Lux vs Caitlyn
How to Beat Caitlyn as Lux
based on 38,205 Lux vs Caitlyn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lux vs Caitlyn Matchup Summary
Best Lux vs Caitlyn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Caitlyn as Lux
Tips for Playing as Lux against Caitlyn
If you have trouble landing Prismatic Barrier, remember that it returns to you after it reaches max range. Try positioning yourself to hit your allies with its return trip.
Lux has great zone control abilities. Try to set up Lucent Singularity to prevent an enemy's advance or escape.
Lucent Singularity is a great scouting tool. Try throwing it into brush before walking into it to check for ambushes.
Advice to Win Against Caitlyn
Keep behind allied minions if Caitlyn is harassing you with Piltover Peacemaker (it deals less damage with each subsequent target).
You can intercept Ace in the Hole's missile from hitting an ally if you stand in its path.
Lux vs Caitlyn Counter Stats
How to Counter Caitlyn with Lux in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify several influential Lux vs. Caitlyn counter statistics that may help you grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Lux’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Caitlyn’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Lux may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Caitlyn. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Lux typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her matchup does. On average, she takes less damage than Caitlyn. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Lux and Caitlyn
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Who is Better, Lux or Caitlyn?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Lux usually wins when facing off against Caitlyn, with a 51.1% win rate. Therefore, Lux makes a good counter for Caitlyn.
While Lux does have a higher winrate than Caitlyn, when on opposite teams, Lux also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less difficult character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Lux into Caitlyn.
Furthermore, Lux has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Caitlyn. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Lux vs Caitlyn matchups, Lux is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Lux is a decent counter for Caitlyn. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Lux against Caitlyn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Lux to counter Caitlyn during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lux usually accumulates less CS compared to Caitlyn. Champions who typically don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Lux versus Caitlyn build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Stormsurge. When Lux included at least these three items in her build, she performed much better against Caitlyn than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Lux boasted an average winrate of 51.1% when countering Caitlyn with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Caitlyn as Lux, you should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Ultimate Hunter, and Cheap Shot runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Lux vs Caitlyn matchups, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.1% winrate overall.
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