Lux vs Kayle
How to Beat Kayle as Lux
based on 11,347 Lux vs Kayle matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lux vs Kayle Matchup Summary
Best Lux vs Kayle Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayle as Lux
Tips for Playing as Lux against Kayle
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 Kayle
Kayle starts the game as a weaker melee champion. Try to put her behind before she ascends to her ranged form.
Kayle is usually a fragile target. If you see her ultimate cast on an ally, switch to attacking her.
Divine Judgment only grants Kayle or her allies immunity to damage. Slows and stuns can still be applied, so trap them if they're being overzealous.
Lux vs Kayle Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayle with Lux in LoL
The stats shown here highlight several important Lux versus Kayle matchup stats that may help us figure out the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Lux’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kayle’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Lux may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Kayle. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Lux often has a similar longest kill spree as her opponent does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Kayle. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Lux and Kayle
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Who is Better, Lux or Kayle?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Lux usually loses when taking on Kayle, with a 48.9% win rate. Thus, Lux makes a bad counter for Kayle.
While Lux does have a lower winrate compared to Kayle, when facing one another, Lux also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less complex champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Lux into Kayle.
Moreover, Lux also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kayle. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Lux vs Kayle matchups, Kayle is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Lux is a somewhat poor counter for Kayle. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Lux against Kayle.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Lux in order to counter Kayle 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 pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lux on average racks up less CS as Kayle. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Lux versus Kayle build consist of Horizon Focus, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Lux incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better countering Kayle than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Lux had an average win rate of 48.9% battling Kayle with this build.
To have the best probability of beating Kayle as Lux, Lux players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Lux vs Kayle LoL games, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.9% winrate overall.
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