Lux vs Jax
How to Beat Jax as Lux
based on 26,352 Lux vs Jax matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lux vs Jax Matchup Summary
Best Lux vs Jax Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jax as Lux
Tips for Playing as Lux against Jax
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 Jax
Try to engage him in short bursts instead of going toe-to-toe with him. Preventing him from attacking consecutively drastically lowers his damage output.
Jax can dodge all incoming attacks for a very short amount of time and stuns enemies in melee range when it ends. Wait to strike him until after his dodge is finished.
Lux vs Jax Counter Stats
How to Counter Jax with Lux in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some critical Lux versus Jax matchup stats that may help you figure out the differences and similarities between these two champions. As an example, Lux’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Jax’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Lux may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Jax. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Lux typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her counter does. Typically, she takes less damage than Jax. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lux and Jax
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Who is Better, Lux or Jax?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Lux usually fairs equally well when facing off against Jax, with a 49.1% win rate. As a result, Lux makes an ok counter to Jax.
While Lux does have a lower win rate than Jax, when on opposite teams, Lux also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more time consuming champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Lux into Jax.
Moreover, Lux has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jax. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Lux vs Jax matchups, Jax is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Lux is a somewhat poor counter for Jax. Focus your play on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Lux against Jax.
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Additional Information for Lux Players
How We Calculated Our Lux vs Jax Build and Stats
Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Lux in order to counter Jax during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lux on average accumulates a similar amount of CS as Jax. Champions who on average don't get much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale 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 situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Lux versus Jax build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Malignance, and Luden's Companion. When Lux combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better when fighting Jax than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Lux had an average winrate of 49.1% when countering Jax with this build.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Jax as Lux, you should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Lux vs Jax counter picks, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.1% winrate overall.
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