If at low health, you can take advantage of Demon Shade's healing and Camouflage to return to the fight and surprise opponents.
While stealthed, pay attention to when you are (near) being detected by enemy champions. This is identified by the glowing yellow and red eyes over nearby enemy champions.
Allure's arm time might seem long, but the Charm and magic resist shred put Evelynn at an exteme advantage so are worth the wait.
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.
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several critical Evelynn against Lux matchup stats that may help us grasp the distinctions between this pair of champions. For instance, Evelynn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Lux’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Evelynn may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Lux. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Evelynn often has a much larger longest killing spree than her counter does. On average, she receives more damage than Lux. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Evelynn usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Lux, with a 50.6% win rate. Thus, Evelynn makes an ok counter to Lux.
While Evelynn does have a higher winrate than Lux, when facing one another, Evelynn also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Evelynn into Luxas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Evelynn has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Lux. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Evelynn vs Lux matchups, Evelynn is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Evelynn is a decent counter for Lux. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Evelynn against Lux.
If you would like to truly master Evelynn 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 tips presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Evelynn on average accumulates a lot less CS compared to Lux. Champions who typically don't get much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Evelynn versus Lux build include Lich Bane, Banshee's Veil, and Stormsurge. When Evelynn included at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better vs. Lux than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Evelynn had an average win rate of 50.6% when countering Lux with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Lux as Evelynn, Evelynn players should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Evelynn vs Lux counter picks, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.6% win rate overall.
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