Lux vs Talon
How to Beat Talon as Lux
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Lux vs Talon Matchup Summary
Best Lux vs Talon Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Talon as Lux
Tips for Playing as Lux against Talon
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 Talon
Talon is heavily reliant on Shadow Assault to escape a fight. When it is down he's significantly more vulnerable.
Talon has unrivaled roaming ability. Make sure to keep track of his position or force him to stay in lane by pushing aggressively.
Talon's attacks are all physical damage. Build armor early to counter his burst damage.
Lux vs Talon Counter Stats
How to Counter Talon with Lux in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several strategic Lux versus Talon matchup stats that can help you explain the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Lux’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Talon’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Lux may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Talon. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Lux often has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her matchup does. On average, she receives less damage than Talon. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lux and Talon
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Who is Better, Lux or Talon?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Lux usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Talon, with a 50.6% win rate. Therefore, Lux makes an ok counter to Talon.
While Lux does have a higher win rate compared to Talon, when facing one another, Lux also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less complex champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Lux into Talon.
Furthermore, Lux has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Talon. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Lux vs Talon matchups, Lux is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Lux is a decent counter to Talon. Focus your play on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Lux against Talon.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Lux to counter Talon during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lux typically racks up less CS as Talon. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills often don't have to have 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 a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Lux versus Talon build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Shadowflame. When Lux used at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better when fighting Talon than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Lux boasted an average winrate of 50.6% when playing against Talon with this build.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Talon as Lux, you should equip the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Lux vs Talon clashes, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.6% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Talon as Lux are given for all skill levels combined. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to an individual rank, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.