Lux vs Rakan
How to Beat Rakan as Lux
based on 10,526 Lux vs Rakan matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lux vs Rakan Matchup Summary
Best Lux vs Rakan Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Rakan as Lux
Tips for Playing as Lux against Rakan
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 Rakan
Champions with crowd control that can be applied quickly excel against Rakan.
Catching Rakan with no allies around severely inhibits his mobility. Try to find him alone.
Rakan's movement abilities forecast their destination. Try to use this to your advantage.
Lux vs Rakan Counter Stats
How to Counter Rakan with Lux in LoL
The stats shown here show some significant Lux against Rakan counter stats that can help you explain the differences between the two. As an example, Lux’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Rakan’s ratio of NaN, showing that Lux may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Rakan. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Lux typically has a much larger longest killing spree than her counter does. On average, she takes less damage than Rakan. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lux and Rakan
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Who is Better, Lux or Rakan?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Lux usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Rakan, with a 49.8% win rate. Therefore, Lux makes an ok counter for Rakan.
While Lux does have a lower win rate than Rakan, when facing one another, Lux also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Lux into Rakan.
Moreover, Lux has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Rakan. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Lux vs Rakan matchups, Rakan is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Lux is a somewhat poor counter to Rakan. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Lux against Rakan.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Lux to counter Rakan during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen 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 picks up more CS compared to Rakan. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The best items to use in your Lux versus Rakan build include Stormsurge, Liandry's Torment, and Luden's Companion. When Lux included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better vs. Rakan than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Lux had an average win rate of 49.8% battling Rakan with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Rakan as Lux, you should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Lux vs Rakan counter picks, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.8% winrate overall.
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