Lux vs Olaf
How to Beat Olaf as Lux
based on 3,442 Lux vs Olaf matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lux vs Olaf Matchup Summary
Best Lux vs Olaf Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Olaf as Lux
Tips for Playing as Lux against Olaf
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 Olaf
Olaf has reduced defenses from damage during Ragnarok, despite being immune to disables. If you can't escape from Olaf during Ragnarok, try focusing your damage on him with your teammates.
Olaf becomes more dangerous the lower life he is. Save your disables to finish him off.
Preventing Olaf from reaching his axe will minimize the amount of harassment he can cause in the laning phase.
Lux vs Olaf Counter Stats
How to Counter Olaf with Lux in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify some significant Lux vs. Olaf matchup stats that can help us appreciate the distinctions between the pair. Lux’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Olaf’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Lux may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Olaf. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Lux normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her opponent does. Typically, she takes less damage than Olaf. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Lux or Olaf?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Lux usually fairs equally well when playing against Olaf, with a 50.5% win rate. Therefore, Lux makes an ok counter to Olaf.
While Lux does have a higher winrate than Olaf, when they face off with one another, Lux also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Lux into Olaf.
Moreover, Lux also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Olaf. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Lux vs Olaf matchups, Lux is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Lux is a decent counter to Olaf. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Lux against Olaf.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Lux to counter Olaf during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lux typically picks up less CS as Olaf. Champs who typically don't get much CS typically don't have to have 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 a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Lux versus Olaf build include Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Lux combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better vs Olaf than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Lux boasted an average win rate of 50.5% battling Olaf with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Olaf as Lux, you should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Lux vs Olaf matchups, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.5% win rate overall.
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