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Recommended Items
Spells:
Exhaust
Flash
Items
Ability Order
Illumination (PASSIVE)
Lux Passive Ability
Introduction
With an amazing shield, two excellent scouting abilities and a long, two-target snare, Lux has everything that a support desperately needs to protect his team. Even with a low-cost build, she can do miracles on the battlefield.

This is a remake of my old Lux guide from S2. Rather than explaining all the general things about Supporting and Lux again, I suggest you read these guides first:
The usefullness of


Other choices for support spells are



The main issue you want to adress with runes is Armor. Lux's base Armor of 8 isn't enough. I also try to get an even 15% CDR - cooldown reduction - from runes and masteries and depending on my mastery choice, I use


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You aim for gold (







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and
- Lowered
CD: 300 -> 255 sec and
CD: 210 -> 189 sec.
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- -10 Armor and MR increase burst damage by ~10%.
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- Especially helps your
. They have smaller range than Sight Ward.





















After many games starting Q, I decided to revert to my old skilling order and take E first - unless faced with a jungle invasion or lvl 1 gank, the zoning power it provides in lane incredibly helps with getting through the early levels savely. Bush control, movement disruption, and quite some damage are your best bet to keep strong melee champions at distance, as well as trade with kiting and poking ranged annoyances. Take

When you decide on leveling Q or E after your shield, the lowered CD on your snare is much more valuable than a damage, slow and mana cost increase on AOE damage.


With




Your first priority will always be a


You proceed with your two core items:




This will be your core, only rarely deviating when you get a Kage's Lucky Pick early. Your first big purchase will be either




Now that you are loaded with defense and protection, and all your kit is ready to use - you have enough mana regeneration and CDR - it is time for your final items. Sometimes I go for cheap AP support items now, that add to CC -







Why no 6th item you may ask ? Well you are a support, you need to provide vision! Believe me when I say that



- When to take Lux ? - She works best with fighter teams as she is best at using her skills in repeated cycles. If you want burst or AOE damage, you better play her mid.
- When to avoid Lux ? - Some support items like
Aegis of the Legion or Zeke's Herald are terrible on her, and you better pick a different support if your jungler cant get them.

Before you post, think about this: Its a miniguide, so takes those 60 seconds to completely read it and your confusions might be gone.
Thank you for reading!
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