Aphelios vs Lux
How to Beat Lux as Aphelios
based on 8,411 Aphelios vs Lux matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Aphelios vs Lux Matchup Summary
Best Aphelios vs Lux Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lux as Aphelios
Tips for Playing as Aphelios against Lux
Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.
Advice to Win Against Lux
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.
Lux has powerful zone control abilities. Try to spread out and attack from different directions so she cannot lock down a specific area.
Aphelios vs Lux Counter Stats
How to Counter Lux with Aphelios in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore several valuable Aphelios versus Lux matchup stats that may help you distinguish the differences between the pair. For instance, Aphelios’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Lux’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Aphelios may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Lux..
Aphelios normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his foe does. On average, he receives more damage than Lux. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Aphelios and Lux
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Who is Better, Aphelios or Lux?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Aphelios usually loses when facing off against Lux, with a 48.7% win rate. Therefore, Aphelios makes a poor counter to Lux.
While Aphelios does have a lower win rate compared to Lux, when they face off with one another, Aphelios also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Aphelios into Luxas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Aphelios has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lux. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Aphelios vs Lux matchups, Lux is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Aphelios is a somewhat poor counter to Lux. Focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Aphelios against Lux.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Aphelios in order to counter Lux during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Aphelios typically racks up more CS as Lux. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The top items to use in your Aphelios versus Lux build include Infinity Edge, Rapid Firecannon, and Stormrazor. When Aphelios included at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs Lux than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Aphelios had an average win rate of 48.7% battling Lux with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Lux as Aphelios, Aphelios players should equip the Press the Attack, Overheal, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Aphelios vs Lux counterpicks, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.7% winrate overall.
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