Lux vs Gwen
How to Beat Gwen as Lux
based on 7,824 Lux vs Gwen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lux vs Gwen Matchup Summary
Best Lux vs Gwen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gwen as Lux
Tips for Playing as Lux against Gwen
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 Gwen
Gwen must hit something to recast her Ultimate, try to evade her between casts.
Gwen needs to attack a few times to set up her damage, so try to get the jump on her.
Gwen's Hallowed Mist shroud will only follow her once, after that it will dissipate when she leaves.
Lux vs Gwen Counter Stats
How to Counter Gwen with Lux in LoL
The stats provided here show several valuable Lux against Gwen matchup stats that may help you realize the differences between these two champions. For instance, Lux’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Gwen’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Lux may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Gwen. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Lux often has a similar longest killing spree as her enemy does. Typically, she receives less damage than Gwen. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lux and Gwen
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Who is Better, Lux or Gwen?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Lux usually wins when playing against Gwen, with a 51.3% win rate. Therefore, Lux makes a good counter to Gwen.
While Lux does have a higher win rate than Gwen, when facing one another, Lux also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Lux into Gwen.
Furthermore, Lux has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gwen. 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 in League of Legends, in Lux vs Gwen matchups, Lux is the better champion with a higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Lux is a decent counter to Gwen. Focus your play on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Lux against Gwen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Lux to counter Gwen during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lux on average racks up less CS relative to Gwen. Champions who typically don't take much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Lux versus Gwen build include Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Horizon Focus, and Shadowflame. When Lux combined at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better countering Gwen than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Lux had an average winrate of 51.3% when countering Gwen with this build.
To have the highest probability of crushing Gwen as Lux, you should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Coup de Grace, and Presence of Mind runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Lux vs Gwen fights, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.3% winrate overall.
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