poke her for free.
Lissandra doesn't have much counterplay against you, since her gap closer (E) is very telegraphed. Most of the time if you full combo her, she will self ult, but again, you win because your ult has a lower cd.
Be careful of where her jgl/supp are, given that she has amazing gank setup.
Malzahar
Flash - TP - Scaling HP. FIRST STRIKE
Malzahar is a worse version of Lissandra : he only has 1 hard CC and no gap closer besides his flash. To proc his passive in lane without wasting your spells : Send your E -> The slow will break his E and once his shield is gone detonate your E.
He can't 100%-0% you alone even with flash.
Be very careful of where his jungler is because he has amazing gank setup.
Naafiri
Flash - TP - Scaling HP. COMET with bone plating
Naafiri is very annoying : She can dodge your Q with her W, has 2 GAP closers. She can also block your Q with little dogs. This means you will never kill a good naafiri in lane.
Be super careful when you don't have Q cd because her all in potential is scary.
Neeko
Flash - TP - Scaling HP.
You have a range advantage against Neeko, however she has kill pressure on you if she hits a lot of Qs on you. pay attention to the waves in case you have 4 melee creeps. As usual play for poke and chunks to force her out of lane.
Orianna
Flash - TP - Scaling HP. COMET/(electrocute?)
A good Orianna is hard to beat because even though you have a slight range advantage, you can almost never go for passive procs in lanes due to her passive. She is more useful than you for her team with her shield, speedboost and airborn AoE cc. She can be hard to kill if she builds archangels, so don't try to trade too much and only go for Q + E + R from afar to win your trades.
Ryze
Flash - TP - Scaling HP. FIRST STRIKE/Electrocute?
Play with your range!
Ryze is an awkward champ because you don't see him that much. He's usually a (somehow) tanky farming robot. Since he has this tankiness, I'd say that you should chill and enjoy the farming simulator lane aswell. You can still poke him out of lane, but as the Cassiopeia matchup, if he has good mouvements, you can never really win. But if you ever hit Q he's dead if your team is around.
Syndra
Flash - TP - Scaling HP. COMET with bone plating
She has less range than you, except with her E+Q combo. Be prepared to dodge it when you feel she's stepping forward and usually you're free to poke her when her stun is down. Post level 6, don't try to go for passive procs because you will instantly lose the trade if she ever has the range to ult you.
Talon
Flash - Barrier - Flat HP. COMET with bone plating
Talon's gameplay is very telegraphed IMO, level 1-2-3 he will almost always try to go for a cheesy passive proc play. Knowing that, I like to trade a lot with him and play to the limit with barrier, usually they don't expect barrier tanking so much of their dmg so they die.
After level 6, the lane is just pushing simulator, as he will try to push as fast as possible in order to roam on the map.
Try to match his push and play with your jungler!
Tristana
Flash - TP - Scaling HP. COMET with bone plating
You have to be careful of Tristana's lvl 2 all in jump. If you avoided it, the lane is pretty boring since she will desperately push to try to get plates from your turret.
The solution is quite simple : match her push safely and she'll be useless, considering she's a regular adc that can get one shot by your full combo once you have 2 items.
Twisted Fate
Flash - TP - Scaling HPs. COMET with bone plating.
TP is mandatory against TF because he will basically have 2 TPs because of his kit. In lane, before he gets tier 2 boots he'll be easy to poke out of lane. The thing is, is movespeed build makes it super hard for you to hit you spells.
After 6, unless you can find a good Q, Focus on the waves rather than hitting him and try to prevent his roams as much as possible.
Veigar
Flash - TP - Scaling HPs. FIRST STRIKE
Abuse his very weak early game.
Veigar is usually a free matchup for Lux, before level 6, you can go for passive procs. However once you're lvl 6, try to stay as far away as you can or he'll nuke you. He is easily one-shottable due to your range and damage, so play for chunks with long range combos.
Vel'Koz
Flash - TP - Scaling HP. COMET
Vel'Koz is annoying because only OTPs play him. This lane is poking and movement simulator, just like Hwei, Ziggs and Xerath. Try to outpush him so he has to choose between hitting spells on you or the wave.
Vex
Flash - TP - Scaling HP. FIRST STRIKE
You outrange her before level 6, try to get your passive procs only if her fear is down.
After 6, be careful with her ult, because she can 100%-0% you, just like fizz. To avoid it, I'd recommend to buy either banshee's or zhonyas depending on ennemy team. She is easily pokable in lane though.
Vladimir
Flash - TP - Scaling HPs. FIRST STRIKE
You can bully him in lane pre level 6.
Don't fall too low health in this lane or he will dive you with his pool and you have no counterplay against that. Poking him later is hard because of his sustain.
He can always W your full combo. Play with your range to nullify his power, you have range advantage.
Xerath
Flash - TP - Scaling HPs. COMET
Xerath is very annoying because he is one of the few champs that actually outranges you.
You should NEVER in your wave against xerath, so he has to choose between hitting you or the wave. Push the lane hard so he doesn't get the chance to harass you under turret for free.
If both players are good, the matchup is even, since both of you literally only have skillshots as spells.
Buy early tier 2 boots to prevent getting hit by too much skillshots. May the best scripter win!
Zed
Flash - TP/(Barrier can work) - Flat HP. COMET/FIRST STRIKE/ELECTROCUTE?
Good zeds will proc your first strike before you so be careful...
Zhonyas 2nd item is a must.
I actually think the Zed matchup is even as Lux, because if you play it decently, he can never really kill you unless he pokes you first. If he ever tries to all you when you're full health, land you Q behind you and throw all of your spells because he is 100% getting hit if you have good timing.
Ziggs
Flash - TP - Scaling HPs. COMET
Ziggs doesn't really have kill pressure on you. Don't stand in the wave so he can't push and poke you at the same time!
Try to match his push so you can protect your tower and pretty much nullify him.
Ask some help from your jungler if he pushes too much.
Zoe
Flash - TP - Flat HP. COMET/ ELECTROCUTE?
I'd say Zoe HAS kill pressure on you if she lands her bubble. The thing is you can Q before falling asleep and if you hit her you're safe, but it is very risky.
You outrange her most of the time.
You can free Q + R on where she R.
Anivia
Flash - TP - Scaling HPs. FIRST STRIKE
NPC Farming simulator lane. Unless she's very bad, you'll never be able to kill this champ, because you have to kill her TWICE.
Go for CDR and try to outpush her.
Anivia to me is a worse version of Cassiopeia and Ryze because all of her dps comes from her ult, which requires her not move away from it. Considering that, you pretty much are free to hit your spells on her, and never to get into her range. If she just missed Q, walk to her to proc your spells and your passive because she's a minion. The sad thing is, you aren't really going to kill her a lot in laning phase, since you have to kill her twice. If you made her flash, call your jungler for a free kill.
Taliyah
Flash - TP - Scaling HPs. FIRST STRIKE
You can take prio early, but it's harder to have prio later. She usually wants to push fast and roam after her 1st item, kind of like Galio, TF, Ryze.
Taliyah doesn't have much kill pressure early game as you do. Later, it's quite the opposite since she probably is going to build archangels + zhonyas. At this point you should already have taken a lead because the laning phase is easy. If you go for passive procs in lane, it is mandatory that you dodge her W. Play for sneaky Qs with your long range.
Zilean
Flash - TP - Scaling HPs. FIRST STRIKE
It's been a long time since I saw midlane Zliean but who knows. The champ is really bad in a 1v1 situation. He's most likely always going to need his jungler to kill you.
After level 6, you can force his ulti with your combo, which is huge because 1) you have a lower cooldown, 2) his ulti is way more useful in a teamfight than yours.
Pantheon
Flash - TP - Scaling HP. COMET with bone plating
I think pantheon is a melee/burst version of Twisted Fate. I don't see him quite often in midlane, but as any melee champ, you can get easy prio on him and easy poking aswell. Be careful not to come too close of his W range.
A good thing to know against panth about his E shield, is that you can actually bypass his invulnerability if your damages comes from behind him. (You can do a fancy flash for a tiktok chinese play)
Mel
Flash - TP - Scaling HP. COMET
NEVER land your Q if her W is up. It's as simple as that. Very uninteractive lane. She outranges you with her Q, this can be annoying if you play first strike. Play for prio and roams!
Aurora
Flash - TP - Scaling HP. FIRST STRIKE/ELECTROCUTE?
You outrange her in lane. If you ever hit Q with full combo she's cooked.
Be careful of her ulti because good auroras will use it to dodge your Q and gap close you.
Morgana
Flash - TP - Scaling HP. First strike
NPC pushing lane. If she's good you will never be able to kill her.
However you have range advantage!
Don't stand in your wave so you won't get hit by her W for free.
Kayle
Flash - TP - Scaling HP. FIRST STRIKE
This lane is a battle vs the clock.
Use her immensely weak early game to get a lead and don't let her breathe! Try to get prio for dragons, grubs, herald, botlane roams... Take everything before she scales.
If she starts to get fed, you will struggle a lot.
The good thing is that you have a range advantage, and in lategame, trading your R for hers is a LOT more valuable for you.
Smolder
Flash - TP - Scaling HP. FIRST STRIKE
He has weak early game, try to abuse it!
You can poke him and have prio early game.
He's pretty much a regular adc you can one shot when you get yours items.
Don't let him stack too much for free or he will be super annoying later in the game.
Swain
Flash - TP - Scaling HP. FIRST STRIKE
As long as you don't get hit by his E, this is a really easy match up for you.
Best case scenario for you is to catch him before he ults in teamfight so he gets one shot easily.
Vi
Very easy for you to hit your Q with her R.
Jarvan IV
Wait for his combo to Q onto it.
Easy E + R combo in his ulti.
Lee Sin
If you hit Q he can follow amazingly well
Thresh
Q on his Q
Nautilus
Q on his Q or passive or R
Pyke
Q on his Q/stun
Leona
AMAZING support for a Lux game. She has 3 cc that can allow you to hit your difficult spells
Amumu
Amazing CCs
Alistar
Blitzcrank
Janna
Lulu
Karma
Soraka
Ashe
Caitlyn
Viego
Braum
Jhin
Morgana
Zac
Rammus
Rek'Sai
Skarner
Renekton
Zyra
Neeko
Kha'Zix
Kayn
Volibear
Varus
Seraphine
Milio
Synergies
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Vi
Very easy for you to hit your Q with her R.
Jarvan IV
Wait for his combo to Q onto it.
Easy E + R combo in his ulti.
Lee Sin
If you hit Q he can follow amazingly well
Thresh
Q on his Q
Nautilus
Q on his Q or passive or R
Pyke
Q on his Q/stun
Leona
AMAZING support for a Lux game. She has 3 cc that can allow you to hit your difficult spells
[25.23] MIDLANE Carry Lux : Build and Match-Ups explained!
Build Guide By Yannou-Ari
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