Lux vs Darius
How to Beat Darius as Lux
based on 13,293 Lux vs Darius matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lux vs Darius Matchup Summary
Best Lux vs Darius Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Darius as Lux
Tips for Playing as Lux against Darius
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 Darius
When Darius's axe grab is on cooldown, he is vulnerable to harassment attacks.
Darius's ability to escape from fights is limited. If you have an advantage against him, press your lead.
Lux vs Darius Counter Stats
How to Counter Darius with Lux in LoL
The stats shown here underscore some vital Lux vs. Darius counter stats that can help us figure out the differences between the two. As an example, Lux’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Darius’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Lux may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Darius. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Lux usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. On average, she takes less damage than Darius. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lux and Darius
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Who is Better, Lux or Darius?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Lux usually wins when taking on Darius, with a 51.4% win rate. Thus, Lux makes a good counter to Darius.
While Lux does have a higher win rate than Darius, when they face off with one another, Lux also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more difficult character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Lux into Darius.
Furthermore, Lux has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Darius. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Lux vs Darius matchups, Lux is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Lux is a decent counter for Darius. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Lux against Darius.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Lux to counter Darius during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lux often accumulates less CS as Darius. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The best items to use in your Lux versus Darius build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Lux incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better vs Darius than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Lux boasted an average win rate of 51.4% when playing against Darius with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Darius as Lux, Lux players should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Lux vs Darius counters, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.4% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Darius as Lux are presented for all ranked divisions. If you would like to filter the statistics and builds to an individual player tier, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.